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Biographical Sketch CURRICULUM VITAE Antonio Carlos Quicoli Personal data: Born in Brazil Naturalized US Citizen Current position: Professor of Portuguese and Romance Linguistics Institutional address: Department of Spanish and Portuguese University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA 90024 Phone: (310) 825-1430 Academic Preparation: 1961-1965: Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil. Degrees: Bacharel (B.A.) and Licenciado in Letters – English and Portuguese 1966-1968: Universidade de São Paulo Certificate - Graduate Studies in English and American Literature. 1969-1972: State University of New York at Buffalo Degree: Ph. D. in Linguistics This Ph.D. Program included graduate course work and research at: - Columbia University (Spring Semester 1969) - The University of Illinois, Urbana, IL (Summer Linguistic Institute 1969) - Ohio State University, Columbus, OH (Summer Linguistic Institute 1970) - MIT, Cambridge MA (two years: 1971 and 1972). Academic Apointments: Jul 1977 – present : Professor of Portuguese and Romance Linguistics. Department of Spanish & Portuguese, UCLA. Sep 1988 – Jul 1989: Visiting Associate Professor, Department.of Romance Languages & Literatures Princeton University, Princeton, NJ Jul 1986 – Aug 1986:Visiting Scholar, Department of Anthropology Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH Jul 1976 - June 1977: Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Spanish & Portuguese UCLA, Los Angeles, CA. Jan 1975 - July 1976 : Visiting Scientist, Department of Linguistics MIT, Cambridge, MA Mar 1973 – De 1975: Associate Professor, Department of Linguistics Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, Brazil. Jan 1973 – Feb 1973: Visiting Professor, “VI Instituto Brasileiro de Linguistica” Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil. Aug 1972 – Jan 1973: Assistant Professor, Programa de Pos-Graduação em Linguística, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Jun 1971 – Aug 1971: Teaching Assistant in Syntax, “Linguistic Institute 71” State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY. Jun 1966 – Dec 1968: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Indigenous Languages of Brazil Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil Fellowships and Awards: - The Ford Foundation, doctoral scholarship, Feb 1969 – Aug 1972. - Fulbright Post-Doctoral Grant, for post-doctoral work at MIT, Sep 1975 – Jul 1976. - UCLA Academic Senate Research Grant - Faculty Award to conduct research at Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, 2007. Main Publications: • “Portuguese Reflexivization and Some Related Problems.” In Fillmore, Charles, ed. Working Papers in Linguistics, Vol. 10, (1971. • “On Portuguese Impersonal Verbs.” In Schmidt-Radefeldt, J., ed., Readings in Portuguese Linguistics (North-Holland , (1973).. • "Missing Subjects in Portuguese.” In Hensey, F and Lujan, M,, eds., Current Studies in Romance Linguistics, Georgetown University Press, Washington, DC., (1976). • "Conditions on Clitic Movement in Portuguese." Linguistic Analysis (1975). • "Conditions on Quantifier Movement in French." Linguistic Inquiry (1976). • "Some Characteristics of the Caipira Dialect.” Encruzilhadas/Crossroads (1978). • "Clitic Movement in French Causatives." Linguistic Analysis (1979). • "The Placement of Y, En in French Causatives." Linguistic Analysis (1981). • The Structure of Complementation. Story-Scientia, Ghent, (1982). • "Finite and Infinitival Agreement in Portuguese." Encruzilhadas/Crossroads (1982). • "Some Issues on the Theory of Clitics." Linguistic Analysis (1982). • "Deductive Systems and the Concept of Reality in Linguistic Theory." Manuscrito (1982). • "Remarks on French Clitic Systems." Linguistic Analysis (1984). • "Zero Stimulation for Parameter Setting." (with R. Freidin) Behavioral and Brain Sciences (1989). 2 • "Harmony, Lowering and Nasalization in Brazilian Portuguese." Lingua (1990). • "The Linguistics of Discovery." (with C. Parodi) Encruzilhadas/Crossroads (1995). • "NP Traces and the ECP/Binding Overlap." In Campos, H. and Kempchinsky, P., eds. Evolution and Revolution in Linguistic Theory, Georgetown University Press, Washington, D.C. (1995). • "Inflection and Parametric Variation: Portuguese vs. Spanish." In Freidin, R., ed., Current Issues in Comparative Grammar, Kluwer, Dordrecht. (1996). • "Inflection and Empty Categories.” In Freidin, R. ed., Current Issues in Comparative Grammar, Kluwer Dordrecht. (1996). • "Cyclicity and Stress Erasure in Portuguese and Spanish," Rivista di Linguistica (1996). • Aspects of Romance Linguistics, ed. (with C. Parodi, M. Saltarelli and M. Zubizarreta), Georgetown University Press, Washignton, DC. (1996). • “Stress Domains and Diphthongization in Spanish.” In Gutierrez-Rexach, J. and Silva-Villar, L , eds. Perspectives on Spanish Linguistics. Department of Linguistics, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA. (1996). • “On Agreement and Case.” (with C. Parodi). In Farnco, J. et al., eds, Grammatical Analyses in Basque and Romance Linguistics. John Benjamins, Amsterdam (1999) • “The Portuguese Infinitive and the Nature of Linguistic Explanation.” Mester 35 (2006). • “The Enigma of Ezequiel and The Covert Theme of Dom Casmurro.” Luso-Brazilian Review.” 