Please note:
Between January 2005 and Spring 2006 I will be on leave from UIC and affiliated to the following institution as a fellow of the Alexander Von Humboldt Foundation:

Zentrum für Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft,
Jägerstrasse 10-11, 10117 Berlin, Germany.
lopez@zas.gwz-berlin.de

Refereed Journal Articles and Book Chapters

2006 "The Origins of Spanish Revisited: Linguistic Science, Language Ideology and Narionalism in Contemporary Spain" Bulletin of Spanish Studies

2003 "Steps for a Well-Adjusted Dislocation" Studia Linguistica 57.3: 193-231.

2003 "Variation at the Syntax-Semantics Interface: Evidence from Gapping" With Susanne Winkler. In Kerstin Schwabe and Susanne Winkler (eds) The Interfaces: Deriving and Interpreting Omitted Structures. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins, Linguistik Aktuell 61, pp 227-248.

2002 "On Agreement: Locality and Feature Valuation" In Artemis Alexiadou (ed) Formal Approaches to Universals. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins, Linguistik Aktuell 49, pp 165-209.

2001 "On the (non)Complementarity of Theta Theory and Checking Theory", Linguistic Inquiry 32.4: 694-716.

2001 "Head of a projection". Linguistic Inquiry 32.3: 521-532.

2001 "The causee and the theory of bare phrase structure". In Javier Gutierrez-Rexach and Luis Silva-Villar (eds) Current Issues in Spanish Syntax and Semantics. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, Studies in Generative Grammar 53, pp 221-241.

2000 "Focus and Topic in VP-anaphora Constructions" With Susanne Winkler, University of Tübingen. Linguistics 38-4: 623-664.

2000 "Verb Phrase Ellipsis and Discourse-Linking". Lingua 110:183-213.

1999 "Verb Phrase Ellipsis in English and Spanish and the Features of Auxiliaries" Probus 11.2: 263-297.

1997 "Theories of VP-Structure and the Typology of Structural Case"
With Jennifer Austin, Cornell University. Linguistic Analysis 27:186-219

1994 "The Internal Structure of Absolute Small Clauses" Catalan Working Papers in Linguistics 4.1: 45-92.

Book Edition

2004 "Language Knowledge and Language Use: Selected Papers from LSRL XXXI" Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins.
With Rafael Núñez-Cedeño and Richard Cameron.

Other Publications

2003 "Complex Dependencies: the Person-Number Constraint in Icelandic" Working Papers in Scandinavian Syntax 72: 55-90

2002 "Toward a Grammar without TopP or FocP" In A. Meinunger, P. Portner and R. Zanuttini (eds) Proceedings of the ZAS/Georgetown Workshop on the Syntax and Semantics of the C-Domain. Georgetown Working Papers in Theoretical Linguistics, pp 181-209.

2001 Spanish Entry in Encyclopedia of the World's Languages edited by Jane Garry. Holt. New Haven, Connecticut.

1999 "The Syntax of Contrastive Focus: Evidence from VP-Ellipsis" Advances in Hispanic Linguistics. Proceedings of the 2nd Symposium on Hispanic Linguistics. Somerville, Mass: Cascadilla Press.

1998 "The Causee in Causative Constructions" Proceedings of 1st Symposium on Hispanic Linguistics, published by Ohio State University.

1995 "Nominative, Absolutive and Dative Languages" With Jennifer Austin, Cornell University. Proceedings of the North Eastern Linguistic Society (NELS) XXV:1-16 GLSA, published by the Linguistics Department, University of Massachussets.

1995 "The Hierarchy of Negation and Tense: The Case of English" Proceedings of the Eastern States Conference on Linguistics (ESCOL) X:186-197, published by Cornell University.

1995 "Guess so" Proceedings of the Student Conference in Linguistics (SCIL) VI:207-226, published by MIT Working Papers in Linguistics.

1994 "The Hierarchy of Negation and Tense in English" Cornell Working Papers in Linguistics 12:72-93.

1994 "The Syntactic Licensing of Verb Phrase Ellipsis: a Comparative Study of Spanish and English" In M.Mazzola (ed) Issues and Theory in Romance Linguistics. Selected Papers from the Linguistic Symposium on Romance Languages: 333-354.

On-going Projects

"A-Dependencies and the Architecture of CHL." Submitted.

"Ranking the LCA." In preparation.

"Theme/Rheme and Contrast in the Romance Languages." (working title) In preparation.

"The [person] restriction: why and why not." In preparation. To be submitted to Agreement Restrictions, edited by Roberta D'Alessandro, Gunnar Hrafbjargarsson and Susann Fischer.

Conferences and Talks

2005 "Analyses of Right Dislocation in Italian and Catalan." XXIX Deutches Romanistentages.

2005 "What Moves- ?" 15th Colloquium on Generative Grammar, Barcelona, Spain.

2005 "Remarks on the Encoding of Information Structure in Syntax." Invited speaker, Workshop on the Interaction of Language Components in Language Acquisition, Hamburg.

2004 'The Person-Number Constraint." 14th Colloquium on Generative Grammar, Oporto, Portugal.

