Edward L. Keenan
List of John Benjamins publications for which Edward L. Keenan plays a role.
Articles
2019 Chapter 2. Unifying UG and language variation Interfaces in Grammar, Hu, Jianhua and Haihua Pan (eds.), pp. 9–24 | Chapter
We consider the problem of formulating universal generalizations about natural languages given that as work on grammars of particular languages proceeds with increasing precision and detail, the specific form of and conditions on rules increasingly diverges. Formally the problem becomes one of… read more
2008 The definiteness of subjects and objects in Malagasy Case and Grammatical Relations: Studies in honor of Bernard Comrie, Corbett, Greville G. and Michael Noonan (eds.), pp. 241–261 | Article
We evaluate, for Malagasy (W. Austronesian; Madagascar), a standard observation regarding the distribution and marking of (in)definites in subject and in object position. Bare nouns naturally constitute direct objects (DOs) with an indefinite interpretation. But definite DOs are also natural, and… read more
2000 Raising from NP in Malagasy Lingvisticæ Investigationes 23:1, pp. 1–44 | Article
We begin this paper with a detailed study of Possessor Raising in Malagasy. Possessor Raising is shown to be exceptionally productive; moreover it largely conforms to the generalizations offered by Relational Grammar for Possessor Raising in general. But the incorporation it triggers is not of the… read more