Jane Grimshaw Explained

Jane Barbara Grimshaw (born 1951) is a Distinguished Professor [emerita] in the Department of Linguistics at Rutgers University-New Brunswick.^[1] She is known for her contributions to the areas of syntax, optimality theory, language acquisition, and lexical representation.^[2]

Education

Grimshaw received her B.A. in anthropology and linguistics from University College London in 1973, and her Ph.D. in linguistics from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 1977.^{[3] [4]}

Career

Grimshaw was on the faculty of Linguistics at Brandeis University from 1977 to 1992. There she worked closely with Ray Jackendoff, with whom she was a co-principal investigator on several projects.^[5]

In 1992, she joined the faculty of Linguistics at Rutgers. She is a member of the Rutgers Center for Cognitive Science (RuCCS), and was the acting co-director from 2011 to 2012.

She taught at two Linguistic Society of America Linguistic Summer Institutes: University of California, Santa Cruz (1991) and University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (1999).^[6]

She served on the Executive Committee of the Linguistic Society of America from 1996 to 1998.^[7]

Personal life

Grimshaw is married to linguist Alan Prince.^[8]

Selected publications

• Book: Grimshaw. Jane B.. English wh-constructions and the theory of grammar. 1985. Garland Pub.. New York. 0824054482.
• Book: Grimshaw. Jane. Argument structure. 1990. MIT Press. Cambridge, Mass.. 9780262570909. 1st.
• Book: Coopmans. Peter. Everaert. Martin. Grimshaw. Jane. Lexical specification and insertion. 2000. John Benjamins Publisher. Amsterdam. 9789027299581.
• Book: Legendre. Géraldine. Géraldine Legendre . Grimshaw. Jane. Vikner. Sten. Optimality-theoretic syntax. 2001. MIT Press. Cambridge. 9780262621380.
• Book: Grimshaw. Jane. Words and structure. 2005. CSLI (Center for the Study of Language and Information). Stanford, Calif.. 9781575864228. 2nd.
• Book: Zaenen. Annie. Simpson. Jane. King. Tracy Holloway. Grimshaw. Jane. Maling. Joan. Manning. Christopher. Architectures, rules, and preferences: variations on themes by Joan W. Bresnan. 2007. CSLI Publications, Center for the Study of Language and Information. Stanford, Calif.. 9781575865607.
• Selected Papers in Optimality Theory:
  • Projection, heads, and optimality (ROA 68)^[9]
  • The best clitic: Constraint conflict in morphosyntax (ROA 250)^[10]
  • Optimal clitic positions and the lexicon in romance clitic systems (ROA 374)^[11]
  • Economy of structure in OT (ROA 434)^[12]
  • Chains as unfaithful optima (ROA 844.04)^[13]
  • Location specific constraints in matrix and subordinate clauses (with supplementary materials) (ROA 857, 1201)^[14]
  • Last resorts and grammaticality (ROA 892.02), in Optimality Theory and Minimalism: A Possible Convergence, Broekhuis, Hans, and Vogel, Ralf, eds.^{[15] [16]}
  • Last resorts: A typology of do-support (with supplementary materials) (ROA 1111, 1127)^{[17] [18]}
  • Linguistic and cognitive explanation in Optimality Theory, with Bruce Tesar and Alan Prince. in Book: Lepore, Ernest. What is Cognitive Science?. Blackwell. 1999. Pylyshyn. Zenon.

Awards and honors

• Sloan Post-doctoral Fellowship, Center for Cognitive Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1979–80)^[3]
• American Council of Learned Societies Research Fellowship (1982–83)^[19]
• Bernstein Faculty Fellowship, Brandeis University (1984–85)^[20]
• Fellowship, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (2000-2001)^[21]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Jane Grimshaw. MIT Press. 2016-01-14.
2. Book: Cattell. Ray. An introduction to mind, consciousness and language. 2006. Continuum. London. 9780826455154. 193. 1st. 10 January 2016.
3. Web site: Jane Grimshaw. Rutgers University. 10 January 2016.
4. Web site: Alumni UMass Linguistics. 2021-11-04. en-US.
5. Web site: Ray Jackendoff. Tufts University. 10 January 2016.
6. Web site: Past Linguistic Institutes Linguistic Society of America. www.linguisticsociety.org. 2016-01-10.
7. Web site: Executive Committee (1925 - 2015) Linguistic Society of America. www.linguisticsociety.org. 2016-01-14.
8. Web site: Grimshaw. Jane. Retirement = time. Short ’schrift for Alan Prince. 10 January 2016.
9. Web site: Projection, heads and optimality. roa.rutgers.edu. 2016-01-10.
10. Web site: The best clitic. roa.rutgers.edu. 2016-01-10.
11. Web site: Optimal clitic positions and the lexicon in romance clitic systems. roa.rutgers.edu. 2016-01-10.
12. Web site: Economy of structure in OT. roa.rutgers.edu. 2016-01-10.
13. Web site: Chains as unfaithful optima. roa.rutgers.edu. 2016-01-10.
14. Web site: Location specific constraints in metric and subordinate clauses. roa.rutgers.edu. 2016-01-10.
15. Web site: Last resorts and grammaticality. roa.rutgers.edu. 2016-01-10.
16. Web site: Optimality Theory and Minimalism: A Possible Convergence?. rucore.libraries.rutgers.edu. 2016-01-10.
17. Web site: Last resorts. roa.rutgers.edu. 2016-01-10.
18. Web site: Supplementary Materials. roa.rutgers.edu. 2016-01-10.
19. Web site: Jane B. Grimshaw F'82. ACLS American Council of Learned Societies. 2016-01-08.
20. Grimshaw. Jane. Mester. Armin. Light Verbs and θ-Marking. Linguistic Inquiry. 1988. 19. 2. 205–232. 4178587.
21. Web site: Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences. casbs.stanford.edu. 2016-01-08.