I argue for a novel model of feature valuation in the CI interface and explore under what circumstances a syntactic feature is semantically interpretable. As the groundwork for the investigation, I ...

Office: Tucker Hall 025 Office Hours: Mondays and Wednesdays, 10-11am (Spring 2026) Email: [[ssrinivas]] Natural language semantics, syntax-semantics interface, Definite and indefinite noun phrases ...

Expertise: Theoretical syntax and the syntax-semantics interface, ellipsis and null anaphora, morphosyntax, structure of Modern Hebrew and other Semitic languages, corpus linguistics.

In this experimental study, we focus on the following semantic universal: if a habitual clause reading, then generic pronominal subject; if an episodic clause reading, then specific pronominal subject ...

Perspective dependent phenomena in syntax and semantics such as tense, aspect, modality and evidentiality in Bantu, Algonqian, and Sino-Tibetan language families. I graduated from UBC with an ...