Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Linguistics), 2000
Our Faculty
Courses
3524 Sociolinguistics
2001 Introduction to Linguistics
3022 Semantics
3029 Sociolinguistics
4000 Seminar in Linguistic Analysis
4001W Senior Seminar in Linguistics
Jonathan Nissenbaum
Profile
Jon Nissenbaum earned his Ph.D. under the supervision of Noam Chomsky and David Pesetsky. Before joining the faculty at Brooklyn College, he held positions at Harvard, McGill, and Syracuse universities. His research has been funded by the NIH/NIDCD as well as the Canada Foundation for Innovation and the Fonds de recherche du Québec Société et culture. He has taught undergraduate and graduate courses in linguistic theory at both introductory and advanced levels.
Education
Selected Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity
Books and Publications
Hackl, M. and J. Nissenbaum. "A Modal Ambiguity in For-infinitival Relative Clauses." Natural Language Semantics 20.1: 59-81.
Nissenbaum, J. and B. Schwarz. "Parasitic Degree Phrases." Natural Language Semantics 19.1: 1-38.
Nissenbaum, J. and B. Schwarz. "Infinitivals With Too: Degree Operator Scope and Parasitic Gaps." Proceedings of Semantics and Linguistic Theory XVIII. Eds. T. Friedman and S. Ito. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University. 551-68.
Nissenbaum, J. and B. Schwarz. "Two Puzzles About Infinitivals With Too." Proceedings of the 27th West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics.. Eds. N. Abner and J. Bishop. Somerville, Mass.: Cascadilla Proceedings Project. 344-52.
Hiraga, M. and J. Nissenbaum. "Sloppy Readings of a 'Referential Pronoun' in Japanese." Proceedings of the 7th Tokyo Conference on Psycholinguistics. Ed. Y. Otsu. Tokyo: Hituzi Syobo Publishing. 121-44.
Fox, D. and J. Nissenbaum. "Extraposition and Scope: A Case for Overt QR." Syntax: Critical Concepts in Linguistics, Vol. III. Eds. R. Friedin and H. Lasnik. Routledge. 51-64. (Reprint of article in WCCFL 18.)
Kissing Pedro Martinez: (Existential) Anankastic Conditionals and Rationale Clauses. Proceedings of Semantics and Linguistic Theory XV. Eds. E. Georgala and J. Howell. Ithaca, N.Y.: CLC Publications. 134-51.
Fox, D. and J. Nissenbaum. "Condition A and Scope Reconstruction." Linguistic Inquiry 35.3: 475-85.
Fox, D. and J. Nissenbaum. "VP Ellipsis and the Position of Adverbs." Snippets 7: 7-8.
Covert Movement and Parasitic Gaps. Proceedings of the 30th Annual Meeting of the North East Linguistics Society. Eds. M. Hirotani. Amherst, Mass.: GLSA Publications. 541-55.
Fox, D. and J. Nissenbaum. "Extraposition and Scope: A Case for Overt QR." Proceedings of the 18th West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics. Eds. S. Bird et al. Somerville, Mass.: Cascadilla Press. 132-44.
Derived Predicates and the Interpretation of Parasitic Gaps. Proceedings of the 17th West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics. Eds. K. Shahin et al. Stanford, Calif.: CSLI Publications. 507-21.
Movement and Derived Predicates: Evidence From Parasitic Gaps. The Interpretive Tract. Eds. O. Percus and U. Sauerland. MITWPL 25: 247-95.
Awards, Honors and Fellowships
CFI (Canada Foundation for Innovation), New Opportunities Fund, for "High-speed Imaging of the Vocal Tract in Motion: A Research Laboratory for Investigating the Articulatory Control of Speech Intonation and Prosody." $140,797; five years.
FQRSC, Établissement de nouveaux professeurs-chercheur grant, for "Parametric Variation in Syntactic Rule-ordering in the Derivation of Interrogative Sentences." $39,000; three years. (Final year suspended due to nonresident status.)
