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'''Yael Sharvit''' is an American linguist who is Professor Linguistics at [[University of California, Los Angeles|UCLA]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Faculty |url=https://linguistics.ucla.edu/faculty/ |access-date=2022-03-11 |website=Department of Linguistics - UCLA |language=en-US}}</ref> She specializes in semantics and the syntax-semantics interface.
'''Yael Sharvit''' is an American linguist who is Professor of Linguistics at [[University of California, Los Angeles|UCLA]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Faculty: Yael Sharvit |url=https://linguistics.ucla.edu/person/yael-sharvit/ |access-date=2022-04-22 |website=Department of Linguistics - UCLA |language=en-US}}</ref> She specializes in [[semantics]] and the [[syntax-semantics interface]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Google Scholar citations - Yael Sharvit |url=https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0,32&q=yael+sharvit&btnG= |access-date=2022-03-14 |website=scholar.google.com}}</ref>


==Education==
==Career==
Sharvit received her PhD from Rutgers University in 1997; she was the third person to graduate from the program.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Braver |first=Aaron |title=Alumnx |url=https://ling.rutgers.edu/people-mainmenu-137/alumni-mainmenu-151#1997 |access-date=2022-03-11 |website=ling.rutgers.edu |language=en-gb}}</ref> Her dissertation title was "The Syntax and Semantics of Functional Relative Clauses."
Sharvit received her PhD in linguistics from [[Rutgers University]] in 1997; she was the third person to graduate from the program.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Braver |first=Aaron |title=Alumnx |url=https://ling.rutgers.edu/people-mainmenu-137/alumni-mainmenu-151#1997 |access-date=2022-03-11 |website=ling.rutgers.edu |language=en-gb}}</ref> Her dissertation title is "The Syntax and Semantics of Functional Relative Clauses."


She joined the faculty of the [[University of Connecticut]] in 1999, leaving in 2011 to take up a position at UCLA.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-09-23 |title=Sharvit joins UCLA faculty |url=https://rulingsnarl.wordpress.com/2011/09/22/sharvit-joins-ucla-faculty/ |access-date=2024-03-09 |website=SNARL {{!}} Rutgers Linguistics |language=en}}</ref>
==Career and research==

