Florian Schäfer | Institut für Linguistik:Anglistik

in prep. - with A. Alexiadou & H. Borer (eds.). The Syntax of Roots and the Roots of Syntax. Oxford University Press.
in prep. - with A. Alexiadou (eds.). Non-canonical Passives. John Benjamins.
in prep. - with A. Alexiadou & E. Anagnostopoulou. External arguments in transitivity alternations: a layering approach. Oxford University Press.
ms. - The passive of reflexive verbs and its implications for the theories of binding and case.
to appear - with Fabienne Martin. On the argument structure of verbs with bi- and mono-eventive uses. Proceedings of NELS 42, S. Keine & S. Sloggett (eds.). Amherst, MA: GLSA.
to appear - On Passives of Reflexive Verbs and the Nature of (Natural) Reflexivity. Proceedings of NELS 41. Y. Fainleib, N. LaCara & Y. Park (eds.). Amherst, MA: GLSA.
to appear - Passives of Reflexive Verbs: The Repair of a Principle A Violation. To appear in a Volume on Repair Phenomena, P. Brandt & E. Fuss (eds.), Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
to appear - Two types of external argument licensing - the case of causers. Studia Linguistica.
to appear - Local Case, Cyclic Agree and the Syntax of truly Ergative Verbs. In Local Modelling of Non-Local Dependencies in Syntax, A. Alexiadou, T. Kiss & G. Müller (eds.), Linguistische Arbeiten, Niemeyer.
2012 - with Artemis Alexiadou. There-insertion and the unaccusativity hypothesis. In Universals and Variation - Proceedings of Glow-in-Asia VIII, ed. Gao Ming-le. Beijing Language and Culture University Press, 76-79.
2012 - Naturally atomic er-nominalizations. Recherches linguistiques de Vincennes 40, 149-174.
2011 - with Artemis Alexiadou. An unaccusativity diagnostic at the Syntax-Semantics interface: there-insertion, indefinites and restitutive again. In I. Reich et al. (eds.), Proceedings of Sinn & Bedeutung 15, Saarland University Press.
2011 - with Artemis Alexiadou & Gianina Iordachioaia. Scaling the variation in Romance and Germanic Nominalizations. Sleeman, P. & H. Perridon (eds.), The Noun Phrase in Romance and Germanic. Structure, variation and change, 25-40. Amsterdam & Philadelphia: John Benjamins.
2011 - with Artemis Alexiadou. There-insertion: an unaccusativity mismatch at the syntax-semantics interface. Online Proceedings of WCCFL XXVIII.
2010 - with Artemis Alexiadou. On the syntax of episodical vs. dispositional -er nominals. In A. Alexiadou & M. Rathert (eds.), Nominalizations across languages and frameworks, 9-38. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.
2010 - On the (in-)dependency of (micro-)parameters. Theoretical Linguistics, 36,1 (77-83).
2009 - The Oblique Causer Construction across Languages. In Proceedings of NELS 38, A. Schardl, M. Walkow & M. Abdurrahman (eds.), 297-308. Amherst, MA: GLSA.
2009 - with Artemis Alexiadou & Elena Anagnostopoulou. PP Licensing in Nominalizations. In Proceedings of NELS 38, A. Schardl, M. Walkow & M. Abdurrahman (eds.), 39-52. Amherst, MA: GLSA.
2009 - (with Artemis Alexiadou, Jorge Hankamer, Thomas McFadden & Justin Nuger) Editor of Advances in Comparative Germanic Syntax (Proceedings of CGSW 21+22). Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins.
2009 - (with Artemis Alexiadou, Jorge Hankamer, Thomas McFadden & Justin Nuger) Introduction: Advances in Comparative Germanic Syntax. In Advances in Comparative Germanic Syntax, vii - xv. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins.
2009 - The Causative Alternation. In Language and Linguistics Compass, Vol. 3.2, 641-681. (prefinal version)
2008 - with Artemis Alexiadou. Instrumental -er Nominals Revisited. In K. Ryan (ed.), Online-Proceedings of WCCFL XXVII (Poster Session), 10-19. UCLA Working Papers in Linguistics.
2008 - with Steffen Heidinger. On the French reflexive passive and anticausative. A diachronic view from the par-phrase. In B. Fagard, S. Prevost, B. Combettes & O. Bertrand (eds.), Etudes de linguistique diachronique, 135 - 152. Bern: Peter Lang.
2008 - The Syntax of (Anti-)Causatives. External arguments in change-of-state contexts. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins.
