E-mail: emhanink [at] iu.edu
Welcome!
I'm an Assistant Professor in the Department of
Linguistics at Indiana
University. I received my Ph.D. in Linguistics from the University of
Chicago in 2018.
My research focuses on theoretical syntax and its interfaces with semantics and
morphology.
My work investigates theoretical issues surrounding relativization,
subordination, nominalization, agreement/concord, and categorization.
Much of my research draws from my fieldwork on Wá·šiw (Washo),
an Indigenous language spoken around Lake Tahoe
(dáʔaw). My work aims to highlight the
contributions of Indigenous languages to the development of linguistic
theory.
Recent and upcoming
September 2024. Paper accepted at Linguistic Inquiry (with Andrew Koontz-Garboden): Possession in categorization across language and category
May 2024. Talk at the Joint Workshop on Multiword Expressions and Universal Dependencies (MWE-UD) at LREC-COLING with Meesum Alam, Francis Tyers, and Sandra Kübler): Universal dependencies for Saraiki. Torino, Italy.
April 2024. Poster at the 24th Workshop on Structure and Consituency in Languages of the Americas (WSCLA) (with Andrew Koontz-Garboden): What makes a bipartite verb? A case study from Wá·šiw. University of Toronto.
February 2024. Colloquium at Rutgers University. Deriving entities in the syntax at the A and A' level.
January 2024. Talk at the Linguistic Society of America's annual meeting with Andrew Koontz-Garboden: Resultative bipartite verbs in Wá·šiw. New York City.