M. Baker

Publications
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Incorporation: A Theory of Grammatical Function Changing

M. Baker
Computer Science
1988

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Linguistics and Philosophy, 1985. Expand

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The mirror principle and morphosyntactic explanation

M. Baker
Philosophy
1985

Lexical Categories: Verbs, Nouns and Adjectives

M. Baker
Computer Science
2003

Acknowledgements List of abbreviations 1. The problem of the lexical categories 2. Verbs as licensers of subjects 3. Nouns as bearers of a referential index 4. Adjectives as neither nouns nor verbs 5. Adpositions as functional categories References Index. Expand

The Polysynthesis Parameter

M. Baker
Computer Science
1995

A grammar of polysynthetic languages with a systematic way of representing predicate-argument relationships. Expand

The Syntax of Agreement and Concord

M. Baker
Computer Science
2008

This book develops a theory of the agreement processes found in language and considers why verbs agree with subjects in person, adjectives agree in number and gender but not person, and nouns do not agree at all. Expand

Thematic Roles and Syntactic Structure

M. Baker
Psychology
1997

One central task for any theory of grammar is to solve the so-called “linking problem”: the problem of discovering regularities in how the participants of an event are expressed in surface… Expand

Passive arguments raised

M. Baker, Kyle Johnson
Mathematics
1989

Object sharing and projection in serial verb constructions

M. Baker
Mathematics
1989

The atoms of language: The mind''s hidden rules of grammar

M. Baker
Computer Science
1987

We are now on the verge of solving this problem. Expand

Theta theory and the syntax of applicatives in Chichewa

M. Baker
Mathematics
1 August 1988

Abbreviations used in the glosses in this article are: A, gender agreement; ABS, absolutive; APPL, applied affix; ASP, mood morpheme; EX, exclusive; HAB, habitual tense; OP, object prefix; PASS,… Expand

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