Sharvit is known for her work on tense, including embedded tense,<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Sharvit |first=Y. |date=2014-05-01 |title=On the Universal Principles of Tense Embedding: The Lesson from Before |url=https://academic.oup.com/jos/article-lookup/doi/10.1093/jos/ffs024 |journal=Journal of Semantics |language=en |volume=31 |issue=2 |pages=263–313 |doi=10.1093/jos/ffs024 |issn=0167-5133}}</ref> or bound tense<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Alxatib |first=Sam |last2=Sharvit |first2=Yael |year=2017 |title=Bound Tense in Relative Clauses: Evidence from VP-Ellipsis |url=https://direct.mit.edu/ling/article/48/4/697-711/670 |journal=Linguistic Inquiry |language=en |volume=48 |issue=4 |pages=697–711 |doi=10.1162/LING_a_00259 |issn=0024-3892}}</ref> and tense in [[free indirect discourse]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Sharvit |first=Yael |date=2008 |title=The Puzzle of Free Indirect Discourse |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/40270140 |journal=Linguistics and Philosophy |volume=31 |issue=3 |pages=353–395 |issn=0165-0157}}</ref> and cross-linguistic typologies of tense. She has also contributed to the semantics of questions,<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal |last=SHARVIT |first=YAEL |date=2002 |title=EMBEDDED QUESTIONS AND ‘DE DICTO’ READINGS |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/23748701 |journal=Natural Language Semantics |volume=10 |issue=2 |pages=97–123 |issn=0925-854X}}</ref> and [[Relative clause|relative clauses]]<ref name=":2">{{Cite journal |last=Sharvit |first=Yael |date=1999 |title=Functional Relative Clauses |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/25001753 |journal=Linguistics and Philosophy |volume=22 |issue=5 |pages=447–478 |issn=0165-0157}}</ref> the semantics of attitude verbs,<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Charlow |first=Simon |last2=Sharvit |first2=Yael |date=2014-03-04 |title=Bound 'de re' pronouns and the LFs of attitude reports |url=https://semprag.org/index.php/sp/article/view/sp.7.3 |journal=Semantics and Pragmatics |language=en |volume=7 |issue=0 |pages=3–1–43 |doi=10.3765/sp.7.3 |issn=1937-8912}}</ref> [[negative polarity items]],<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Bumford |first=Dylan |last2=Sharvit |first2=Yael |date=2021-04-19 |title=Negative Polarity Items in Definite Superlatives |url=https://doi.org/10.1162/ling_a_00409 |journal=Linguistic Inquiry |pages=1–39 |doi=10.1162/ling_a_00409 |issn=0024-3892}}</ref> [[Resumptive pronoun|resumptive pronouns]]<ref name=":3">{{Cite journal |last=Sharvit |first=Yael |date=1999-08-01 |title=Resumptive Pronouns in Relative Clauses |url=https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1006226031821 |journal=Natural Language & Linguistic Theory |language=en |volume=17 |issue=3 |pages=587–612 |doi=10.1023/A:1006226031821 |issn=1573-0859}}</ref> and [[superlatives]].<ref name=":4">{{Cite journal |last=Sharvit |first=Yael |last2=Stateva |first2=Penka |date=2002 |title=Superlative Expressions, Context, and Focus |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/25001857 |journal=Linguistics and Philosophy |volume=25 |issue=4 |pages=453–504 |issn=0165-0157}}</ref> She is an Associate Editor at the ''[[Journal of Semantics]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Editorial Board |url=https://academic.oup.com/jos/pages/Editorial_Board |access-date=2022-03-11 |website=Oxford Academic |language=en}}</ref>
==Research==
Sharvit is known for her work on tense, including embedded tense (Sharvit 1999), or bound tense (Alxatib & Sharvit 2017), tense in [[free indirect discourse]] (Sharvit 2008) and cross-linguistic typologies of tense. She has also contributed to the semantics of questions (Sharvit 2002) and [[relative clause]]s, the semantics of attitude verbs, [[negative polarity items]], [[resumptive pronoun]]s (Sharvit 1999) and [[superlatives]] (Sharvit & Stateva 2002).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Yael Sharvit - Google Scholar |url=https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0,32&q=yael+sharvit&btnG= |access-date=2024-03-09 |website=scholar.google.com}}</ref>

== Honors and distinctions ==
She is an Associate Editor at the ''[[Journal of Semantics]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Editorial Board |url=https://academic.oup.com/jos/pages/Editorial_Board |access-date=2022-03-11 |website=Oxford Academic |language=en}}</ref> She also serves as co-editor-in-chief of the journal, ''Linguistics and Philosophy''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Linguistics and Philosophy |url=https://link.springer.com/journal/10988/editors |access-date=2024-03-09 |website=SpringerLink |language=en}}</ref>


