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I work on Agreement in various languages. Here are some of my recent publications:

“Agreement in Archi from a Minimalist Perspective” from Oxford University Press

“Biabsolutives in Archi” from the proceedings of LSA 88

Dagestanian Research

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Here is some work that I have done on Dagestanian languages:

Polinsky, M. Agreement in Archi from a minimalist perspective. In: Archi: complexities of agreement in cross-theoretical perspective (eds. Oliver Bond et al). 184-232. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Polinsky, M. Tsez Syntax: A Description. Manuscript. Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.
Polinsky, M and Radkevich, N. Biabsolutives in Archi in LSA 88. Minneapolis, MN.
Gagliardi, A; Goncalves, M; Polinsky, M; and Radkevich, N. The Biabsolutive Construction in Lak and Tsez. Lingua 150:137-170.

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Georgian Research

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Mayan Research

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Here is some of the research I have done on Mayan languages:

Clemens, LE and Polinsky, M. Verb-initial word orders (primarily in Austronesian and Mayan languages). The Blackwell Companion to Syntax, second edition.
Clemens, LE; Coon, J; Mateo, Pedro P; Morgan, AM; Polinsky, M; Tandet, G; and Wagers M. Ergativity and the complexity of extraction: A view from Mayan.Natural Language and Linguistic Theory 33: 417-467.

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Polynesian Research

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Here is some research I have done related to Polynesian languages:

Polinsky, M and Potsdam, E. Austronesian syntax. Languages of Oceania.
Clemens, LE and Polinsky, M. Verb-initial word orders (primarily in Austronesian and Mayan languages). The Blackwell Companion to Syntax, second edition.
Polinsky, M and Potsdam, E. Information questions in Malagasy dialects. “Dialectal variation in Madagascar”. Western Papers in Linguistics (Cahiers linguistiques de Western) 1:6.
Potsdam, E and Polinsky, M. The Syntax of the Tahitian Actor Emphatic Construction. Oceanic Linguistics. 51: 58-85.
Potsdam, E and Polinsky, M. Questions and word order in Polynesian. Topics in Oceanic Syntax. 121-153.

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Heritage Languages

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“Revisiting Inverse Scope: an Experimental Study of Chinese and English”

I work on finding the structural differences between monolingual and bilingual grammars in the heritage languages of the world. Here you can find some work that I have done on this topic:

“Structure vs. Use in Heritage Language” from Linguistics Vanguard

“Heritage Language and Linguistic Theory” from Frontiers in Psychology

Ergativity

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I work on syntactic ergativity in a variety of languages. Below you can find some examples of my work:

“Antipassive” from the Oxford Handbook of Ergativity

“Syntactic Ergativity” from The Blackwell Companion to Syntax

“Deconstructing Ergativity: Two Types of Ergative Language” from Oxford University Press

“Ergativity and the Complexity of Extracton: A View from Mayan” from Natural Language and Linguistic Theory

“Tsez Syntax” personal manuscript

1995-2004

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2004

Polinsky M, Potsdam E. Malagasy control and its theoretical implications. Berkeley Linguistic Society, Proceedings 30.

2003

Comrie, B, Polinsky M. Constraints on Reflexivization in Tsez. Current Trends in Caucasian, East European, and Inner Asian Linguistics.

2001

Potsdam, E, Polinsky M. Long Distance Agreement and Topic in Tsez. Natural Language and Linguistic Theory.
Polinsky, M. Information Structure and Syntax: Topic, Discourse-Linking and Agreement.
Third Workshop on Spoken and Written Texts. Austin: Texas Linguistic Forum.

1998

Keenan E, Polinsky M. Malagasy morphology. In: The Handbook of Morphology. Oxford: Blackwell
Comrie B, Polinsky M. The Great Dagestanian Case Hoax. In: Case, Typology, and Grammar. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.

1995

Polinsky M. Cross-linguistic parallels in language loss. Southwest Journal of Linguistics.
Polinsky M. American Russian: Language Loss Meets Language Acquisition. In: Formal Approaches to Slavic Linguisitics. Cornell Meeting. Ann Arbor: Michigan Slavic Publications.
Polinsky M. Niuean. Eastern Literature RAS.

1994

Polinsky M. Relativization in Chukchi. In collection: Aronson, Howard (ed.), Papers from the 7th Conference on the Non-Slavic Languages of the USSR. . 1994. Chicago University Press, Chicago.

1993

Polinsky M. Subject Inversion and Intransitive Subject Incorporation. Papers from the 29th Regional Meeting of the Chicago Linguistics Society.

2005-2010

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