Jason Kandybowicz

Jason Kandybowicz (born 1978) is an American linguist, since 2022 Full Professor of Linguistics at The Graduate Center, CUNY He received his Ph.D. from UCLA in 2006 as an advisee of Hilda Koopman.[1] Kandybowicz has researched several endangered and understudied West African languages, including Nupe, Krachi, Ikpana and Asante Twi.[2][3] Working within the generative grammar framework, he has written several important books [4] and scientific journal articles about Niger-Congo languages and the syntax-phonology interface.[5] He has made a number of media appearances, including interviews for podcasts[6] and the British Broadcasting Company[7]

Jason Kandybowicz
Born1978 (age 44–45)
Alma materUCLA, Rutgers University
Scientific career
FieldsSyntax, generative grammar, fieldwork
InstitutionsGraduate Center, CUNY, University of Kansas, University of Texas at Arlington, Swarthmore College
Doctoral advisorHilda Koopman

Selected bibliography

Books
  • (2023) Ikpana Interrogatives (with Bertille Baron, Philip T. Duncan, and Hironori Katsuda)[8]
  • (2020) Anti-contiguity: A Theory of Wh- Prosody[9]
  • (2018) African Linguistics on the Prairie (with Travis Major, Philip T. Duncan, and Harold Torrence)[10]
  • (2017) Africa's Endangered Languages: Documentary and Theoretical Approaches (with Harold Torrence)[11]
  • (2008) The Grammar of Repetition: Nupe Grammar at the Syntax-Phonology Interface[12][13]

Articles
  • (2023) Salvation by Deletion in Nupe (with Gesoel Mendes).[14] Linguistic Inquiry 54: 299–325.
  • (2023) Integrated Non-restrictive Relative Clauses in Shupamem (with Abdoulaye Laziz Nchare).[15] Natural Language and Linguistic Theory 41: 655–677.
  • (2022) Sluicing and Focus Related Particles in Brazilian Portuguese and Nupe (with Gesoel Mendes).[16] Revista Linguíʃtica 18: 39–61.
  • (2022) Managing Data for Theoretical Syntactic Study of a Language (with Philip T. Duncan, Harold Torrence, and Travis Major).[17] In Andrea L. Berez-Kroeker, Bradley McDonnell, Eve Koller, and Lauren Collister (eds.) The Open Handbook of Linguistic Data Management, pp. 523–530. MIT Press.
  • (2021) Predicate Fronting with Verb Doubling in Krachi: A Parallel Chains Analysis (with Harold Torrence).[18] In Vera Lee-Schoenfeld and Dennis Ott (eds.) Parameters of Predicate Fronting: Cross-linguistic Explorations of V(P)-initial Clauses, pp. 131–156. Oxford University Press.
  • (2021) Documenting the Ikpana Interrogative System (with Bertille Baron, Philip T. Duncan, and Hironori Katsuda).[19] Journal of African Languages and Linguistics 42: 63–100.
  • (2017) On Prosodic Variation and the Distribution of Wh- In-situ.[20] Linguistic Variation 17: 111–148.
  • (2017) The Role of Theory in Documentation: Intervention Effects and Missing Gaps in the Krachi Documentation Record (with Harold Torrence).[21] In Jason Kandybowicz and Harold Torrence (eds.) Africa's Endangered Languages: Documentary and Theoretical Approaches, pp. 187–205. Oxford University Press.
  • (2015) Wh- Question Formation in Krachi (with Harold Torrence).[22] Journal of African Languages and Linguistics 36: 253–286.
  • (2015) On Prosodic Vacuity and Verbal Resumption in Asante Twi.[23] Linguistic Inquiry 46: 243–272.
  • (2013) Ways of Emphatic Scope Taking: from Emphatic Assertion in Nupe to the Grammar of Emphasis.[24] Lingua 128: 51–71.
  • (2011) How Why is Different: Wh- In-situ in Krachi (with Harold Torrence).[25] Snippets 23: 5–6.
  • (2009) Embracing Edges: Syntactic and Phono-syntactic Edge Sensitivity in Nupe.[26] Natural Language and Linguistic Theory 27: 305–344.
  • (2007) On Fusion and Multiple Copy Spell-Out: The Case of Verbal Repetition.[27] In Norbert Corver and Jairo Nunes (eds.) The Copy Theory of Movement, pp. 119–150. John Benjamins Publishing Company.
  • (2008) Externalization and Emergence: On the Status of Parameters in the Minimalist Program.[28] Biolinguistics 3: 94–99.
  • (2003) On Directionality and the Structure of the Verb Phrase: Evidence from Nupe (with Mark C. Baker).[29] Syntax 6: 115–155.

