| Biography:
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With a Ph.D in Linguistics from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst in hand, Daniel Seely came to EMU in 1988 and has enjoyed every minute of his 20-year career here. His research and teaching is focused on biolinguistic theory, specifically on language as an “organ” of the human brain. His courses include Syntax, Semantics, and Psycholinguistics.
Seely’s research has appeared in such journals as SYNTAX and Linguistic Inquiry; and he has a number of recent books with long-time collaborator Samuel Epstein. Seely has received a number of teaching awards including The Holman Outstanding Faculty, Classroom Instruction Award, 2002; and the Ronald W. Collins Distinguished Faculty Teaching II Award, considered “the most prestigious award offered by the University to an individual faculty member,” 2004.
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| Courses:
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| Syntax |
| Semantics |
| Psycholinguistics |
| Modern English Grammar |
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Recent Publications: |
Seely, T. Daniel, S. D. Epstein and H. Kitahara (to appear) "Uninterpretable Features: What are
they and what do they do?" Language Faculty and Beyond series (to appear), ed. M.Putnam. John Benjamin's.
Seely, T. Daniel, S. D. Epstein and H. Kitahara (to appear) “Derivations,” Chapter of
Handbook of Minimalist Linguistics Oxford University Press, C. Boeckx ed.
Seely, T. Daniel, and S. D. Epstein (2008) The Anatomy of Chomsky’s Biolinguistic Minimalism, a
video published in the inaugural issue of the e-journal Biolinguistics, K. Grohmann and C. Boeckx eds. [http://elearning.emich.edu/media/Producer/LING/SeelyEpstein.html]
Seely, T. Daniel and Konstantia Kapetangianni (2007) “Control in Modern Greek: It’s
another good move,” in S. Dubinsky & W. Davies (eds) New horizons in the analysis of Control and Raising, Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory series, Springer.
Seely, T. Daniel and S. D. Epstein (2006) “The Anatomy of Biolinguistic Minimalism,”
Keynote Address at the Michigan Linguistic Society Annual Meeting, Oakland University.
Seely, T. Daniel (2006) “Merge, derivational c-command, and subcategorization in a
label-free syntax,” Cedric Boeckx (ed) Minimalist Essays, LA Series, John Benjamins.
Seely, T. Daniel and S. D. Epstein, (2006) Derivations in Minimalism,
Cambridge University Press: Cambridge.
Seely, T. Daniel, and S. D. Epstein and A. Pires, (2005) “EPP in T: more
controversial subjects,” in SYNTAX: a journal of theoretical, experimental and
interdisciplinary research, Blackwell.
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