Papers

The list below is meant to include all of my papers, published or unpublished, in reverse chronological order. Please let me know if you are unable to download any of the books or papers listed below. I will be happy to send you them by e-mail (contact me at cc116@nyu.edu). Note that many of the papers have two links, in case one breaks.

Christopher T Collins Profile on Google Scholar

2020

Labeling without Labels. Ms., New York University and Eastern Michigan University. (co-authored with T. Daniel Seely)
Smuggling in Syntax. Oxford University Press, Oxford. (co-edited with Adriana Belletti)
A Smuggling Approach to the Dative Alternation. In Adriana Belletti and Chris Collins (eds.), Smuggling in Syntax. Oxford University Press.
Greek and English Passives and the Role of the by-Phrase. Glossa 5(1):90, 1-29.
Outer Negation of Universal Quantifier Phrases. Journal of Linguistics and Philosophy 43, 233-246.
Spanish usted as an Imposter (with Francisco Ordóñez)
Towards a Theory of Morphology as Syntax (with Richard Kayne)
A Syntactic Approach to Case Contiguity. Ms., NYU.
Forms of the Copula in English. Ms., NYU.

2019

The Linker in the Khoisan Languages. Oxford University Press. (preprints of chapters are on Lingbuzz)
On the Subject of Negative Auxiliary Inversion. Canadian Journal of Linguistics 64.1, 32-61. (with Frances Blanchette) (second link) (third link)
The Internal Structure of Reflexive Pronouns. Ms., NYU.

2018

Quantifier Domain Restriction as Ellipsis. Glossa: a journal of general linguistics, 3(1), 60.
*NEG NEG. Glossa: a journal of general linguistics, 3(1), 64.
Disentangling Two Distinct Notions of NEG Raising. Semantics and Pragmatics 11. (with Paul M. Postal)
Dispelling the Cloud of Unknowing. In Laurence Horn and Kenneth Turner (eds.), An Atlas of Meaning, Papers on Pragmatics, Semantics and Truth (with Paul M. Postal).
Is the Passive by-Phrase and Adjunct? Ms., NYU.
Copies and Repetitions Ms., NYU. (with Erich Groat)
Negating Gradable Adjectives Ms., NYU.
Two Conceptions of VoiceP Ms., NYU.
The Logic of Contextual Allomorphy. Ms. NYU.
On the Phi-Features of the Implicit Argument of the Passive. Ms., NYU.
The Theta-Criterion, UTAH and the Projection of External Arguments in the Passive. Ms., NYU.
Decomposing Quantifier Phrases and Split Scope Ms., NYU. (with Paul M. Postal)

2017

A Scope Freezing Effect with Negated Quantifier Phrases. Natural Language Semantics 25, 315-327.
Negative Polarity Items in Ewe. Journal of Linguistics. (with Paul M. Postal and Elvis Yevudey)
Interclausal NEG Raising and the Scope of Negation. Glossa: a journal of general linguistics, 2(1), 29. (with Paul M. Postal)
NEG Raising and Serbo-Croatian NPIs. Canadian Journal of Linguistics (with Paul M. Postal)
Merge(X,Y) = {X,Y}. In Leah Bauke, Andreas Blümel, and Erich Groat (eds.), Labels and Roots, 47-68. De Gruyter Mouton. (second link)
Tense and Aspect in Kua: A Preliminary Assessment. In Anne-Marie Fehn (ed.), Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Khoisan Languages and Linguistics, 91-108. Rüdiger Köppe Verlag Köln (with Andy Chebanne)
The Linker in the Khoisan Languages. Africa’s Endangered Languages: Documentary and Theoretical Approaches. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
Scalar Modification of Quantifier Phrases. Ms., NYU.
Incomplete Comparatives as Ellipsis. Ms., NYU.
On the Implicit Argument in the Short Passive. Ms., NYU.
The Distribution of Negated Quantifier Phrases in English. Ms., NYU.

2016

Not even. Natural Language Semantics 24, 291-303.
A Formalization of Minimalist Syntax. Syntax 19, 43-78 (with Edward Stabler)
Gaps, Ghosts and Gapless Relatives in Spoken English. Studia Linguistica (with Andrew Radford) (second link)
The Plural Prefix in Kx’a, ǃUi and Taa. In Sheena Shah and Matthias Brenzinger (eds.), Khoisan Languages and Lingusitics, Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium, pgs. 27 – 51. Rüdiger Köppe Verlag (with Henry Honken)
Click Pronouns in N|uu Ms., NYU.
Nǃaq (Sasi) Spelling Primer. (with Zach Wellstood, designer)

2015

Relative Clause Deletion. In Ángel J. Gallego and Dennis Ott (eds.). 2015. 50 Years Later: Reflections on Chomsky’s Aspects. Vol. 77 of MIT Working Papers in Linguistics. Cambridge, MA: MITWPL. (second link)
A C/I-Interface condition on Remnant Movement. In Günther Grewendorf (ed.), Remnant Movement (SGG 123), 93-131. De Gruyter. (with Joachim Sabel)
Double Modals beyond the South: would might MS., NYU. (with John Singler)
Adjunct Deletion Ms., NYU.

2014

A Grammar of ǂHȍã. Rüdiger Köppe Verlag. (Co-authored with Jeffrey Gruber)
Classical NEG Raising: An Essay on the Syntax of Negation. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA. (Co-authored with Paul M. Postal)
Cross-Linguistic Studies of Imposters and Pronominal Agreement. Editor. Oxford University Press.
Why Formalize? (Faculty of Language Blog)
Obituary for Jeffrey S. Gruber, LinguistList.