NIH / NIDCD, National Research Service Award, for "Articulatory Mechanisms for Pitch and Voicing Contrasts." $46,420. Declined.
NIH / NIDCD, National Research Service Award. for "Studies on the Use of Strap Muscles for Consonant Voicing." $71,580; two years.
Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums
Gilbert, G., J. Nissenbaum and G. Beaudoin. "Dynamic Imaging of the Vocal Tract Using a Cine-MRI Sequence: Protocol Optimization and Evaluation" poster. 19th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. Montreal, May 9-13.
Articulatory vs. Acoustic Representation of Tone poster. 12th Conference on Laboratory Phonology. University of New Mexico, Albuquerque. July 8-10.
Tone in Cantonese: Articulatory vs. Acoustic Representation. 18th Annual Meeting of the International Association of Chinese Linguistics. Harvard University. Cambridge, Mass., May 20-22.
Pseudo Pseudo-scope. MIT Linguistics Colloquium Series. Nov. 19.
Tone and Register as Articulatory Parameters: Evidence From Cantonese. Annual Meeting of the Canadian Linguistic Association. University of British Columbia, Vancouver. May 31-June 2.
Phases, Islands and Interfaces. McGill's Canadian Conference for Linguistics Undergraduates. McGill University. Montreal, March 23.
Decomposing Resultatives: Two Kinds of Restitutive Readings With Again. North East Linguistic Society 37. University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Oct. 13-15.
States, Events and VP Structure: Evidence From Purposive Adjuncts. North East Linguistic Society 36. University of Massachusetts. Amherst, Mass., Oct. 28-30.
Fake Raccoon Soup: The Re-appearance of the Wily Initial Low-tone in Japanese Compounds. Montreal-Ottawa-Toronto Phonology Workshop. McGill University. Montreal, Feb. 13.
Cyclic Spellout and Wh-movement: A Derivational Approach to Islands and Language Variation. Concordia University linguistics Colloquium Series. Mar. 11.
Nissenbaum, J. and G. Poliquin. "The Use of MRI Motion Pictures in the Study of Articulation." International Workshop in Phonetics Dedicated to the Memory of Farkas Kempelin. Budapest, Hungary, March 11-13.
Covert Movement and Condition A. Linguistic Society of America. Atlanta, Jan. 3.
Nissenbaum, J., J. Kan, J. Kirsch, J. Kobler, H. Curtin, M. Halle and R. Hillman. "Dynamic Imaging of Laryngeal Gestures Using High-speed MRI to Study Cantonese Speakers' Production of Tones." Linguistic Society of America. Atlanta, Jan. 3.
High-speed MRI of the Moving Vocal Tract: An Inventory of Gestures for Tone Production. MIT Speech Communication Group Seminar Series. March 19.
Interpretation by Phase. MIT Workshop on phases and the EPP. Jan. 18.
Nissenbaum, J., R. Hillman, J. Kobler, H. Curtin, M. Halle and J. Kirsch. "High-speed Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Laryngeal Gestures During Speech Production" poster. Acoustical Society of America 143rd Meeting. Pittsburgh, June 6.
Hackl, M. and J. Nissenbaum. "The Syntax and Semantics of Infinitival Relatives." Conference on Tense and Mood Selection. Bergamo, Italy.
Hackl, M. and J. Nissenbaum. "Variable Modal Force in For-infinitival Relative Clauses." Conference on Non-lexical Semantics. University of Paris. May 7.
Other Professional Activities
Reviewer, Linguistic Inquiry.
Abstract reviewer, North East Linguistic Society.
Abstract reviewer, Sinn und Bedeutung.
Abstract reviewer, Semantics and Linguistic Theory.
Reviewer, Syntax.
Textbook reviewer, Pearson, Canada.
Abstract reviewer, Western Conference on Linguistics.
Reviewer, The Linguistic Review.
Reviewer, Lingua.
Abstract reviewer, Formal Approaches to Japanese Linguistics.