Martina MartinovićView profile
Assistant Professor
- Syntax
- Morphology
- Phonetics
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Martina Martinović serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Linguistics at McGill University, where her research program centers on theoretical syntax and morphology through empirical fieldwork on Wolof (West-Atlantic, Senegal) since 2011 and Igala (Volta-Niger, Nigeria) since 2021. She investigates cross-linguistic variation to uncover universal principles of grammatical structure, specifically how syntactic operations interface with morphological and phonological modules. Education: Ph.D. in Linguistics, University of Chicago (2015) Her primary research examines the building of syntactic structures and the role of morphology in their final shape, challenging purely syntactic analyses for phenomena that may be morphological. Key investigations include A'-movement effects, cartographic/non-cartographic operations, copular sentences, information structure syntax, and tense-aspect semantics. Her secondary focus explores phonetics/phonology, particularly word-accentual systems across languages. Analysis of her 15 most recent publications (2016-2024) reveals dominant Wolof-focused research on copular constructions, control phenomena, and movement operations, with increasing incorporation of Igala and Ch’ol data. This work consistently demonstrates how morphological operations constrain syntactic possibilities, advancing understanding of grammar modularity in understudied language families. No scientific awards are documented in available materials. Regarding academic mentoring and research funding, the provided texts contain no information about graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, or grant-supported projects.