CURRICULUM VITAE

T. DANIEL SEELY

CURRENT POSITION:

Professor and Chair of the Program in Linguistics

Department of English Language and Literature

Program in Linguistics

Eastern Michigan University

Ypsilanti, MI 48197

Tel: 734-487-0145

Email: tseely@emich.edu

Homepage: http://people.emich.edu/tseely/

EDUCATION:

1983-1988 UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS, Amherst, MA

Ph.D. in Linguistics, September 1988

1982-1983 UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT, Storrs, CT

Graduate work in Linguistics

1980-1982 UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT, Storrs, CT

B.A. in Philosophy, Summa Cum Laude

1979-1980 CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY,

New Britain, CT Philosophy Major

1978-1979 UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND,

Tacoma, WA Philosophy Major

Summer 1981 Goethe Institut, Schwaebisch Hall,

Awarded Zertifikat Deutsch als Fremdsprache

TEACHING RECOGNITION AND AWARDS:

Graduate Mentor Award, 2009 Recipient.

Holman Outstanding Faculty, Classroom Instruction Award, 2008 Nominee

Linguist of the Day, LINGUIST LIST Fund Drive, 2007: https://linguistlist.org/donation/fund-drive2007/linguists/LinguistOfTheDayIndex.cfm

Holman Outstanding Faculty, Classroom Instruction Award, 2007 Nominee

Honors Faculty of the Year, given by the student members of the University Honors

College, 2005-2006 Nominee.

Holman Outstanding Faculty, Classroom Instruction Award, 2005 Nominee.

Star Lecture Series, University-wide Honors Program Lecture Series participant with the

presentation: “There is no such thing as English! … and other puzzles of modern linguistics” 2005.

Ronald W. Collins Distinguished Faculty Teaching II Award, considered “the

most prestigious award offered by the University to an individual faculty member,” 2004 Recipient.

Linguistic Society of America, Summer Institute Course, English Syntax, Michigan State

University, 2003.

Institutional Values Award, Teaching, 2003 Nominee.

Ronald W. Collins Distinguished Faculty Teaching II Award, 2003 Nominee.

Holman Outstanding Faculty in a Student Support Role, 2003 Nominee.

Holman Outstanding Faculty, Classroom Instruction Award, 2002 Recipient.

EMU Ambassadors Certificate of Recognition for Excellence in Teaching, 2002 Recipient.

Distinguished Faculty Award for Teaching Excellence 1991, 1996 Nominee.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

Following courses taught at Eastern Michigan University (5xx = grad course):

LIN 201, Introduction to Linguistics, survey course.

LIN 401, Introduction to Linguistic Science, second level

introduction to core areas of theoretical linguistics.

LIN 402, Modern English Grammar, an advanced level introduction to

the grammar of English.

LIN 425, Introduction to Syntax, undergraduate syntax, GB focus.

LIN 426, Special Topics: The Philosophy of Language, major issues.

LIN 525, Advanced Syntax, advanced work in theoretical syntax.

LIN 531, Semantics, graduate introduction to current approaches to

the study of meaning, focus on Montague Grammar.

LIN 533, Psycholinguistics, focus on adult sentence processing

and language acquisition.

LIN 535, Discourse Analysis, examination of central topics and

frameworks of discourse analysis.

LIN 592, Topics: Linguistics and the Philosophy of Science,

major controversies in linguistic theory.

Over the years I’ve worked on dozens of MA theses, MA exams, and undergraduate Honors Theses.

Other teaching experience:

Advanced Syntax Seminar, co-taught with Prof. Acrisio Pires, University of Michigan, 2004.

Linguistic Society of America Summer Institute, English Syntax, Michigan State University, 2003.

Advanced Syntax Seminar, University of Michigan, 1993.

Introduction to linguistics at TESOL Summer Institute at Michigan State University, 1990.

Teaching Assistant, University of Massachusetts, Department of Linguistics, 1983-1987.

Teaching Assistant, University of Connecticut, Department of English, 1982-1983.

