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Faculty Profile Last Modified Time: 10:11:39 AM Fri, 29 Jan 2010   Contact Information Joseph Sabbagh Assistant Professor-Linguistics    817-272-0096    Associated Profiles Professional Preparation Publications/Creative Works Presentations and Projects Appointments Synergistic Activities Teaching  Professional Preparation  Degree Major Institution Year  PhD Linguistics MIT 2005  BA Linguistics UC Santa Cruz 2000  Publications/Creative Works Page: <<First 1 2 Last>> Year Description Type Tags Status Forthcoming Unaccusative Adjectives and the Structure of VP in Tagalog. Lingua. Journal Article Refereed/Juried Accepted 2009 Sabbagh, Joseph. "The Category of Predicates and Predicate Phrases in Tagalog." Theoretical Linguistics 35.1 (2009): 153-166. Journal Article Invited, Non-Refereed, Review/Commentary/Criticism Published 2009 Sabbagh, Joseph. "Existential Sentences in Tagalog." Natural Language and Linguistic Theory 27.4 (2009): 54. Journal Article Refereed/Juried Published 2009 Sabbagh, J. Copular Clauses and Predicate Initial Word Order in Tagalog. 2009. Journal Article Refereed/Juried In-progress 2008 Sabbagh, J. Right Node Raising and Extraction in Tagalog. Linguistic Inquiry 2008, 39 (3). Journal Article Refereed/Juried Published  Presentations and Projects Conference and Workshop Presentations (Refereed)     2008. "Subject Initial sentences in a verb initial language." Presented at the Linguistic Society of America annual meeting, January 2008. 2006. "Unaccusative adjectives and the structure of VP in Tagalog", Presented at the 25th West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics (WCCFL), University of Washington. 2005. "Existential Constructions in Tagalog", Presented at Austronesian Formal Linguistics Association (AFLA), UCLA. "Existential constructions and Case assignment in Tagalog", Presented at the Linguistic Society of America (LSA) annual meeting. 2004. "Stress shift and prosodic correspondence in Tagalog", Presented at the Western Conference on Linguistics (WECOL), USC. 2003. "Rightward movement is sometimes movement before, and sometimes movement after, Spell-Out", Presented at the 22nd West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics (WCCFL), UC San Diego. Conference and Workshop Presentations (Invited)      2009. "How to evade a universal or two in Tagalog", Presented at the DFW Metroplex Linguistics Conference",  UT Arlington. 2006. "The syntax of existential sentences in Tagalog", Presented at the Comparative Austronesian Syntax Workshop, UC San Diego 2004. "Ordering and linearizing rightward movement", Presented at Linguistics at Santa Cruz (LASC), UC Santa Cruz. Invited Presentations      2009. "Individual and event existentials in Tagalog", Harvard University (November). "Predicate Initial and predicate final word order in Tagalog", UT Arlington (February). 2008. "Word order and copular clauses in Tagalog", San Fransisco State University (May).  "Copular clauses in Tagalog", Reed College (April). "Copular clauses and predicate final word order in Tagalog", UC Berkeley (March). "Predicate initial and predicate final word order in Tagalog", UC San Diego (February). 2007. "The syntax of existential sentences in Tagalog", CUNY (November). "The grammatical ingredients of existense in Tagalog", Concordia University (October). "A cross-linguistic difference among adjectives: Implications for the theory of argument structure", Reed College (March). "The syntax of the internal (theme) argument: Evidence from Tagalog", Cornell University (February). "The syntax of internal argumets: Evidence from Tagalog", McGill University (January).  Appointments Duration Rank Department / School College / Office University / Company 2008-2009 Visiting Assistant Professor Linguistics Reed College   2007-2008 Visiting Lecturer Linguistics   UC Berkeley 2005-2007 Postdoctoral Fellow Linguistics   McGill 2009 Assistant Professor Linguistics & TESOL   UT Arlington  Synergistic Activities Editorial Board(s) Syntax Field Work Hebrew, Tagalog, Zazaki Review Work Journals (as ad hoc reviewer): Natural Language and Linguistic Theory, Linguistic Inquiry; Conference Abstracts: Austronesian Formal Linguistics Association (ALFA), Linguistic Society of America (LSA); Grant Applications: Israeli Science Foundation  Teaching   LING 5630-001 - Non-Western Linguistic Structures 2009 Study of a selected non-Western language, language family or language area based on descriptive linguistic analysis. May be repeated once for credit as the topic varies. Prerequisite: LING 3330 and LING 3340. Download Syllabus (69.01KB. This syllabus was uploaded Monday 24th, August 2009 01:40:17 PM and is subject to change.) Contact Information Phone: 817-272-0096     LING 5330-001 - Formal Syntax 2009 Explores the grammatical structures characteristic of human language by analyzing data from diverse languages within the theoretical framework of formal syntax. Prerequisite: LING 3340 or permission of instructor. Download Syllabus (72.88KB. This syllabus was uploaded Monday 24th, August 2009 01:41:41 PM and is subject to change.) Contact Information Phone: 817-272-0096     LING 5331-001 - Advanced Formal Syntax Spring 2010 Continuation of Linguistics 5330. The first half of this course investigates the role that locality plays in syntax through detailed investigation of "island" phenomenon. The second half of this course explores the architecture of anaphora. Download Syllabus (51.53KB. This syllabus was uploaded Monday 02nd, November 2009 11:04:45 AM and is subject to change.) Contact Information Phone: 817-272-0096   For the Official List of Courses for registration, please visit MyMav - Schedule of Classes