== Selected publications ==
== Selected publications ==
* {{cite journal|last=Sharvit|first= Yael|year=1999|title= Connectivity in specificational sentences|journal=Natural Language Semantics|volume= 7|pages= 299–339}}
* {{cite journal|last=Sharvit|first= Yael|year=1999|title= Connectivity in specificational sentences|journal=Natural Language Semantics|volume= 7|issue= 3|pages= 299–339|doi= 10.1023/A:1008390623435|s2cid= 117847989}}
* {{Cite journal |last=Sharvit |first=Yael |date=1999 |title=Functional Relative Clauses |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/25001753 |journal=Linguistics and Philosophy |volume=22 |issue=5 |pages=447–478 |issn=0165-0157}}
* {{Cite journal |last=Sharvit |first=Yael |date=1999 |title=Functional Relative Clauses |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/25001753 |journal=Linguistics and Philosophy |volume=22 |issue=5 |pages=447–478 |doi=10.1023/A:1005411720444 |jstor=25001753 |s2cid=58725382 |issn=0165-0157|url-access=subscription }}
* {{Cite journal |last=Sharvit |first=Yael |date=1999-08-01 |title=Resumptive Pronouns in Relative Clauses |url=https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1006226031821 |journal=Natural Language & Linguistic Theory |language=en |volume=17 |issue=3 |pages=587–612 |doi=10.1023/A:1006226031821 |issn=1573-0859}}
* {{Cite journal |last=Sharvit |first=Yael |date=1999-08-01 |title=Resumptive Pronouns in Relative Clauses |url=https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1006226031821 |journal=Natural Language & Linguistic Theory |language=en |volume=17 |issue=3 |pages=587–612 |doi=10.1023/A:1006226031821 |s2cid=169736813 |issn=1573-0859|url-access=subscription }}
* {{Cite journal |last=SHARVIT |first=YAEL |date=2002 |title=EMBEDDED QUESTIONS AND ‘DE DICTO’ READINGS |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/23748701 |journal=Natural Language Semantics |volume=10 |issue=2 |pages=97–123 |issn=0925-854X}}
* {{Cite journal |last=Sharvit |first=Yael |title=Embedded Questions and 'De Dicto' Readings |date=2002 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/23748701 |journal=Natural Language Semantics |volume=10 |issue=2 |pages=97–123 |doi=10.1023/A:1016573907314 |jstor=23748701 |s2cid=117802759 |issn=0925-854X}}
* {{Cite journal |last=Sharvit |first=Yael |last2=Stateva |first2=Penka |date=2002 |title=Superlative Expressions, Context, and Focus |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/25001857 |journal=Linguistics and Philosophy |volume=25 |issue=4 |pages=453–504 |issn=0165-0157}}
* {{Cite journal |last1=Sharvit |first1=Yael |last2=Stateva |first2=Penka |date=2002 |title=Superlative Expressions, Context, and Focus |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/25001857 |journal=Linguistics and Philosophy |volume=25 |issue=4 |pages=453–504 |doi=10.1023/A:1020875809794 |jstor=25001857 |s2cid=60715693 |issn=0165-0157|url-access=subscription }}
* {{cite journal|last1=Guerzoni|first1=E.|last2=Sharvit|first2=Y.|year=2007|title=A question of strength: on NPIs in interrogative clauses|journal= Linguistics & Philosophy|volume=30|pages=361–391}}
* {{cite journal|last1=Guerzoni|first1=Elena |last2=Sharvit|first2=Yael |year=2007|title=A question of strength: on NPIs in interrogative clauses|journal= Linguistics and Philosophy|volume=30|issue=3|pages=361–391|doi=10.1007/s10988-007-9014-x|s2cid=60878758}}
* {{Cite journal |last=Sharvit |first=Yael |date=2008 |title=The Puzzle of Free Indirect Discourse |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/40270140 |journal=Linguistics and Philosophy |volume=31 |issue=3 |pages=353–395 |issn=0165-0157}}
* {{Cite journal |last=Sharvit |first=Yael |date=2008 |title=The Puzzle of Free Indirect Discourse |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/40270140 |journal=Linguistics and Philosophy |volume=31 |issue=3 |pages=353–395 |doi=10.1007/s10988-008-9039-9 |jstor=40270140 |s2cid=62735532 |issn=0165-0157|url-access=subscription }}
* Alxatib, Sam; Sharvit, Yael (2017). Bound tense in relative clauses: Evidence from VP-ellipsis. Linguistic Inquiry 48: 697-711. doi:10.1162/LING_a_00259


== References ==
== References ==
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Yael Sharvit
Alma materRutgers University
Scientific career
FieldsLinguistics,
InstitutionsUniversity of Connecticut, UCLA
Thesis (1997)
Doctoral advisorVeneeta Dayal

Yael Sharvit is an American linguist who is Professor of Linguistics at UCLA.[1] She specializes in semantics and the syntax-semantics interface.[2]

Career

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Sharvit received her PhD in linguistics from Rutgers University in 1997; she was the third person to graduate from the program.[3] Her dissertation title is "The Syntax and Semantics of Functional Relative Clauses."

