Jason Ginsburg

Assistant Professor
Center for Language Research
School of Computer Science and Engineering
University of Aizu

准教授
会津大学
コンピュータ理工学部
語学研究センター

e-mail: jginsbur[at]u-aizu.ac.jp

Research

Theoretical Syntax: the Minimalist Program, interrogatives, displacement
Computational linguistics: computational modeling of linguistic theory, information extraction
Language Teaching: applications of syntax and computational linguistics for teaching languages

主な研究課題

統語論:ミニマリスト・プログラム、疑問文、単語の移動、など
コンピュータ言語学: 言語学理論の計算論的モデリング、情報抽出
語学教育: 統語論とコンピュータ言語学を語学教育への応用

Education/学歴

2009 Doctor of Philosophy in Linguistics
University of Arizona

2009 Master of Science in Human Language Technology
University of Arizona

2005 Master of Science in Linguistics
University of Arizona

2002 Master of Arts in Teaching English to Speakers of Oher Languages
American University

1997 Bachelor of Arts in Language, Literature and Culture
Antioch College

CV

Papers/論文

Ginsburg, Jason and Sandiway Fong. To Appear. Computation with doubling constituents: Pronouns and antecedents in Phase Theory. In Towards a Biolinguistic understanding of grammar: Essays on interfaces, ed. by Anna Maria Di Sciullo. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
    See http://dingo.sbs.arizona.edu/~sandiway/mpp/binding/examples/ for a Minimalist Program Grammar Implementation of the examples in this paper (joint work with Sandiway Fong).

Ginsburg, Jason and Sandiway Fong. 2012. Modeling of coreference relations in multi-object constructions. Poster presented at the 13th Tokyo Conference on Psycholinguistics (TCP 2012). Keio University: Tokyo, Japan.
    See http://dingo.sbs.arizona.edu/~sandiway/mpp/binding2/examples/ for a Minimalist Program Grammar Implementation of the examples in this poster (joint work with Sandiway Fong).

Ginsburg, Jason. 2012. A Wikipedia-based corpus reference tool. In Proceedings of the Joint International Conference on Human-Centered Computer Environments, HCCE 2012, ed. by Vitaly Klyuev & Alexander Vazhenin. University of Aizu: Aizuwakamatsu, Japan. 1-7. New York: ACM.

Ginsburg, Jason. 2012. Automatic generation of English lesson materials for native speakers of Japanese. In Proceedings of the Joint International Conference on Human-Centered Computer Environments, HCCE 2012, ed. by Vitaly Klyuev & Alexander Vazhenin. University of Aizu: Aizuwakamatsu, Japan. 14-18. New York: ACM.

Ginsburg, Jason. 2011. A Wikipedia-based English-Language Reference and Teaching Tool. In Proceedings of the ACM Chapter Conference on Elearning and Technical Documentation.

Ginsburg, Jason and Sandiway Fong. 2011. A Phase Theoretic Account of Coreference Relations in Picture DPs. In LSA Annual Meeting extended abstracts.

Ginsburg, Jason. 2010. A computational model of language generation applied to English wh-questions. In Proceedings of the 2010 10th International Conference on Intelligent Systems Design and Applications, ed. by Aboul Ella Hasannien, Ajith Abraham, Francesco Marcelloni, Hani Hagras, Michela Antonelli & Tzung-Pei Hong. 1077-1082. IEEE.

Ginsburg, Jason. 2010. A computational model of language generation applied to Japanese wh-questions. In Proceedings of The 24th Pacific Asia Conference on Language, Information and Computation (PACLIC 24), ed. by Ryo Otoguro, Kiyoshi Ishikawa, Hiroshi Umemoto, Kei Yoshimoto & Yasunari Harada. 133-142. Tokyo, Japan: Institute for Digital Enhancement of Cognitive Development, Waseda University.

Ginsburg, Jason. 2010. Last resort movement in wh-questions. In Proceedings of the 12th Seoul International Conference on Generative Grammar: Movement in Minimalism, ed. by Duk-Ho An & Soo-Yeon Kim. 179-194. Seoul: Hankuk Publishing Co.

Ginsburg. Jason. 2010. A Phase Theory-based computational model of sentence generation. In IECE Technical Report: Thought and Language August 5-6, 2010. 93-98. Tokyo: Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers.

Ginsburg, Jason. 2010. Qu-morpheme positional variation in Sinhala yes/no constructions. In Proceedings of the 2010 Seoul International Conference on Linguistics (SICOL-2010): Universal Grammar and Individual Languages, ed. by Yong-Se Kang, Jiun-Shiung Wu, Dong-Hu Choi, Jong-Yurl Yoon, Seongha Rhee, Kee-Ho Kim, Jongseon Hong, Kyoung-Ae Kim, and Hye-Kyung Kang. Seoul: South Korea: Hankookmunhwasa.

Ginsburg, Jason. 2009. Interrogative Features. PhD dissertation, University of Arizona.

Ginsburg, Jason. 2009. Intervention effect asymmetry and the EPP. In Proceedings of the Second International Conference on East Asian Linguistics, ed. by David Potter and Dennis Ryan Storoshenko. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada: Simon Fraser University Working Papers in Linguistics.

Sato, Yosuke, and Jason Ginsburg. 2007. A new type of nominal ellipsis in Japanese: Further evidence for the LF Copy analysis. In Proceedings of the 4th Formal Approaches to Japanese Linguistics, ed. by Yoichi Miyamoto and Masao Ochi. 197-204. Cambridge, MA: MIT Working Papers in Linguistics.

Ginsburg, Jason, and Sandiway Fong. 2007. Modeling Q-feature movement in Japanese. In Coyote Papers: Working Papers in Linguistics, Linguistic Theory at the University of Arizona Volume 15, ed. by Jordan Brewer, Polly O'Rourke, and Peter Richtsmeier. 18-39. Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona Linguistics Circle.

Ginsburg, Jason. 2006. Q-feature movement in single and multiple wh-questions in Japanese. In Proceedings of the 8th Seoul International Conference on Generative Grammar: Minimalist Views on Language Design, 61-77. Seoul: The Korean Generative Grammar Circle.

Book Reviews/書評

Ginsburg, Jason. 2011. Review of "Panagiotidis, E. Phoevos (Ed.). 2010. The complementizer phase: Subjects and operators. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press." LINGUIST List 22.2098. http://linguistlist.org/issues/22/22-2098.html.

Ginsburg, Jason. 2010. Review of "Richards, Norvin. 2010. Uttering trees. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press." LINGUIST List 21.4014. http://linguistlist.org/issues/21/21-4014.html#1.