Education (partial list)
Post-doctoral researcher (M.I.T., 2006 - 2008)
Ph.D. Linguistics (McGill, 2006),
Title: The Universal Scale and the
Semantics of Comparison (Abstract,
pdf )
Positions
Assistant Professor, Classics, Modern Languages
and
Linguistics, Concordia
University (Winter, 2008-Present)
Lecturer, Post-doctoral researcher, Department of Linguistics, M.I.T.
(2006 - 2008)
Awards, Grants, and Fellowships
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
(SSHRC) Post-doctoral fellowship (2006-2008, $81,000)
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)
Doctoral fellowship (2001-2006, $80,000)
Graduate Teaching Award, McGill University (2006)
Fonds pour la formation de Chercheurs et l'Aide a la Recherche (FCAR)
Master's Fellowship (2001, $5,000)
Faculty of Graduate Studies Research Fellowship (2000, $5000)
Centre for Research in Mind, Language, and Brain Travel Grant (2004,
$800)
Journal Articles, Proceedings and Book Chapters (partial list)
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• Bale, A. (under review). Scales and Comparison
Classes. (draft-pdf)
• Bale, A. and H. Khanjian (to appear). Classifiers
and number
marking. Proceedings
of Semantics
and Linguistic Theory (SALT) XVIII. (draft-pdf)
• Bale, A., M. Gagnon and H. Khanjian (in press). On
the
relationship between morphological and semantic markedness: The case of
plural morphology. Journal
of Morphology. (draft-pdf )
• Bale, A., & Barner, D. (2009)
The
interpretation of functional heads: Using comparatives to explore the
mass/count
distinction. Journal of
Semantics 26(3): 217-252. (Link
to pdf)
•Bale, A. (2009) Yet more evidence for the emptiness of
plurality. In A. Schardl, M. Walkow & M. Abdurrahman (eds.),
NELS 38: Proceedings of
the 38th annual meeting of the North East Linguistic Society,
v.1. 75-88. (draft
-pdf)
• Bale, A. (2008). A universal scale of comparison. Linguistics and Philosophy
31(1): 1-55.
(Abstract, Link
to pdf)
• Bale, A. (2007). Quantifiers and verb phrases: An
exploration of propositional complexity. Natural Language and
Linguistic Theory, 25(3), 447-483. (Abstract,
pdf)
• May, R., & Bale, A. (2006). Inverse linking. In M.
Everaert and H. van Riemsdijk (eds.), Blackwell Companion to Syntax.
Oxford: Blackwell. (Abstract,
pdf)
• Bale, A. (2006). Quantifiers, ‘again’
and the complexity of verb phrases. In E. Georgala and J. Howell
(eds.), Proceedings of
Semantics and Linguistic Theory (SALT) XV.
Ithaca, New York: CLC Publications. (pdf)
• Barner, D., & Bale, A. (2005). No nouns, no verbs?
Rejoinder to Panagiotidis. Lingua,
115, 1169-1179 (Abstract,
pdf)
• Barner, D., & Bale, A. (2002). No nouns, no verbs:
Psycholinguistic arguments in favor of lexical underspecification.
Lingua, 112,
771-791. (Abstract,
pdf)
Conference Talks and Posters (partial list)
• Bale, A. and D. Barner (2009). Mass and Count at the syntax/semantics interface. Mass/Count Workshop. Toronto, University of Toronto, 7 February – 9 February, 2009. (Slideshow)• Bale, A., M. Gagnon and H. Khanjian (2008). On the Relationship Between Morphological and Semantic Markedness. Markedness and Underspecification in the Morphology and Semantics of Agreement (MUMSA). Boston, 29 February – 2 March, 2008. (Slideshow)
• Bale, A. and H. Khanjian (2008). Armenian Classifiers and Number Marking. Poster Session. Semantics and Linguistic Theory (SALT) XVIII. Amherst, 21 – 23 March, 2008. (handout, poster, Slideshow )
• Bale, A. (2007). Yet more evidence for the emptiness of plurality. 38th meeting of the North East Linguistic Society (NELS 38). Ottawa, 26 – 28 October, 2007. (handout)
• Bale, A. (2007). Boolean AND and the Semantic Correlates of Gradable Adjectives. International Conference on Adjectives. Lille (France), 13 – 15, September, 2007. (handout)
• Bale, A. (2007). More and more problems, less and less of an explanation: New challenges for the interpretation of comparison and Boolean conjunction. Concordia Symposium on Generative Grammar. Montreal, 28 – 29.
• Bale, A. (2006). Quantifiers, ‘again’ and the complexity of verb phrases. Semantics and Linguistic Theory (SALT) XV. Los Angeles. (pdf of paper)
• Bale, A. (2006). Comparatives and the Distributive/Cumulative Distinction. Canadian Linguistic Association (CLA) Conference 2006. Toronto, 27 – 30, May 2006. (handout)
• Bale, A. (2005). Are collective readings partially distributive?: Getting specific about group to group relations. Indefinites and Weak Quantifiers. Brussels, 6 – 8 January 2005. (handout)
• Barner, D., & Bale, A. (2001). Going strapless: Early acquisition and the bootstrapping hypotheses. Poster session presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Minneapolis, MN.
Invited Talks
• Bale, A. (2009). Mass nouns and count nouns: Syntax, semantics and acquisition. Department of Cognitive Science, Carleton University.• Bale, A. (2009). On the representation and acquisition of the mass-count distinction. (Invited talk.) Department of Linguistics, University of Maryland.
• Bale, A. (2008). Count Nouns, Mass Nouns, Plurality and Measure Phrases. Department of Linguistics, University of Pennsylvania. (Slideshow, handout)
• Bale, A. (2007). The plurality of meaning and the meaning of plurality. Department of Linguistics, Concordia University.
• Bale, A. (2007). Gradable adjectives, compounded scales, conjunction and structured meanings. Presentation given at Syntax-Semantics Reading Group. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. (handout)
• Bale, A. (2007). Propositional complexity, quantifier raising and verb phrases. Presentation given at Ling-Lunch. Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
• Bale, A. (2006). Theoretical implications of acquiring propositional complexity and quantifier raising. Classics, Modern Languages and Linguistics, Concordia University.
• Bale, A. (2004). Why Barbie has more furniture than me and other linguistic conundrums. Concordia Linguistics Association, Concordia University.
• Bale, A. (2000). Pustejovsky, type coercion and the lack of a semantic isomorphism. Presentation given as part of the TUNGS lecture series. McGill University.
Teaching Experience
• Advanced Semantics (LING-495), Concordia University (Winter, 2008, 2009).• Pragmatics/Semantics Interface (LING-429), Concordia University (Fall, 2008).
• Syntax/Semantics Interface (LING-429), Concordia University (Winter, 2008; Fall 2009).
• Introduction to Syntax (LING-315), Concordia University (Winter, 2008).
• Introduction to Semantics (Graduate course 24- 970), with Kai von Fintel, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. (Fall, 2007).
• Language and Mind: the Chomskyan Program (LING/LINZ-222), Concordia University. (Summer 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009; Fall 2008, 2009; Winter 2009, 2010).
• Introduction to Linguistics (LING-201), McGill University. (Summer 2006).
• Morphology (LING-380), Concordia University. (Winter 2006; Fall 2008, 2009).
• Semantics (LING-320), Concordia University. (Fall 2004, 2005; Winter 2009, 2010).