She joined the faculty of the University of Connecticut in 1999, leaving in 2011 to take up a position at UCLA.[4]

Forschung

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Sharvit is known for her work on tense, including embedded tense (Sharvit 1999), or bound tense (Alxatib & Sharvit 2017), tense in free indirect discourse (Sharvit 2008) and cross-linguistic typologies of tense. She has also contributed to the semantics of questions (Sharvit 2002) and relative clauses, the semantics of attitude verbs, negative polarity items, resumptive pronouns (Sharvit 1999) and superlatives (Sharvit & Stateva 2002).[5]

Honors and distinctions

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She is an Associate Editor at the Journal of Semantics.[6] She also serves as co-editor-in-chief of the journal, Linguistics and Philosophy.[7]

Selected publications

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  • Sharvit, Yael (1999). "Connectivity in specificational sentences". Natural Language Semantics. 7 (3): 299–339. doi:10.1023/A:1008390623435. S2CID 117847989.
  • Sharvit, Yael (1999). "Functional Relative Clauses". Linguistics and Philosophy. 22 (5): 447–478. doi:10.1023/A:1005411720444. ISSN 0165-0157. JSTOR 25001753. S2CID 58725382.
  • Sharvit, Yael (1999-08-01). "Resumptive Pronouns in Relative Clauses". Natural Language & Linguistic Theory. 17 (3): 587–612. doi:10.1023/A:1006226031821. ISSN 1573-0859. S2CID 169736813.
  • Sharvit, Yael (2002). "Embedded Questions and 'De Dicto' Readings". Natural Language Semantics. 10 (2): 97–123. doi:10.1023/A:1016573907314. ISSN 0925-854X. JSTOR 23748701. S2CID 117802759.
  • Sharvit, Yael; Stateva, Penka (2002). "Superlative Expressions, Context, and Focus". Linguistics and Philosophy. 25 (4): 453–504. doi:10.1023/A:1020875809794. ISSN 0165-0157. JSTOR 25001857. S2CID 60715693.
  • Guerzoni, Elena; Sharvit, Yael (2007). "A question of strength: on NPIs in interrogative clauses". Linguistics and Philosophy. 30 (3): 361–391. doi:10.1007/s10988-007-9014-x. S2CID 60878758.
  • Sharvit, Yael (2008). "The Puzzle of Free Indirect Discourse". Linguistics and Philosophy. 31 (3): 353–395. doi:10.1007/s10988-008-9039-9. ISSN 0165-0157. JSTOR 40270140. S2CID 62735532.
  • Alxatib, Sam; Sharvit, Yael (2017). Bound tense in relative clauses: Evidence from VP-ellipsis. Linguistic Inquiry 48: 697-711. doi:10.1162/LING_a_00259

References

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  1. ^ "Faculty: Yael Sharvit". Department of Linguistics - UCLA. Retrieved 2022-04-22.
  2. ^ "Google Scholar citations - Yael Sharvit". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2022-03-14.
  3. ^ Braver, Aaron. "Alumnx". ling.rutgers.edu. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
  4. ^ "Sharvit joins UCLA faculty". SNARL | Rutgers Linguistics. 2011-09-23. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
  5. ^ "Yael Sharvit - Google Scholar". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
  6. ^ "Editorial Board". Oxford Academic. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
  7. ^ "Linguistics and Philosophy". SpringerLink. Retrieved 2024-03-09.


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