References
  1. "Jason Kandybowicz". www.gc.cuny.edu. Retrieved 2017-09-07.
  2. National Science Foundation public awards announcement
  3. University of Kansas feature article
  4. "The grammar of repetition : Nupe grammar at the syntax-phonology interface /". worldcat.org. Retrieved 2017-09-07.
  5. Jason Kandybowicz CV - March 2022
  6. "Scientist podcast interview". scientistpodcast.org. Retrieved 2019-04-24.
  7. "BBC interview for International Mother Tongue Day. Episode: "Nigeria's 'Democracy' Buses". Original air date: Feb. 21, 2019". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-04-24.
  8. Ikpana Interrogatives. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2023-06-16. ISBN 9780192845009.
  9. Anti-contiguity: A Theory of Wh- Prosody. New York: Oxford University Press. 2020-11-01. ISBN 9780197509746.
  10. African Linguistics on the Prairie. Berlin: Language Science Press. 2018-06-16. ISBN 978-3-96110-036-1.
  11. Africa's Endangered Languages: Documentary and Theoretical Approaches. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press. 2017-08-07. ISBN 9780190256340.
  12. "The Grammar of Repetition". benjamins.com. Retrieved 2017-09-07.
  13. "The Grammar of Repetition Book Review". Journal of African Languages and Linguistics. 32 (1). 2011. doi:10.1515/jall.2011.005. ISSN 1613-3811.
  14. Mendes, Gesoel; Kandybowicz, Jason (2023-03-21). "Salvation by Deletion in Nupe". Linguistic Inquiry. 54 (2): 299–325. doi:10.1162/ling_a_00434.
  15. Kandybowicz, Jason; Nchare, Abdoulaye Laziz (2022). "Integrated Non-restrictive Relative Clauses in Shupamem". Natural Language and Linguistic Theory.
  16. Mendes, Gesoel; Kandybowicz, Jason (2022). "Sluicing and Focus Related Particles in Brazilian Portuguese and Nupe". Revista Linguíʃtica. 18 (1): 39–61.
  17. "Managing Data for Theoretical Syntactic Study of a Language".
  18. "Predicate Fronting with Verb Doubling in Krachi: A Parallel Chains Analysis".
  19. Kandybowicz, Jason; Baron, Bertille; Duncan, Philip T.; Katsuda, Hironori (2021-10-14). "Documenting the Ikpana Interrogative System". Journal of African Languages and Linguistics. 42 (1). doi:10.1515/jall-2021-2016. ISSN 1613-3811. S2CID 238747955.
  20. "On Prosodic Variation and the Distribution of Wh- In-situ". benjamins.com. Retrieved 2017-09-07.
  21. "The Role of Theory in Documentation: Intervention Effects and Missing Gaps in the Krachi Documentation Record".
  22. Torrence, Harold; Kandybowicz, Jason (2015-12-01). "Wh- question formation in Krachi". Journal of African Languages and Linguistics. 36 (2). doi:10.1515/jall-2015-0011. ISSN 1613-3811. S2CID 152199267.
  23. Kandybowicz, Jason (2015-04-01). "On Prosodic Vacuity and Verbal Resumption in Asante Twi". Linguistic Inquiry. 46 (2): 243–272. doi:10.1162/LING_a_00181. ISSN 0024-3892. S2CID 57564111.
  24. Kandybowicz, Jason (2013-05-01). "Ways of emphatic scope-taking: From emphatic assertion in Nupe to the grammar of emphasis". Lingua. SI: Polarity emphasis: distribution and locus of licensing. 128: 51–71. doi:10.1016/j.lingua.2012.10.017.
  25. Kandybowicz, Jason; Torrence, Harold (2011). "How Why is Different: Wh- In-situ in Krachi" (PDF). Snippets. 23: 5–6.
  26. Kandybowicz, Jason (2009-05-01). "Embracing edges: syntactic and phono-syntactic edge sensitivity in Nupe". Natural Language & Linguistic Theory. 27 (2): 305–344. doi:10.1007/s11049-009-9064-6. ISSN 0167-806X. S2CID 92992550.
  27. "On Fusion and Multiple Copy Spell-Out".
  28. Kandybowicz, Jason (2009-01-20). "Externalization and Emergence: On the Status of Parameters in the Minimalist Program". Biolinguistics. 3 (1): 093–098. doi:10.5964/bioling.8687. ISSN 1450-3417. S2CID 2066083.
  29. Kandybowicz, Jason; Baker, Mark C. (2003-08-01). "On Directionality and the Structure of the Verb Phrase: Evidence from Nupe". Syntax. 6 (2): 115–155. doi:10.1111/1467-9612.00058. ISSN 1467-9612.
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