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City University of New York Graduate Center
Robert Fiengo (no picture available)
Robert W. Fiengo
  • Ph.D. MIT
  • B.A. Yale
rfiengo [at-sign-here] gc [put-a-dot-here] cuny [put-a-dot-here] edu

Research Interests

  • Philosophy of Language
  • Pragmatics
  • Semantics
  • Syntax

Representative Publications

  • Fiengo, R. and H. Lasnik. 1972. "On Nonrecoverable Deletion in Syntax." Linguistic Inquiry 3.4. 528.
  • Fiengo, R. and H. Lasnik. 1973. "The Logical Structure of Reciprocal Sentences in English." Foundations of Language 9.4., 447-468. Reprinted in Essays on Anaphora, H. Lasnik, ed., D. Reidel Publishing Company, 1988.
  • Lasnik, H. and Fiengo, R. 1974. "Complement Object Deletion." Linguistic Inquiry 5., 559-582. Reprinted, Eichosha, Tokyo, 1976. Reprinted in Essays on Anaphora, H. Lasnik, ed., D. Reidel Publishing Company, 1988.
  • Fiengo, R. and H. Lasnik. 1976. "Some Issues in the Theory of Transformations." Linguistic Inquiry 7., 182-191. Reprinted in Essays on Restrictiveness and Learnability, H. Lasnik, ed., D. Reidel Publishing Company, 1988.
  • Fiengo, R. 1977. "On Trace Theory." Linguistic Inquiry 8., 35-61.
  • Fiengo, R. and Gitterman, M. 1978. "Remarks on French Clitic Order." Linguistic Analysis 4., 115-147.
  • Fiengo, R. 1980. Surface Structure: The Interface of Autonomous Components. Harvard University Press. 213pp
  • Fiengo, R. and J. Higginbotham. 1981. "Opacity in NP." Linguistic Analysis 7: 347-373.
  • Fiengo, R. and H. Kim. 1981. "Binding and Control in Korean." Journal of Linguistic Research 1.4. Reprinted in: Journal of the Korean Linguistics Society, 1981.
  • Fiengo, R. 1983. "On 'having Language'" In Developments in Semantics, Orenstein and Stern, eds. Haven Publications.
  • Hsu, J., Cairns, H., and Fiengo, R. 1985. "The development of grammars underlying children's interpretation of complex sentences." Cognition 20. 25-48.
  • Fiengo, R. 1986. "A note on the indexing of predicate NP's." In Proceedings of the Harvard Conference on Japanese and Korean Linguistics.
  • Fiengo, R. and Haruna, M. 1987. "Parameters in Binding Theory - Some suggestions based on an analysis of Japanese." In Issues in Japanese Linguistics, Imai and Saito, eds. Foris Publications.
  • Fiengo, R. and Bureng Nyombe, G. 1987. "Binding, Pronominals and Anaphors in Bari." In Current Approaches to African Linguistics, Volume 4., D. Odden, ed. Foris Publications.
  • Fiengo, R. 1987. "Definiteness, Specificity and Familiarity." Linguistic Inquiry 18.1.
  • Fiengo, R., Huang, J., Lasnik, H., and Reinhart, T. 1988. "The Syntax of Wh-in-situ." In WCCFL Proceedings, l988.
  • Fiengo, R., and Picallo, M. Carme. 1989. "On the Visibility of PRO." CUNYForum 14: 52 - 58.
  • Fiengo, R., and May, R., 1992. "The Eliminative Puzzles of Ellipsis." In Sprachtheoretische Grundlagen fur die Computerlinguistik, Proceedings of the Stuttgart Ellipsis Workshop, S. Berman and Arild Hestvik, eds.
  • Fiengo, R., and May, R., 1994. Indices and Identity. Linguistic Inquiry Monographs 24, MIT Press. 315pp.
  • Fiengo, R., and May, R., 1995. "Anaphora and Identity," in Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics Series: Handbook of Contemporary Semantic Theory, Shalom Lappin, ed.
  • Fiengo, R., and May, R., 1995. "What Indices and Identity is really about." GLOT International, Volume 1, Issue 5.
  • Fiengo, R., and May, R., 1995. "Response to Edwin Williams's Review of Indices and Identity," Language, Vol. 71, No.4.
  • Fiengo, R., and May, R. 1996. "Interpreted logical forms: a critique." Rivista di Linquistica, 8.2.
  • Fiengo, R., and May, R. 1997. "The Semantic Significance of Syntactic Identity" In Atomism and Binding, Bennis, Pica, and Rooryck, eds. Dordrecht: Foris. A French translation, "L'importance sémantique de l'identité syntaxique" has appeared.
  • Fiengo, R., and May, R. 1998. "Names and Expressions." The Journal of Philosophy, Volume XCV, No. 8, August.
  • Fiengo, R. 1999. "The Common Theory of Referring and Meaning." Unpublished, intended as a chapter in a book to come.
  • Fiengo, R., and May, R. 2000. "Identity Statements." In G. Preyer, ed. Logical Form Language and Ontology: On Contemporary Developments in the Philosophy of Language and Linguistics, special issue of Protosociology. Westdeutscher Verlag, Germany.
  • Fiengo, R. 1998, 2000. "On How to Ask Multiple Questions - some simple ways." Unpublished, preparatory to Asking Questions, 33.
  • Fiengo, R., and McClure, W. 2002. "On How to Use -wa." Journal of East Asian Linguistics. Volume 11, No. 4. Also reprinted in Japanese Linguistics; Critical Concepts, Volume II: Syntax and Semantics, 2005, Routledge.
  • Fiengo, R. 2003. 'Linguistic Intuitions.' Philosophical Forum. Fall 2003, Vol. 34, Issue 3/4, p253-266
  • Fiengo, R. 2003. "Talking, topics, types, and tokens." In Japanese/Korean Linguistics. W. McClure, ed. Volume 12.
  • Fiengo, R., and May, R. 2006. De Lingua Belief, Bradford Books, MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass.
  • Fiengo, R. 2006? Incomplete Propositions, A book, in preparation.
  • Fiengo, R. 2006? Review of Seuren's Chomsky's Minimalism.
  • Fiengo, R. 2007. Asking Questions. Oxford University Press

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