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by Daniela Isac and Charles Reiss. (2008) Oxford University Press.

by Mark Hale and Charles Reiss (2008) Oxford University Press.

edited by Gillian Ramchand and Charles Reiss. (2007) Oxford University Press.

edited by Eric Raimy and Charles Cairns (2009) MIT Press.

edited by Don Dedrick and Lana Trick (2009) MIT Press.

edited by Bert Vaux and Andrew Nevins (2009) Oxford University Press.

Intermodular explanation in cognitive science: An example from phonology. In press in Pylyshyn Papers, Don Dedrick and Lana Trick, eds. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. 2008. 17pp.
Finite State Machines in Phonology? In press in Phonological Theory: Representations and Architecture, C. Cairns and E. Raimy (eds.). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. 2009. 10pp.
Constraining the Learning Path Without Constraints, or The OCP and NoBanana. In Rules, Constraints and Phonological Phenomena, A. Nevins & B. Vaux, (eds.) Oxford University Press. 2008.
Computing Long-distance Dependencies in Vowel Harmony.
Biolinguistics 1:28-48 (with Fred Mailhot.) 2007. Note: Peter Siptar has pointed out a problem with the Hungarian analysis in this paper--at some point I will post a correction.
Microvariation, Variation, and the Features of Universal Grammar.
Lingua 117.4. 2007. With Mark Hale and Madelyn Kissock.
Deriving the feature-filling / feature-changing contrast: An application to Hungarian vowel harmony
Linguistic Inquiry 34, 2003.
Quantification in Structural Descriptions: Attested and Unattested Patterns
The Linguistic Review 20, 2003.
The subset principle in phonological acquisition: Why the tabula can't be rasa. (with Mark Hale).
Journal of Linguistics 39, 2003.

Zenon Pylyshyn (1984:xxii):: If you believe P, and you believe that P entails Q, then even if Q seems more than a little odd, you have some intellectual obligation to take seriously the possibility that Q may be true, nonetheless.
Noam Chomsky (1966:42):: An 'extended baboon' can indeed speak...
Noam Chomsky, Review of Skinner:: Everyone engaged in research must have had the experience of working with feverish and prolonged intensity to write a paper which no one else will read or to solve a problem which no one else thinks important and which will bring no conceivable reward--which may only confirm a general opinion that the researcher is wasting his time on irrelevancies. The fact that rats and monkeys do likewise is interesting and important to show in careful experiment.
Santiago Ramón y Cajal, (1999/1916) Advice for a Young Investigator:: Chapter 5—Diseases of the Will: Contemplators. Bibliophiles and polyglots. Megalomaniacs. Instrument addicts. Misfits. Theorists.
Santiago Ramón y Cajal, (1999/1916) Advice for a Young Investigator:: Problems that appear small are large problems that are not understood.