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Sandhya Sundaresan

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I am an Assistant Professor & the Anandavalli & Dr. G. Swaminathan Endowed Research Professor in the Department of Linguistics at Stony Brook University.

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My research program explores two broad questions: 

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  1. For a given grammatical phenomenon, what is the nature of interaction and division of labor between syntax and its interfaces with morphology and semantics, within a modular grammar?

  2. What can dialectal and crosslinguistic variation tell us about how a given phenomenon should be syntactically modelled?

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At a glance 

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Research 

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  • Edited volume (To Appear). Glossa: The Grammar of Agree(ment) and Reference (with Hedde Zeijlstra).​

  • Handbook article (To Appear): "Perspectival anaphora in Dravidian". Oxford Handbook of Dravidian Languages. 

  • Monograph (in prep). The Syntax of Perspectival Anaphora, Oxford Studies in Theoretical Linguistics, OUP. 

  • Monograph (in prep). A new theory of indexical shift. 

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Teaching (Fall 2024, Office hours: ):

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  • LIN 431 (MW: 9:30-10.50am): Structure of an uncommonly taught language (Telugu)

  • LIN 651 (TTh: 12.30-1.50pm): The syntax of Agree(ment): Grad syntax seminar

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Syntax weekly reading group (SynFL!): 

  • Mondays 1:10-2:10pm: Department library. 

 

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Upcoming presentations & guest teaching: 

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For more information, check out my CV. You can reach me at:  sandhya.sundaresan@stonybrook.edu

                                                                                                   

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