David M. Perlmutter

Publications (with hyperlinks where available):

1969a Evidence for deep structure constraints in syntax. In F. Kiefer, ed., Studies in syntax and semantics, 168–186. Dordrecht: Reidel.

1969b Les pronoms objets en espagnol: Un exemple de la nécessité de contraintes de surface en syntaxe [Object pronouns in Spanish: An example of the necessity of surface constraints in syntax]. Langages 14:81–133.

1970a On the article in English. In M. Bierwisch and K. Heidolph, eds., Progress in linguistics, 233–248. The Hague: Mouton.

1970b Surface structure constraints in syntax. Linguistic Inquiry 1:187–255.

1970c The two verbs ‘‘begin.’’ In R. Jacobs and P. Rosenbaum, eds., Readings in English transformational grammar, 107–119. Waltham, MA: Blaisdell.

1970d (with J. R. Ross) A non-source for comparatives. Linguistic Inquiry 1:127– 128.

1970e (with J. R. Ross) Relative clauses with split antecedents. Linguistic Inquiry 1:350.

1971 Deep and surface structure constraints in syntax. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston.

1972a Evidence for shadow pronouns in French relativization. In P. Peranteau et al., eds., The Chicago which hunt: Papers from the Relative Clause Festival, 73–105. Chicago: Chicago Linguistic Society.

1972b A note on syntactic and semantic number in English. Linguistic Inquiry 3:243–246.

1973a (with Janez Orešnik) Language-particular rules and explanation in syntax. In S. Anderson and P. Kiparsky, eds., A Festschrift for Morris Halle, 419–459. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston.

1973b (with Janez Orešnik) Razlaganje sintaktičnih posebnosti [The explanation of syntactic particularities]. Ljubljana: Institut ‘‘Jozef Stefan.’’

1974a Evidence for the cycle in Japanese. In Descriptive and applied linguistics 7, 25–48. Tokyo: International Christian University.

1974b On teaching syntactic argumentation. In F. Dinneen, ed., Linguistics: Teaching and interdisciplinary relations. Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics (1974). Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press.

1974c (with Ferenc Kiefer, eds.) Syntax und generative Grammatik [Syntax and generative grammar]. 3 vols. Frankfurt: Athenaion Verlag.

1974d (with Janez Orešnik) Einzelsprachliche Regeln und Erklärung in der Syntax [Language-particular rules and explanation in syntax]. In F. Kiefer and D. M. Perlmutter, eds., Syntax und generative Grammatik, vol. 2, 161–230. Frankfurt: Athenaion Verlag.

1974e (with John R. Ross) Relativsätze mit gespalteten Vorgängern [Relative clauses with split antecedents]. In F. Kiefer and D. M. Perlmutter, eds., Syntax und generative Grammatik, vol. 3, 314–315. Frankfurt: Athenaion Verlag.

1975 Omezenív povrchove strukture syntaxe [Constraints on surface structure in syntax]. In E. Hajicová et al., eds., Studie z transformační gramátiky, 134–194. Praha: Státní Pedagogické Nakladatelství.

1976a Evidence for subject downgrading in Portuguese. In J. Schmidt-Radefeldt, ed., Readings in Portuguese linguistics. Amsterdam: North Holland.

1976b (with Judith Aissen) Clause reduction in Spanish. In Proceedings of the Second Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society, 1–30. Berkeley.

1977 (with Paul Postal) Toward a universal characterization of passivization. In Proceedings of the Third Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society. Berkeley.

1978 Impersonal passives and the Unaccusative Hypothesis. Proceedings of the Fourth Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society. Berkeley.

1979a ‘‘Predicate’’: A grammatical relation. Linguistic Notes from La Jolla 6, 127–149. University of California, San Diego.

1979b Restrizioni di struttura superficiale in sintassi [Surface structure constraints in syntax]. In G. Graffi and L. Rizzi, eds., La sintassi generativo-trasformazionale, 167–230. Bologna: Societa editrice il Mulino.

1979c Working 1s and inversion in Italian, Japanese, and Quechua. Proceedings of the Fifth Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society. Berkeley.

1979d (with Scott Soames) Syntactic argumentation and the structure of English. Berkeley: University of California Press.

1980 Relational grammar. In E. Moravcsik and J. Wirth, eds., Syntax and semantics 13: Current approaches to syntax, 195–229. New York: Academic Press.

1981 Functional grammar and relational grammar: Points of convergence and divergence. In T. Hoekstra, H. van der Hulst, and M. Moortgat, eds., Perspectives on functional grammar, 319–352. Dordrecht: Foris.

1982a Syntactic representation, syntactic levels, and the notion of subject. In P. Jacobson and G. Pullum, eds., The nature of syntactic representation, 283–340. Dordrecht: Reidel.

1982b (with Paul Postal) O formal’nom predstavlenii struktury predloženija [On the formal representation of sentence structure]. In A. E. Kibrik, ed., Novoe v zarubežnoj lingvistike, 11: Sovremennye sintaksiceskie teorii v amerikanskoj lingvistike, 76–82. Moscow: Izdatel’stvo Progress.

1982c (with Paul Postal) Zakon edinstvennosti prodvizenija imennyx grupp v poziciju podležaščego [The law of the uniqueness of noun phrase promotion to subject position]. In A. E. Kibrik, ed., Novoe v zarubežnoj lingvistike, 11: Sovremennye sintaksičeskie teorii v amerikanskoj lingvistike, 83–110. Moscow: Izdatel’stvo Progress.

1983a Editor’s afterword to the relational succession law. In D. Perlmutter, ed., Studies in relational grammar 1, 53–73. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

1983b Personal vs. impersonal constructions. Natural Language and Linguistic Theory 1:141–200.