2008 - Event Denoting -er Nominalizations in German. In F. Schäfer (ed.), SinSpeC (01), Working Papers of the SFB 732, 173-187. University of Stuttgart.
2008 - Editor of SinSpeC (01), Volume 1 of the Working Papers of the SFB 732 'Incremental Specification in Context'.
2008 - Middles as Voiced Anticausatives. In E. Efner and M. Walkow (eds.), Proceedings of NELS 37, 183 - 196. Amherst, MA: GLSA.
2007 - On the nature of anticausative morphology: External arguments in change-of-state contexts. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Stuttgart.
2007 - By itself, ms., Universität Stuttgart.
2006 - with Artemis Alexiadou. Instrument Subjects Are Agents or Causers. In D. Baumer, D. Montero, and M. Scanlon (eds.), Proceedings of the 25th West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics, 40-48. Somerville, MA: Cascadilla Proceedings Project. www.lingref.com, document #1431.
2006 - with Artemis Alexiadou & Elena Anagnostopoulou. The fine structure of (anti-)causatives. In C. Davis, A.-R. Deal and Y. Zabbal (eds.), Proceedings of NELS 36, 115-128. UMASS, Amherst.
2006 - with Artemis Alexiadou & Elena Anagnostopoulou. The properties of anticausatives crosslinguistically. In M. Frascarelli (ed.), Phases of Interpretation. Berlin: Mouton, 187-211.
2003 - Relativierte Bindungsminimalität in OT: einfache vs. serielle Optimierung. In L. Gunkel, G. Müller and G. Zifonun (eds.), Arbeiten zur Reflexivierung. Tübingen: Niemeyer.
2002 - Aspekte einer wettbewerbsgetriebenen Bindungstheorie. Unpublished Diplom-Thesis, University of Potsdam.

upcoming - External arguments in derived nominals (joint work with A. Alexiadou, M. Cano, G. Iordachioaia & F. Martin). Talk at the Debrecen workshop on argument structure, University of Debrecen.
2012 - The syntax of external arguments in derived nominals (joint work with A. Alexiadou, M. Cano, G. Iordachioaia & F. Martin). Talk at CGSW 27, Yale University.
2012 - On defeasible causatives. (joint work with Fabienne Martin). Talk at the semantics and pragmatics workshop, Stanford University.
2012 - The modality of 'offer' and other prospective verbs (joint work with Fabienne Martin). Talk at workshop 'Modality@OttawaU', University of Ottawa.
2012 - Direct participation effects in derived nominal (joint work with A. Alexiadou, M. Cano, G. Iordachioaia & F. Martin). Talk at CLS 48, University of Chicago.
2012 - The modality of 'offer' and other prospective verbs (joint work with Fabienne Martin). Talk at WCCFL 30, UC Santa Cruz.
2012 - Naturally reflexive verbs revisited. (joint work with A. Alexiadou). Talk at the GLOW 35 workshop on 'Empty categories in Syntax', Universität Potsdam.
2011 - Agents, causers and event complexity in nominalizations (joint work with A. Alexiadou, M. Cano, G. Iordachioaia & F. Martin), Talk at the workshop on 'Caregorization and category change in morphology', CASTL, Tromsoe.
2011 - On the argument structure of verbs with "bi- and mono-eventive" uses (joint work with Fabienne Martin). Poster presentation at NELS 42, University of Toronto.
2011 - On the argument structure of (non-)prospective causatives (joint work with Fabienne Martin). Talk at the 'Grammar Seminar', Lunds Universitet.
2011 - Elastic verbs with bi- and mono-eventive uses: (non-)prospective causatives (joint work with Fabienne Martin). Talk at the workshop 'Verbal Elasticity', Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.
2011 - On (non-)prospective causatives (joint work with Fabienne Martin). Talk at the workshop 'Aspect and Modality in Lexical Semantics', Universität Stuttgart.
2011 - On the argument structure of (non-)prospective causatives (joint work with Fabienne Martin). Talk at the workshop 'Encoding the Argument', CNRS/Paris 8.
2011 - Passives of Reflexive Verbs. Talk at CGSW 26, University of Amsterdam.
2011 - Passives of Reflexives and the Typology of Reflexive Verb Classes. Talk at the workshop 'Approaches to the Lexicon' (Root III), Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
2011 - Syntactic encoding of Conceptual Information: Optional Se-constructions in Romance (joint work with Cinzia Campanini). Talk at the 34th GLOW Colloquium, University of Vienna.