SELECTED REFEREED PUBLICATIONS & CONFERENCE TALKS:

Seely, T. Daniel, S. D. Epstein and H. Kitahara (to appear) "Uninterpretable Features: What are

they and what do they do?" Language Faculty and Beyond series (to appear), ed. M.Putnam. John Benjamin's.

Seely, T. Daniel, S. D. Epstein and H. Kitahara (to appear) “Derivations,” Chapter of

Handbook of Minimalist Linguistics Oxford University Press, C. Boeckx ed.

Seely, T. Daniel, and S. D. Epstein (2008) The Anatomy of Chomsky’s Biolinguistic Minimalism, a

video published in the inaugural issue of the e-journal Biolinguistics, K. Grohmann and C. Boeckx eds. [http://elearning.emich.edu/media/Producer/LING/SeelyEpstein.html]

Seely, T. Daniel, and Dina Kapiangianni (2007) “Control in Modern Greek: it’s a good move,” in

William D. Davies and Stanley Dubinsky (eds). New Horizons in the Analysis of Control and Raising, Dordrecht: Springer.

Seely, T. Daniel (2006) “Merge, derivational c-command, and subcategorization in a

label-free syntax,” Cedric Boeckx (ed) Minimalist Essays, LA Series, John Benjamins.

Seely, T. Daniel and S. D. Epstein, (2006) Derivations in Minimalism,

Cambridge University Press: Cambridge. Co-authored book.

Seely, T. Daniel, and S. D. Epstein and A. Pires, (2005) “EPP in T: more

controversial subjects,” in SYNTAX: a journal of theoretical, experimental and

interdisciplinary research, Blackwell.

Seely, T. Daniel, and K. Kapetangianni, (2002a) "Greek na-clauses: explanation by

deduction, agreement by degrees” Workshop on Greek Syntax, University of Reading, Sept 19-21. To appear in proceedings volume. Also, presented at the Syntax Support Group at University of Michigan, Dec 2002.

Seely, T. Daniel and S. D. Epstein, (eds) (2002b) Derivation and Explanation in the

Minimalist Program. Blackwell Series on Generative Syntax; Blackwell Publishers. Co-edited book. This book has the honor of being selected to receive a full review article in the journal Language. The book was also selected as the book of the month on the LINGUIST LIST.

Seely, T. Daniel and S. D. Epstein, (2002c) "Rule applications as cycles in a level-free

syntax." In Epstein & Seely (2002).

Seely, T. Daniel and S. D. Epstein, (2002d) "On the quest for explanation."

In Epstein & Seely (2002).

Seely, T. Daniel (1999) “Judging Introspection,” paper presented at MMLA meeting

Nov 1999.

Seely, T. Daniel (1999) “SPEC-ifying the GF ‘subject;’ eliminating A-Chains and the EPP

within a Derivational Model,” with Samuel David Epstein, paper presented at the LSA Summer Institute workshop on Grammatical Functions. July 9 (1999).

Seely, T. Daniel (1999) “On E-conferences,” a paper on electronic conferencing in

linguistics, appeared in the journal GLOT, (1999).

Seely, T. Daniel (1996) “Geometric and Thematic Structure in Binding,” (editor &

organizer), the first on-line conference in linguistics. URL: http://www.emich.edu/~linguist/linconf/

Seely, T. Daniel (1994) "Anaphora with Plural Nominals," the Anaphoric Relations and

(In)coherence Conference at Universiteit Antwerpen, Belguim.

Seely, T. Daniel (1993) "Domains of Binding," paper presented at Michigan Linguistics

Society annual meeting, Wayne State University, October 8.

(Report on grammaticality study.)

Seely, T. Daniel (1993) "The Syntax of Plural Pronominals," the 4th Formal Linguistics

Society of Mid-America at the U. of Iowa. [Although the title is same as Seely (1992) this is substantially revised paper.] April 16-18.

