Ileana Paul

orcid.org/0000-0001-7528-0156

List of John Benjamins publications for which Ileana Paul plays a role.

Journal

Language and Linguistics (L&L)

Edited by Edith Aldridge

ISSN 1606-822X | E-ISSN 2309-5067

Titles

Cross-linguistic Investigations of Nominalization Patterns

Edited by Ileana Paul

[Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 210] 2014. xiii, 217 pp.

Subjects Generative linguistics | Morphology | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics

Determiners: Universals and variation

Edited by Jila Ghomeshi, Ileana Paul and Martina Wiltschko

[Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 147] 2009. vii, 247 pp.

Subjects Generative linguistics | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics

Articles (7) | Order by:

Paul, Ileana 2017 Reduced structure in Malagasy headlines Register Variation and Syntactic Theory, Massam, Diane and Tim Stowell (eds.), pp. 292–308 | Article

This paper examines the register associated with headlines in Malagasy. While in many languages headlines appear to have reduced structure as evidenced by the absence of certain grammatical markers (determiners, copulas, tense), Malagasy headlines show a change in word order from VOS to SVO. It… read more

Paul, Ileana 2014 Cross-linguistic investigations of nominalization patterns Cross-linguistic Investigations of Nominalization Patterns, Paul, Ileana (ed.), pp. vii–xiv | Article

Paul, Ileana 2010 Specification and inversion: Evidence from Malagasy Austronesian and Theoretical Linguistics, Mercado, Raphael, Eric Potsdam and Lisa deMena Travis (eds.), pp. 213–230 | Article

This paper analyzes specificational sentences in Malagasy and shows that such sentences involve obligatory inversion, marked by the topic particle dia. I argue that the topicalized element is a small clause predicate that inverts with its subject. Two competing analyses of this inversion are… read more

Ghomeshi, Jila, Ileana Paul and Martina Wiltschko 2009 Determiners: Universals and variation Determiners: Universals and variation, Ghomeshi, Jila, Ileana Paul and Martina Wiltschko (eds.), pp. 1–22 | Miscellaneous

Paul, Ileana 2009 On the presence versus absence of determiners in Malagasy Determiners: Universals and variation, Ghomeshi, Jila, Ileana Paul and Martina Wiltschko (eds.), pp. 215–242 | Article

This article explores definiteness as expressed by the determiner system of Malagasy. In particular, noun phrases with and without an overt determiner are compared in terms of familiarity, uniqueness, and other semantic notions commonly associated with definiteness. It is shown that the determiner… read more

Di Sciullo, Anna Maria, Ileana Paul and Stanca Somesfalean 2003 The clause structure of extraction asymmetries Asymmetry in Grammar: Volume 1: Syntax and semantics, Di Sciullo, Anna Maria (ed.), pp. 279–299 | Article

Paul, Ileana 2002 An explanation of extraction asymmetries in Malagasy Linguistic Variation Yearbook 2002, Pica, Pierre (ed.), pp. 99–122 | Article