Alice Davison (University of Iowa)

submitted: 1/11/95 (by mail)

Alice Davison
Associate Professor of Linguistics
Department of Linguistics
University of Iowa, 570 EPB
iowa City, Iowa  52242   USA

email: alice-davison@uiowa.edu
       blaaldwy@uiamvs.bitnet

description of work:

Research interest in syntax of South Asian languages, especially Hindi 
and Urdu from the point of view of (a) Universal Grammar and challenges 
to current theories, and (b) areal and genetic relationships to other 
languages of South Asia. I've written a number of publications and 
conference papers on aspects of Hindi-Urdu: reflexives, dative 
experiencers, agreement, finite clauses, wh- in situ (relatives, 
questions). I'm currently writing an overview of the binding of 
reflexives and pronouns in Hindi, and working on a lexical study of Hindi 
predicates (case, theta marking, complement type). I continue a study of 
finite clauses, including the relative clause types.