1983c (ed.) Studies in relational grammar 1. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

1983d (with Judith Aissen) Clause reduction in Spanish. In D. Perlmutter, ed., Studies in relational grammar 1, 360–403. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

1983e (with Paul Postal) The relational succession law. In D. Perlmutter, ed., Studies in relational grammar 1, 30–52, 73–80. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

1983f (with Paul Postal) Some proposed laws of basic clause structure. In D. Perlmutter, ed., Studies in relational grammar 1, 81–128. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

1983g (with Paul Postal) Toward a universal characterization of passivization. In D. Perlmutter, ed., Studies in relational grammar 1, 3–29. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

1984a The inadequacy of some monostratal theories of passive. In D. Perlmutter and C. Rosen, eds., Studies in relational grammar 2, 3–37. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

1984b Working 1s and inversion in Italian, Japanese, and Quechua. In D. Perlmutter and C. Rosen, eds., Studies in relational grammar 2, 292–330. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

1984c (with Paul Postal) The 1-advancement exclusiveness law. In D. Perlmutter and C. Rosen, eds., Studies in relational grammar 2, 81–125. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

1984d (with Paul Postal) Impersonal passives and some relational laws. In D. Perlmutter and C. Rosen, eds., Studies in relational grammar 2, 126–170. Chicago: University Chicago Press.

1984e (with Carol Rosen, eds.) Studies in relational grammar 2. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

1984f (with Annie Zaenen) The indefinite extraposition construction in Dutch and German. In D. Perlmutter and C. Rosen, eds., Studies in relational grammar 2, 171–216. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

1986 No nearer to the soul. Natural Language and Linguistic Theory 4:515–523.

1987 (with Carol Padden) American Sign Language and the architecture of phonological theory. Natural Language and Linguistic Theory 5:335–375.

1988a The split morphology hypothesis: Evidence from Yiddish. In M. Hammond and M. Noonan, eds., Theoretical morphology, 79–100. San Diego: Academic Press.

1988b Teaching syntactic argumentation. In R. Freidin, J. Kegl, and K. Miller, eds., Linguistics in the undergraduate curriculum. Princeton, NJ: Cognitive Science Laboratory, Princeton University.

1989 Multiattachment and the unaccusative hypothesis: The perfect auxiliary in Italian. Probus: Journal of Latin and Romance Linguistics 1:63–119.

1990a On the segmental representation of transitional and bidirectional movements in ASL phonology. In S. Fischer, ed., Theoretical issues in sign language research 1, 67–80. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

1990b (with Barbara Allen, Donald Frantz, and Donna Gardiner) Possessor ascension and multistratal representation in Southern Tiwa. In P. Postal and B. Joseph, eds., Studies in relational grammar 3, 321–383. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

1991a The language of the Deaf. New York Review of Books, March 28, 65–72.

1991b The role of the syllable in bimoraic foot systems: Evidence from Japanese. In C. Hunt, T. Perry, and V. Samiian, eds., Proceedings of the Western Conference on Linguistics 4, 251–260. California State University, Fresno.

1991c (with Patrick Farrell and Stephen Marlett) Notions of subjecthood and switch reference: Evidence from Seri. Linguistic Inquiry 22:431–456.

1992a Relational grammar and arc pair grammar. In W. Bright, ed., The International encyclopedia of linguistics 3, 328–330. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

1992b Sign language phonology. In W. Bright, ed., The International encyclopedia of linguistics 3, 438–439. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

1992c Sonority and syllable structure in American Sign Language. Linguistic Inquiry 23:407–442.

1993 Sonority and syllable structure in American Sign Language. In G. C. Coulter, ed., Phonetics and phonology 3: Current issues in American Sign Language phonology, 227–261. San Diego: Academic Press.

1995 Phonological quantity and multiple association. In J. Goldsmith, ed., Handbook of phonological theory, 309–317. Cambridge, MA: Blackwell.

1998 Interfaces: Explanation of allomorphy and the architecture of grammars. In S. G. Lapointe, D. K. Brentari, and P. M. Farrell, eds., Morphology and its relation to syntax and phonology, 302–338. Stanford, CA: CSLI Publications. (Distributed by Cambridge University Press.)

1999 (with John Moore) Case, agreement, and temporal particles in Russian infinitival clauses. Journal of Slavic Linguistics 7:219–246.

2000a A new way to distinguish raising from fronting in Russian. In S. Chung, J. McCloskey, and N. Sanders, eds., Jorge Hankamer webfest.

2000b (with John Moore) What does it take to be a dative subject? Natural Language and Linguistic Theory 18:373–416.

2001 What is sign language? Frequently asked questions. Brochure. Washington, DC: Linguistic Society of America.

2002 (with John Moore) Language-internal explanation: The distribution of Russian impersonals. Language 78:619–650.

2006 Some current claims about sign language phonetics, phonology, and experimental results. In L. Goldstein, D. H. Whalen, and C. T. Best, eds., Laboratory phonology 8, 315–338. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.

2007 In what ways can finite and nonfinite clauses differ? Evidence from Russian. In I. Nikolaeva, ed., Finiteness: Theoretical and empirical foundations, 250–304. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

2008 Nobilior est vulgaris: Dante’s hypothesis and sign language poetry. In D. DeLuca, K. Lindgren, and D. J. Napoli, eds., Signs and voices: Language, arts, and identity from Deaf to hearing, 189–213. Washington, DC: Gallaudet University Press.

2009 My path in linguistics. In D. B. Gerdts, J. C. Moore, and Maria Polinsky, eds., Hypothesis A / Hypothesis B. Linguistic Explorations in Honor of David M. Perlmutter, xvii–xxxvii. Cambridge: MIT Press.