Veneeta Dayal

            Ph.D., Cornell 1991
            Professor, Department of Linguistics 
18 Seminary Place
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
            (732)-932-7289

dayal@rci.rutgers.edu

July 2009-August 2010: On Sabbatical

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Publications

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Research Interests: Semantic theory, Syntax-semantics interface, South Asian linguistics

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Grants

• 2004-2005.  Semantic Variation in South Asian Languages (Fulbright Senior Research Award)
• 2000- 2003. Quantification without Quantifiers: Number Sensitivity in Article-less Constructions (NSF Grant#: BCS-000166)

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Links

• Semantics Archive
• South Asia at Rutgers

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Publications

• Rajesh Bhatt and Veneeta Dayal (to appear) "Rightward Scrambling as Remnant Movement", Linguistic Inquiry [PDF]
• Veneeta Dayal (2005) "Multiple Wh Questions", in M. Everaert and H. van Riemsdijk, Syntax Companion 3, Case #44, Blackwell Publishers [PDF].
• Veneeta Dayal (2004):  " The Universal Force of Free Choice Any", Linguistic Variation Yearbook 4, 5-40 [PDF]
• Veneeta Dayal and Anoop Mahajan (eds.) (2004) Clause Structure in South Asian Languages, Kluwer Academic Publishers [TOC] [Intro]
• Veneeta Dayal (2004). "Number Marking and (In)definiteness in Kind Terms", Linguistics and Philosophy 27.4, 393-450 [PDF]
• Veneeta Dayal (2003). "Bare Nominals: Non-specific and Contrastive Readings under Scrambling", in Simin Karimi (ed.) Word Order and Scrambling, Blackwell Publishers.[PDF]
• Veneeta Dayal (2003). "A Semantics for Pseudo-Incorporation", Rutgers University ms. [PDF].
• Veneeta Dayal (2002). "Single-pair vs. Multiple-pair Answers: Wh in-situ and Scope", Linguistic Inquiry. 33.3, 512-20. [PDF]
• Veneeta Dayal (2000). "Scope Marking: Cross-linguistic Variation in Indirect Dependency", in U. Lutz, G. Mueller and A. von Stechow (eds.) Wh-Scope Marking, John Benjamins.
• Veneeta Dayal (1999). "Bare NP's, Reference to Kinds, and Incorporation", Proceedings of SALT IX.Download: [PDF]
• Veneeta Dayal (1998). "ANY as Inherently Modal." Linguistics & Philosophy 21, 433-476. A slightly earlier version: [ PDF]
• Veneeta Dayal (1997). "Free Relatives and Ever: Identity and Free Choice Readings."Proceedings of SALT VII, pp. 99-116. [ PDF]
• Veneeta Dayal (1996). "Locality in WH Quantification: Questions and Relative Clauses in Hindi." Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy, Kluwer Academic Publishers.
• Veneeta Dayal (1995). "Quantification in Correlatives." In Emmon Bach, Eloise Jelinek, Angelika Kratzer and Barbara Partee, eds., Quantification in Natural Language, pp. 179-205. Kluwer: Dordrecht.
• Veneeta Dayal (1995). "Licensing any in non-negative, non-modal contexts." Proceedings of SALT V, 72-93.
• Veneeta Dayal (1994). "Binding facts in Hindi and the Scrambling phenomenon." In B. Butt, T. King, and G. Ramchand, eds., Theoretical Perspectives on Word Order Issues in South Asian Languages. pp. 237-261. CSLI: Stanford.

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