Seely, T. Daniel (1993) "Plural Pronominals and Binding Theory," Kentucky Foreign

Language Conference at U. of Kentucky, Lexington. April 22-24.

Seely, T. Daniel (1993) "Binding Plural Pronominals," published in The Chicago

Linguistic Society Proceedings Volume. [Revised version of Seely (1993)c.]

Seely, T. Daniel (1992) "The Syntax of Plural Pronominals," the 22nd Western

Conference on Linguistics at U. of Arizona, Tucson. October 16-18.

Seely, T. Daniel (1991) "On Weak Parasitic Gaps," Linguistic Inquiry. 22.1.

Seely, T. Daniel (1991) "A Review of 'Reflexivization in English and Polish: An Arc Pair

Grammar Analysis,'" by Wojciech Kubinski, Word, Journal of the

International Linguistic Association.

Seely, T. Daniel (1991) "On Antecedent Government," paper presented at the Formal

Linguistics Society of Mid-America, May 11, (1991), at Univ. of Michigan.

Seely, T. Daniel (1990) "Allowing Disagreement," with Dennis R. Preston, paper

presented at the annual meeting of the Michigan Linguistics Society, Oakland University, Nov 2.

Seely, T. Daniel (1990) "On the Reflexive Middle Construction: an Arc Pair Grammar

Analysis," paper presented at the LASSO/WECOL conference, El Paso, TX, Oct 19, 20, 21.

Seely, T. Daniel (1989) "Concepts and Consequences of Linking," D. Lebeaux and A.

Meister (editors), University of Massachusetts Occasional Papers in Linguistics, Vol. 10.

Seely, T. Daniel (1989) "Linking," paper presented at the annual meeting of the Michigan

Linguistics Society, Eastern Michigan University, Oct 13.

Seely, T. Daniel (1987) "The Dependence Hypothesis: Toward a Theory of the

Processing of Parasitic Gaps," Proceedings of the Sixth West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics, University of Arizona.

Seely, T. Daniel (1986) "Empty Operators," presented at the University of

Massachusetts Round Table on Operators, University of Massachusetts, May 15.

Seely, T. Daniel (1986) "Does the Binding Theory Break Down Under Stress?" paper

presented at the Northeast Modern Language Association Conference, Rutgers University, April 4.

Seely, T. Daniel (1984) "Pronominal Binding and V-chain Accessibility," special

issue of the Cornell Working Papers in Linguistics, proceedings of the Second Cornell Conference on Government and Binding Theory, Cornell University.

Seely, T. Daniel (1983) "Children's Comprehension of Reciprocals in Complex

Sentences,” Eighth Annual Boston University Conference on Language Development, Boston University, October 7-9.

OTHER RESEARCH WORK:

Seely (in progress) The Syntax of English; under contract with Blackwell University Press.

Seely (2002) "On Construal as Movement," Ms; to be revised and submitted.

Seely, A. Pires and S. D. Epstein (2002) "Radically derivational minimalism, features and

defective domains," grant proposal submitted to National Science Foundation.

Seely (2000) "Label-Free Syntax," ms.

Had full-year sabbatical proposal accepted (top rated proposal in the College of Arts and

Sciences), (1998)

Conceived and co-organized (with Teresa Satterfield) the workshop “Data

in Linguistics: initial critical examination of selected data sources,” and

gave a talk called “Judging Introspection,” (1997)

"Together, Operators, and Plurality," unpublished manuscript, (1996)

“The Brody-Epstein Paradox,” Paper presented at U. of Michigan, syntax

support group. (1997)

Moderator of the LINGUIST Network, 1996-1998.

Member of the NFS grant team, with John Remmers, Helen Aristar-Dry, and

Anthony Aristar. Grant for development of LINGUIST, the international

electronic list; grant for $110,000 awarded to us.

Book review editor for LINGUIST (1995).

Lecture tour of Poland during spring of 1994. Gave lectures and

workshops on my research in Binding Theory at Adam Mickiewicz

University in Posnan, University of Warsaw, and Katovice.