44.1 (2007). • “Anaphora by Phase.” Syntax Work in Progress: “The Critical Distance Hypothesis and the Analysis of Vowel Height in Portuguese.” “Portuguese Vowel Height and the Center of Gravity Effect .” (with Polina Vaseliev and Paola Escudero.” “The Syntax of Portuguese Infinitives.” “The Historical Evolution of Spanish” (with C. Parodi). Conferences & Lectures (Selected List): “Subjects in the Mind: Raising, Control, and Null Subjects.” Osaka University, Osaka (Fall 2009). “The Phase Approach to Syntax: Inflected and Noninflected Infinitives in Portuguese.” Osaka University, Osaka (Fall 2009) “Os Fenícios da Guanabara: Uma Nova Interpretação de Dom Casmurro.” Osaka University, Osaka (Fall 2009). : 3 “A Phase Approach to Anaphoric Relations: Reconstruction Phenomena and Related Issues.” Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa (Fall 2006) “Machado de Assis e la Societa Brasiliana Dante e la Bibbia.” Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa. (Fall 2006) “Inflected Infinitive and Local Domains.” Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa. (Fall 2006) “The Nature of Linguistic Explanation: Infinitival Constructions in Portuguese.” Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, Brazil (Summer 2005) “Issues in Minimalist Syntax: Binding and the Phase Level.” Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, Brazil (Summer 2005) “The Inflected Infinitive: A Principled Explanation.” Keynote lecture. “XXVIII Symposium of Portuguese Traditions,” UCLA (Spring 2005). “Anaphora by Phase.” Linguistics Colloquium. Department of Linguistics, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA. (2003). “Explanation and Description: A Case Study.” XXVII Symposium on Portuguese Traditions, UCLA, Los Angeles (2004). “Parameters, Variação Linguística e Regras Variáveis -- A Debate with Gregory Guy.” Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro (2002). “Teoria Linguística: Objetivos e Resultados.” Linguistics Lecture Series. Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro (2002). “Teoria e Explição em Linguística: O Infinitivo Português.” Linguistics Lecture Series. Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro (2002) “A Natureza da Explicação Linguística: Alçamento e Concordância em Português.” Lecture. Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro. (2002). “Observação e Explicação em Linguística: Estruturas de Alçamento.” Lecture. Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro. (2002). “Infinitival Agreement and Parameters of Universal Grammar.” II Princeton Conference on Comparative Syntax. Princeton University (April 1989) “The Conception of Reality in Linguistic Theory.” Conference paper. “International Encounter on Linguistics and Philosophy of Language.” Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, Brazil. (Spring 1988). 4 “Agreement and Parametric Variation: Spanish vs. Portuguese.” Invited lecture. Princeton University (March 1987). “The Modularity of Grammar.” Guest lecture at Honors Collegium. UCLA, Los Angeles (1984). “The Language Faculty: Modularity and Deductive Structure.” Invited lecture. Department of Linguistics, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY (December 1983). “Case Theory and Extraction: French and Portuguese.” Invited lecture. Université du Quebec `a Montreal, Montreal. ( Fall 1983). “Modularity and Deductive Structure: Principles and Parameters.” Invited lecture. Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH. (Fall 1983). “Cliticization and Parametric Variation.” Colloquium Lecture. MIT, Cambridge, MA, (Fall 1983). “Case Theory and Extraction.” Lecture. MIT, Cambridge, MA. (Fall 1983). “Subject Extraction in Portuguese.” Conference paper. “Conference on Romance Linguistics” (LSA Linguistic Institute), UCLA, Los Angeles, CA. (Summer 1983). “Variacao Parametrica e Estrutura Dedutiva.” Invited lecture. Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, Brazil (1982). “French Clitics and Observation.” Colloquium presentation. Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. (Winter 1982). “Romance Cliticization and Universal Grammar.” Invited lecture. Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. (Winter 1982). “Clitic Systems: Uniformity and Diversity.” Invited lecture. University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA. (1982). “Romance Syntax and Universal Grammar.” Invited lecture. Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH. (1981). “Deductive Systems and Parameters of Universal Grammar.” Conference paper. “FEST- Festival on Estended Standard Theory.” UCLA. (1981). “Romance Clitics and Universal Grammar.” Invited lecture. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. (Spring
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