2004 "On the Origins of Spanish: Language Science, Language Ideology and Nationalism." Language Ideologies, Policies and Practices, Conference Organized by the Center for Transnational Studies, University of Southampton, England.

2003 "Complex Dependencies: the Person-Number Constraint". Invited talk, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

2003 "On the Origins of Spanish". Cincinnati Conference on Romance Languages and Literatures.

2003 "Cyclic Agreement: The Transitive Expletive Construction in Romanian". 13th Colloquium of Generative Grammar, Ciudad Real, Spain.

2002 "Toward a Grammar without TopP or FocP". Workshop: 'The Syntax and Semantics of the CP-Domain'. Zentrum für Algemeine Sprachwissenschaft (Berlin)/Georgetown University.

2002 "Agreement: Local or Long Distance?". Asociación de lingüistas y filólogos de América Latina (ALFAL) XIII. San José, Costa Rica.

2000 "Phases and Information Structure". With Xavier Villalba, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Generative Linguists of the Old World (GLOW) colloquium, Bilbao.

Also presented at Zentrum für Algemeine Sprachwissenschaft (Berlin) and at the University of Tübingen as invited talks.

1999 "VP-Anaphora and Information Structure". With Susanne Winkler, University of Tübingen. Workshop: 'Ellipsis and Information Structure'. Zentrum für Algemeine Sprachwissenschaft (Berlin).

1999 "On the (non)Complementarity of Theta Theory and Checking Theory" Generative Linguists of the Old World (GLOW) colloquium, Berlin.

Also presented at the University of Tübingen as an invited talk.

1998 "The Syntax of Contrastive Focus: Evidence from Verb Phrase Ellipsis" 2nd Symposium on Hispanic Linguistics, Ohio State University.

1998 "Merge, Attract/Move and VP-Structure". Linguistic Society of America Annual Meeting, New York. [30 minute talk].

1997 "Merge, Attract/Move and VP-Structure". Mid-America Linguistics Conference (MALC).

1997 "Ellipsis: Logical Form and Discourse." Generative Linguists of the Old World (GLOW) colloquium, Rabat.

1997 "The Causee in Causative Constructions". 1st Symposium on Hispanic Linguistics, Miami University.

1997 "Causatives in Ibero-Romance." AATSP annual meeting.

1996 "How to Look for Language Universals." Talk presented at the Department of Romance Languages, University of Missouri at Columbia.

1996 "VP-Ellipsis: Sentence Grammar and Discourse Grammar." Invited talk, University of Iowa.

1996 "Sigma Phrase and the Syntax of Verb Phrase Ellipsis." Kentucky Foreign Language Conference, University of Kentucky.

1996 "The Stranded Constituent in Gapping Constructions." Linguistic Society of America Annual Meeting, San Diego.

1995 "Case Parameters and Split Ergativity." 5th Colloquium on Generative Grammar, A Corunha, Spain.

1995 "A Note on the Syntax of Verb Phrase Ellipsis." Linguistic Society of America Annual Meeting, New Orleans.

1994 "Nominative, Absolutive and Dative Languages." Conference of Students of Linguistics in Europe (CONSOLE), Università di Venezia. (With Jennifer Austin).

1994 "Nominative, Absolutive and Dative Languages." North East Linguistic Society (NELS), University of Pennsylvania. (With Jennifer Austin).

1994 "The Hierarchy of Negation and Tense. The Case of English" Eastern States Conference on Linguistics (ESCOL), University of South Carolina.

1994 "Guess so." Student Conference in Linguistics (SCIL) VI, University of Rochester.
1993 "The Syntactic Licensing of Verb Phrase Ellipsis: a Comparative Study of Spanish and English." Linguistic Symposium on Romance Languages XXIII, Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, Illinois.

Fellowships / Grants

Jan 2005- Spr 2006 Alexander Von Humboldt Foundation Fellowship.

Summer 2003 Research Fellowship awarded by Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst.

Summer 2000 Guest researcher at the Zentrum für Allgemeine Sprachwissenchaft, Berlin.

Summer 1998 SFB 340 summer fellowship, University of Tübingen.

University of Missouri Alumni Association, travel grant.

Summer 1997 Research Board Fellowship. University of Missouri.

Summer 1995 Graduate School Fellowship, Cornell

Spring 1995 Graduate School Tuition Fellowship and Stipend, Cornell

1990-1994 Graduate School Tuition Fellowship and Assistantship, Cornell

November 1994 Graduate School Conference Travel Grant, to attend CONSOLE

October 1994 DMLL Travel Grant to attend NELS

September 1994 Cognitive Studies Travel Grant, to attend Eastern States Conference of Linguistics

Summer 1993 Graduate School Tuition Fellowship to study Quechua in Cochabamba, Bolivia

Summer 1993 Mario Einaudi Institute for International Studies Travel Grant to Study Quechua in Cochabamba, Bolivia.

March 1993 Graduate School Conference Travel Grant, to attend the Linguistic Symposium on Romance Languages

Summer 1991 Graduate School Tuition Fellowship to study Kiswahili I & II