2013

2012

Imposters. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA. (with Paul M. Postal)
Obituary for Henry Honken, LinguistList. (with Bonny Sands)

2011

A Grammatical Sketch of N|uuki with Stories. Rüdiger Köppe Verlag (Co-authored with Levi Namaseb)

2010

Forward for Paul Postal’s “Edge-Based Clausal Syntax” (MIT Press)

2009

Language Universals. Oxford University Press. (Co-edited with Morten Christiansen and Shimon Edelman)
Imposters: An Online Survey of Grammaticality Judgments. In Patricia Irwin and Violeta Vázquez Rojas Maldonado (eds), NYU Working Papers in Linguistics 2 (with Stephanie N. Guitard and Jim Wood).

2008

An AAE Camouflage Construction. Language (with Simanique Moody and Paul M. Postal), volume 84.1, pgs. 29-68.

2007

Syntax of Verb Focus in Kabiye. In Doris L. Payne and Jaime Peña (eds.), Selected Proceedings of the 37th Annual Conference on African Linguistics, 191-203. Cascadilla Proceedings Project, Somerville, MA. (with Komlan E. Essizewa).
Home Sweet Home. In Lisa Levinson and Oana Savescu-Ciucivara (eds.), NYU Working Papers in Linguistics 1. (second link)

2006

Linkers and the Internal Structure of vP. Natural Language and Linguistic Theory (with Mark Baker), volume 24.2, pgs. 307-354. (second link)
A Fresh Look at Habitual Be in AAVE. In Ana Deumert and Stephanie Durrleman (eds.), Structure and Variation in Contact Languages, Creole Language Library Series. John Benjamins. (second link)
A Note on Derivational Morphology. Unpublished ms., NYU.

2005

Smuggling Approach to the Passive in English. Syntax 8.2. (second link)
A Smuggling Approach to Raising in English. Linguistic Inquiry 36.2, 289-298. (second link)

2004

The Absence of the Linker in Double Object Constructions in N|uu. Studies in African Linguistics, 33.2. (second link)
The Agreement Parameter. In Anne Breitbarth and Henk van Riemsdijk (eds.), Triggers, 115-136. Mouton de Gruyter, Berlin. (paper reviewed by two anonymous reviewers)

2003

The Internal Structure of vP in Ju|’hoan and ǂHoan. Studia Linguistica 57.1, 1-25. (second link)

2002

Multiple Verb Movement in ǂHoan. Linguistic Inquiry 33.1, 1-29. (second link)
Eliminating Labels. In Samuel Epstein and Daniel Seely (eds.), Derivation and Explanation in the Minimalist Program, 43-64. Blackwell. (second link)

2001

Aspects of Plurality in ǂHoan. Language 77.3, 456-476. (second link)
Economy Conditions in Syntax. In Collins and Baltin (eds.), Handbook of Syntactic Theory. Blackwell.
The Handbook of Contemporary Syntactic Theory. (Co-edited with Mark Baltin)
ǂHoan and the Typology of Click Accompaniments in Khoisan. In Arthur Bell and Paul Washburn (eds.), Khoisan Linguistics. Cornell Working Papers in Linguistics 18 (with Arthur Bell).
Review of The Syntax of Nonfinite Complementation by Zeljko Boskovic, Lingua 110, 127-133.
Review of Saramaccan: Predication and Creole Genesis by Tonjes Veenstra, Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 16, 182-188.

2000

1999

1998

A Note on Extraction from Conditionals. Cornell Working Papers in Linguistics 16, 66-75.

1997

Argument Sharing in Serial Verb Constructions. Linguistic Inquiry 28.3, 461-497. (second link)
Quotative Inversion. Natural Language and Linguistic Theory 15.1, 1-41 (with P. Branigan). (second link)
Argument Projection, Thematic Configuration, and Case Theory. In Anna-Maria Di Sciullo (ed.) Projections and Interface Conditions, 130-154. Oxford University Press, Oxford (with Jeff Gruber).
Local Economy. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA.

1996

VP Internal Structure and Object Shift in Icelandic. Linguistic Inquiry 27.3, 391-444 (with H. Thráinsson). (second link)
Economy of Derivation and the Generalized Proper Binding Condition. Linguistic Inquiry 25.1, 45-61. (second link)

1995

Toward a Theory of Optimal Derivations. MIT Working Papers in Linguistics 27, 65-103.

1994

The Factive Construction in Kwa. Travaux de recherche sur le créole haïtien 23, 31-65. Université du Québec à Montréal.

1993

Topics in Ewe Syntax. Distributed by MIT Working Papers in Linguistics. (second link)

1992

Case in Ewe and Yoruba. MIT Working Papers in Linguistics 17, 53-70.
Proceedings of the Kwa Comparative Syntax Workshop. MIT Working Papers in Linguistics 17. (Co-edited with Victor Manfredi) (http://mitwpl.mit.edu/catalog/mwpl17)
Review of Claire Lefebvre (ed.), Serial Verbs: Grammatical, Comparative and Cognitive Approaches. Amserdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins, 1991. Journal of African Languages and Linguistics 13, 98-103.

Chris Collins

Chris Collins is a syntactician, with an interest in African languages. His interests include anaphora, argument structure, negation and ellipsis. The African languages that he has worked on include Ewe (West Africa) and the Khoisan languages (southern Africa).