2023

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Syed, Saurov & Andrew Simpson. An argument for non-agree-driven movement. Studia Linguistica. https://doi.org/10.1111/stul.12227

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Syed, Saurov & Aly Turrell (co-first-author). Negation in Nduindui: underlying structures & movements. In the Proceedings of The Annual Meeting of Austronesian Formal Linguistics Association (AFLA) 29. Download the paper here. 

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2022

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Syed, Saurov. Inside the DP world: structures, movements, and debates. The Routledge Handbook of Asian Linguistics. Eds. Chris Shei and Saihong Li. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003090205

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Bogomolets, Ksenia & Saurov Syed (co-first-author). Negation and Agreement in Coorgi. In the Proceedings of (Formal) Approaches to South Asian Languages 11. Download the paper here. 

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Middleton, John & Saurov Syed. Revisiting T-to-C movement in Polynesian: an argument for a finer left periphery. In the Proceedings of The Annual Meeting of Austronesian Formal Linguistics Association (AFLA) 28. Download the paper here. 

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2020

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Syed, Saurov. 2020. A simple solution to complex patterns inside the Madurese DP. In NUSA: Linguistic studies of languages in and around Indonesia. You can download the paper here. 

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Brian Hsu and Saurov Syed. 2020. Cooccurrence of nonarticle determiners as evidence for split DPs and bundled projections. In Language 96(3): e114-e134. muse.jhu.edu/article/764701. You can download the accepted version of the paper here. 

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Simpson, Andrew and Saurov Syed. 2020. "Parallels in the structure of phases in clausal and nominal domains." In Recent developments in Phase Theory. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton. doi: https://doi.org/10.1515/9781501510199-004

Pre-publication draft is available here. 

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2019

 

Brian Hsu and Saurov Syed. Variation in the Co-occurrence of Indexical Elements: Evidence for Split Indexical Projections in DPs. 2019. Proceedings of the 36th West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics, ed. Richard Stockwell et al., 188-197. Somerville, MA: Cascadilla Proceedings Project. Download the paper here. 

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2017

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Syed, Saurov and Andrew Simpson. On the DP/NP status of nominal projections in Bangla: Consequences for the theory of phases. 2017. Glossa. Download the paper here.

 

Syed, Saurov and Bhamati Dash. A Unified account of the yes/no particle in Hindi, Bangla, and Odia. 2017. Proceedings of GLOWinAsia XI, MIT Working Papers in Linguistics. Download the paper here. 

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Mythili Menon, and Saurov Syed (eds). Proceedings for Formal Approaches to South Asian Linguistics (FASAL) 6. 2017. Online, Journal of South Asian Linguistics.

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2016

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Simpson, Andrew and Saurov Syed. Blocking effects of higher numerals in Bangla: a phase-based analysis. 2016. Linguistic Inquiry. Download the paper here.

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Syed, Saurov and Andrew Simpson. On the existence of DPs and biphasal nominals in Bangla. 2016. Proceedings of WCCFL 34, University of Utah.

 

Syed, Saurov. Decomposing Definiteness: arguments for a split-D domain in Bangla. 2016. In Proceedings for WCCFL33, Simon Fraser University, Canada.  

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Syed, Saurov. Focus-movement as last resort: evidence from Bangla. 2016. In Proceedings for CLS50, University of Chicago.

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2015

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Syed, Saurov. Focus-movement within the DP: Bangla as a novel case. 2015. In Proceedings for WCCFL32, University of Southern California. 

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2014

 

Simpson, Andrew and Saurov Syed. Finiteness, negation and the directionality of headedness in Bangla. 2014. Natural Language & Linguistic Theory. Download the paper here.

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Syed, Saurov. Adjective-fronting as evidence for Focus and Topic within the Bangla nominal domain. 2014. In, Pritha Chandra and Richa Srishti (eds.) The Lexicon-Syntax Interface: Perspectives from South Asian Languages. John Benjamins Publishing Co.

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2013

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Syed, Saurov. DP-internal Topic and Focus. 2013. In Online Proceedings of GLOW in Asia IX, MIE University, Japan.