In addition to the projects listed on the front page, I have also worked on the following:
An Account of N-Drop in Spanish: Empirical Evidence and Analysis
Senior Honors Thesis, Brandeis University, May 2007
Explores in great detail the N-drop construction in Spanish. This paper presents a great deal of empirical evidence not previously considered, leading to a pro analysis, and a skeleton for an alternative pragmatics-based approach. The ability of the gap in N-drop to contain more than just an N0, as well as the proposal put forth, suggest that the phenomenon ought to be renamed to more accurately capture the facts.
[Double-spaced (PDF)] [Single-spaced (PDF)] [Handout (PDF)]
Is N-Drop NP Ellipsis?
Presented at the Fifth Annual Harvard Undergraduate Linguistics Colloquium, April 29. 2007.
Investigates the "N-drop" construction in Spanish (e.g. El libro rojo y el [e] azul), showing that N-drop and NP Ellipsis should not be considered the same construction, in spite of several similarities. Based largely on my senior honors thesis at Brandeis.
[Handout (PDF)]