2011 - Optional Se-constructions in Romance: Syntactic encoding of Conceptual Information (joint work with Cinzia Campanini). Talk at the 21st Colloquium on Generative Grammar, Universidad de Sevilla & Universidad Pablo de Olavide.
2011 - Optional Se-constructions in Romance: Syntactic encoding of Conceptual Information (joint work with Cinzia Campanini). Talk at the 35th Annual Penn Linguistics Colloquium, University of Pennsylvania.
2011 - Non-Canonical Passives: Introduction (with Artemis Alexiadou). Talk at the AG 9 - Non-Canonical Passives, 33. Jahrestagung der DGFS, Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen.
2010 - Optional SI/SE-constructions in Romance: a low applicative analysis (joint work with Cinzia Campanini). Talk at Going Romance 24, Universiteit Leiden.
2010 - On the Nature of (Natural) Reflexivity: The Case of Passives of Reflexive Verbs. Talk at the workshop on 'Verb Meaning, Event Semantics and Argument Structure', Centre de Lingüística Teòrica, Barcelona.
2010 - An Unaccusativity diagnostic at the Syntax-Semantics Interface: there-insertion, indefinites and restitutive again (joint work with Artemis Alexiadou). Talk at the workshop 'On Linguistic Interfaces', University of Ulster.
2010 - On Passives of Reflexive Verbs and the Nature of (Natural) Reflexivity. Talk at Nels 41, University of Pennsylvania.
2010 - On passives of Reflexive Verbs and Theories of Reflexivization. Talk at the workshop on 'Peculiar Binding Configurations', University of Stuttgart.
2010 - Unaccusatives at the Syn-Sem Interface: there insertion, indefinites and restitutive 'again' (joint work with Artemis Alexiadou). Talk at 'Sinn und Bedeutung 15', Saarland University, Saarbrücken.
2010 - There-insertion and the unaccusativity hypothesis (joint work with Artemis Alexiadou). Talk at Glow-in-Asia VIII, Beijing Language and Culture University.
2010 - Das Passiv reflexiver Verben: an den Schnittstellen zwischen Syntax, PF und konzeptuellem System. Invited talk, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.
2010 - Passives of Reflexive Verbs, Impersonal Passives and Default Agreement. Talk at the Workshop 'Morphological Voice and its Grammatical Interfaces: Theoretical Modelling and Psycholinguistic Validation', University of Vienna.
2010 - Naturally atomic er-nominalizations. Workshop on Nominalizations (Troisièmes Journées d’Etudes sur la Nominalisation), CNRS/Paris 8.
2010 - On passives of reflexive verbs. Talk at the workshop 'Variation and Change in Argument Realization', University of Naples.
2010 - Zum Passiv reflexiver Verben und den Theorien der Reflexivierung. Talk at the GGS 2010, Freie Universität Berlin.
2010 - with Artemis Alexiadou. There-insertion: an unaccusativity mismatch at the syntax-semantics interface. Poster presentation at WCCFL 28, USC.
2010 - The Passive of Reflexive Verbs. Talk at the Linguistischer Arbeitskreis Köln, Universität Köln.
2009 - There-insertion and unaccusativtiy (joint work with Artemis Alexiadou). Talk at the 37. Österreichische Linguistiktagung (Syntax-Workshop), Universität Salzburg.
2009 - Unaccusatives and 'there'-insertion (joint work with Artemis Alexiadou). Talk at the Aspect seminar, Lunds Universitet.
2009 - The Passive of Reflexive Verbs. Talk at the Grimm seminar, Lunds Universitet.
2009 - with Artemis Alexiadou. 'There' down in Spec,vP: an argument. Talk at the GGS, Universität Leipzig.
2009 - with Artemis Alexiadou & Gianina Iordachioaia. Scaling the variation in Romance and Germanic Nominalzations. Talk at the Congres Variation and change, Universiteit van Amsterdam.
2008 - Event-denoting er-nominalizations. Talk at the Workshop 'Theory of Grammar' at the 36. Österreichische Linguistiktagung, Universität Wien.
2008 - CAUSE(r) out of the lexicon. Talk at the Wokshop 'Perspektiven der minimalistischen Syntax', Universität Leipzig.
2008 - with Artemis Alexiadou & Elena Anagnostopoulou. The Syntax of CAUSE(rs). Talk at the Mini-Workshop on Causality, IMS Stuttgart.
2008 - with Artemis Alexiadou. Instrumental -er nominals revisited. Poster presentation at WCCFL 27, UCLA.
