Peer reviewed journals, books, and proceedings

to appear	(with Natalia Kondrashova) Quantificational properties of neg-wh items in Russian To appear in the Proceedings of NELS 40 We provide a novel solution to a "persistent problem of Russian syntax" (Rappaport 1986), the syntax and semantics of the so-called ne-wh items. We argue that ne-wh items are non-canonical quantificational entities combining the syntax of unselective binding and the semantics of generalized quantification.
to appear	Interpretation of multiple interrogatives: An information structure sensitive account To appear in the Proceedings of FASL 18 Hagstrom's (1998) semantics of (multiple) interrogatives is made information structure sensitive. The placement of the Q-particle, the main determinant of different kinds of multiple question readings in Hagstrom's account, is argued to be focus-sensitive. I show how three types of readings can be derived: standard pair list readings, "reciprocal" single pair readings (Who hit who?), and "default" single pair readings.
2009	Lambda abstrakce a neurčitá zájmena v úzkém a širokém ohnisku Slovo a slovesnost 70 [bibtex] I explore the idea that lambda-abstraction is categorematic (lambdas have a semantic type) and that the wh-part of indefinite pronouns (such as `(some)where') is an instance of a lambda. The evidence comes from Czech, which gives us some reasons to believe that wh-based, indefinite pronouns cannot be interpreted in situ.
2009	Hamblin pronouns in modal existential wh-constructions Proceedings of FASL 17 [bibtex] I argue that wh-words in Slavic modal existential wh-constructions ('I have with who to speak') lack standard operator properties (e.g. successive cyclic movement) and that they should be treated on a par with indefinite pronouns ('something'). Then I provide an analysis in terms of Hamblin semantics. I argue that the "matrix" verb ('have') is a modal that closes off the proliferation of Hamblin alternatives. It follows that the wh-indefinite scopes below modality.
2009	The syntax, semantics, and pragmatics of the focus particle 'to' in Czech Proceedings of FDSL 7 [bibtex] A paper about cleft-like focus constructions and wh-questions in Czech. The prominent role is played by the invariable demonstrative 'to', which is shown to be a morphological and semantic cousin of the definite article in the verbal/propositional domain.
2008	Czech modal existential wh-constructions as vP-level free relatives Linguistics in the Netherlands 2008 [bibtex] This paper contains arguments that despite their superficial resemblance to embedded questions and free relatives, Czech modal existential wh-constructions are vPs rather than CPs. The paper is a syntactic counterpart to the more semantically oriented paper in the FASL 17 proceedings.

Other publications

2008	The source of wh-morphology in questions and relative clauses Proceedings of ConSOLE 15 [bibtex]
2008	Specificity in (Czech) relative clauses Elements of Slavic and Germanic Grammars: A comparative view [bibtex]
2007	The Czech invariant demonstrative 'to' is a Foc head Czech in generative grammar [bibtex]