Alec Marantz

@wmatchin Who says linguists don’t need to know Neurolinguistics?

it's hard being a neurolinguist. Because you have to know linguistics and you have to know psycholinguistics. It's not fair when talking with linguists who don't need to know neurolinguistics

@wmatchin Woo hoo!

It’s been a long journey. At times I was very unsure that I would ever make it this far along the great path of academia. Grateful to everyone who helped and supported me along the way ❤️ also Chomsky

Lots to read on my SubStack Stack

A Better Account of English Auxiliaries open.substack.com/pub/alecmarant…

NSF banned word of the day is “Barriers.” Although we might believe that Chomsky’s 1986 work is *undervalued*, it will need to be *excluded* from our references.

It’s time to talk about v* open.substack.com/pub/alecmarant… Hey SubStack readers (or, perhaps, reader): how about some comments on the posts?

What to do about auxiliary verbs? open.substack.com/pub/alecmarant… The story heats up.

Clarifying the logic and the mechanics of c-command projections open.substack.com/pub/alecmarant… Please subscribe to my SubStack (for free) to receive notifications about new posts (which keep coming regularly).

Syntax Beyond Merge open.substack.com/pub/alecmarant…

Check out my post on SubStack @alecmarantz Join my one subscriber (which could be me?) Moving my work from my Blog site, which I’m finding increasingly difficult to format.

Unfortunately, the site broke recently. Will fix soon!

Blogging again! 2 main topics this summer: a new theory of argument structure and an approach to the semantics of roots and derivational morphology. First up, the first section of the argument structure work: wp.nyu.edu/morphlab/blog/

@GaryMarcus @plibin Clearly a map for an alien invasion. Or the Republican election strategy.

“Draw a map of the united states, labeling each state and indicating what the state is best known for” (generated by Grok, suggestion from @plibin).

Part Two is Up wp.nyu.edu/morphlab/blog/

@lingdustin Me first! Me and my wife’s friend. But this is not for the prescriptivists.

@wmatchin Shouldn’t that be, Linguistics is ir/relevant?

At #SNL2024, I would like to see a debate about the following proposition relative to the neurobiology of language:

Thank you my dear lab & alumni for the sweetest half centenarian party I could have wished for, whether you were there in person, by video or by book! Being a part of your journeys is the greatest privilege of my life and let’s pls go ice skating for my centenarian bday too! 🤗

Dear @SNLmtg! Are you making efforts to travel to #SNL2023 in Marseille in an eco-friendly way? Join our Carbon Prize competition! To participate, follow instructions below. And pls share your travel pics with #SNL2023carbonprize for more eco-inspiration! neurolang.org/2023/carbon-pr…

✨Catch her while you can! Bilingualism, syntax, cog neuro, development, MEG, MRI, eye tracking +++ all in one package!✨

Thought-provoking day at @UNESCO Paris today at the Ethics of Neurotechnology conference. An honor to serve as a panelist and many thanks to UNESCO for making my 12-year old son feel like a valued participant at the conference. He even felt empowered to ask a question! 😃