Recent review of Beth Levin's English Verb Classes and

Alternations: A Preliminary Investigation appeared in the

electronic journal LINGUIST. (1994).

"A Note on the Syntax of Reciprocity and Plurality," paper currently

under revision for Linguistic Inquiry.

"Psycholinguistics and Literacy," with Elaine Dunlap, paper presented

at Perspectives on Literacy Conference, Eastern Michigan

University, Oct 11, (1990).

"The Reflexive Middle Construction," presentation for the Program in

Linguistics, Eastern Michigan University, Winter (1989).

"Filler-gap Dependencies and Parasitic Gaps," presentation for the

University of Massachusetts Cognitive Science Meeting, April 9,

(1987).

"Some Notes on Resumptive Pronouns," presentation for the University

of Massachusetts Syntax Workshop, May 8, (1985).

Regular contributor to syntax support group with U. of Michigan over last two years, regular

contributor to psycholinguistics reading group at MSU.

RESEARCH APPOINTMENTS AND AWARDS:

Research Assistant: Lyn Frazier and Charles Clifton, Jr., National Institutes of Health Development Grant #18707: "Comprehending Sentences with Long Distance Dependencies," University of Massachusetts, Summer 1984 through Spring 1985, Fall 1986 to Summer 1988.

Research Assistant: Steven Crain, Language Acquisition, University of Connecticut, Spring 1983. Major project on children's comprehension of reciprocals; responsibilities included: designing experiment, coordinating testing sessions, analyzing data.

First Year Fellowship, Department of Linguistics, University of Connecticut, 1982-83.

Member Phi Beta Kappa, Epsilon Chapter of Connecticut, University of Connecticut, selected May 9, 1982.

DISSERTATION: "Anaphoric Relations, Chains, and Paths," (1988), attempts to reduce Binding Theory to (version of) Antecedent Government; extensive analysis of Linking Framework (and comparison to indexing system); technical implementation of Chomsky's notion of n-subjacency to handle degrees of grammaticality with wh-extraction. Work on the linking framework published in Seely (1989) and presented at various conferences. Technical details and theoretical implications of my Principle of Antecedent Government (in various revised forms) presented at various conferences. Final chapter of dissertation has inspired much of my recent work on binding theory, particulary work on plural pronouns. (Committee: Lyn Frazier, Yoshihisa Kitagawa, David Pesetsky, Edwin Williams.)

OTHER EXPERIENCE:

Chair, Program in Linguistics; 1998-present.

Referee for Linguistic Inquiry, Natural Language and Linguistic Theory, NELS, ESCOL, MLS, and SCIL.

Director of the Polish Exchange Program at EMU, 1996-2001, 1994, 1991,

Advisor for Graduate Program in Linguistics, 1990-present.

Honors Faculty and Honors Advisor, 1990-present.

Undergraduate Advisor for Linguistics, 1990-1996.

Committees: Have included: Personnel & Finance; Sabbatical Leave and Research; Graduate Committee; and College Advisory Council.

Representative of Eastern Michigan University at the TESOL 1990 Summer Institute at Michigan State University, East Lansing. Taught "Introduction to Linguistics."

Editor, University of Massachusetts Occasional Papers in Linguistics, Special Issue in Psycholinguistics, Vol. 9,

INTERESTS:

Syntax: anaphora and locality constraints, the notion "level of representation" in generative grammar (particularly the level of logical form), complex nominals and the lexicon, phrase structure, parameter setting, the syntax of intonation and stress, the evaluation of syntactic argumentation, the history of syntactic theory, the nature of grammaticality.

Psycholinguistics: the processing of filler-gap dependencies and pronominal binding structures, the "mental representation" of syntactic and semantic structures, first language acquistion.

Semantics: quantification and the theory of reference, the syntax/semantics interface.

Other interests: discourse structure (particularly theories of discourse anaphora), the notion "degree of grammaticality"--particularly questions regarding "grammaticality" vs "acceptability". The philosophy of language.