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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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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?
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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).​
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Handbook article (To Appear): "Perspectival anaphora in Dravidian". Oxford Handbook of Dravidian Languages.
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Monograph (in prep). The Syntax of Perspectival Anaphora, Oxford Studies in Theoretical Linguistics, OUP.
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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)
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LIN 651 (TTh: 12.30-1.50pm): The syntax of Agree(ment): Grad syntax seminar
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Syntax weekly reading group (SynFL!):
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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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