2008 - Der Kasus im Zustandswechsel: ein applikativer Kopf für das Deutsche. Talk at the GGS, ZAS, Berlin.
2008 - Two types of external argument licensing: The case of causers. Talk at the 31st GLOW Colloquium, University of Newcastle.
2008 - Local case and cyclic agree. Talk at the 'Jahrestagung der DGFS' (AG7: Local modelling of non-local dependencies in syntax), Universität Bamberg.
2008 - Oblique causers in change-of-state contexts. Talk at the NORMS Workshop on Argument Structure, Lund University.
2007 - with Artemis Alexiadou. Decomposing -er nominalizations. Talk at the workshop "Nominalizations Across Languages", University of Stuttgart.
2007 - The Oblique-Causer Construction across Languages. Alternate at NELS 38, University of Ottawa.
2007 - with Artemis Alexiadou & Elena Anagnostopoulou. PP Licensing in Nominalizations. Talk at NELS 38, University of Ottawa.
2007 - The oblique-causer construction. Talk at the Mini-Case-Workshop, University of Stuttgart.
2007 - with Artemis Alexiadou. On the Realization of External Arguments in Nominalizations. Talk at the GGS, University of Konstanz.
2007 - External Argument "Reduction" within a Configurational Theta Theory. Talk at the 30th GLOW Colloquium, University of Tromsø.
2007 - Motivating the Derivation of non-thematic 'sich'. Workshop on "(Lexical) Decomposition", University of Stuttgart.
2006 - (Gradual) External Argument Reduction (within a Configurational Theta-Theory). Talk at the Syntax-Workshop at the 34. Österreichische Linguistiktagung, University of Klagenfurt.
2006 - with Artemis Alexiadou. External argument realization in nominalization. SFB 732 Opening Colloquium, University of Stuttgart.
2006 - Middles as Voiced Anticausatives. Talk at NELS 37, UIUC, Urbana-Champaign.
2006 - with Steffen Heidinger. On the French Reflexive Passive and Anticausative: a diachronic view from the 'par'-phrase. Talk at the Colloque Diachro-3 (Evolutions en français), Paris.
2006 - Middles as Voiced Anticausatives. Talk at the student session of the 'DGfS & GLOW summer school', University of Stuttgart.
2006 - with Artemis Alexiadou. Towards a typology of instrument subjects. Talk at the 22nd annual meeting of the Israel Association of Theoretical Linguistics (IATL 22), Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
2006 - with Artemis Alexiadou. Instrument subjects are agents or causers. Talk at the 25th West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics (WCCFL 25), University of Washington, Seattle.
2006 - with Artemis Alexiadou. The readings of instrument subjects: understanding the nature of agents and causers. Talk at the 21st Comparative Germanic Syntax Workshop, UC Santa Cruz.
2006 - A mute Voice for the Middle, talk at the guest lecture series of the graduate school 'Linguistic representations and their interpretation', University of Stuttgart.
2005 - with Artemis Alexiadou & Elena Anagnostopoulou. The fine structure of (anti-)causatives. Talk at NELS 36, UMass, Amherst.
2005 - with Artemis Alexiadou & Elena Anagnostopoulou. Anticausatives crosslinguistically. Talk at the 20th Comparative Germanic Syntax Workshop, University of Tilburg.
2005 - with Artemis Alexiadou & Elena Anagnostopoulou. The building blocks of anti-causatives: Evidence from PPs and verb restrictions. Talk at the 28th GLOW Colloquium, University of Geneva.
2005 - with Artemis Alexiadou & Elena Anagnostopoulou. Decomposing anticausatives. Talk at the IGG XXXI conference, University of Rome.
2005 - The syntax of the unintentional causer construction. Talk at the guest lecture series of the graduate school 'Linguistic representations and their interpretation', University of Stuttgart.
2004 - On the interpretation of free datives in German decausative constructions. Talk at the annual meeting of the graduate school 'Linguistic representations and their interpretation', Söllerhaus/Kleinwalsertal.
2004 - Zur Interpretation des Dativs bei inchoativen Verben im Deutschen. Talk at the GGS, IDS Mannheim.
2003 - Anti-causatives, poster presentation at the “Tag der Linguistik”, Universität Stuttgart.
2003 - The morphological patterns of anticausatives and their interpretations. Talk at the annual meeting of the graduate school 'Linguistic representations and their interpretation', Söllerhaus/Kleinwalsertal.
2001 - with Hans-Martin Gärtner. One Cheer for OT: UE = EU! Talk at the GGS, University of Bochum.

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