Curriculum Vitae - Nicolas Guilliot

Curriculum Vitae
Nicolas Guilliot
I.Personal & Professional Information
Age:
37 (Birthdate: April 4, 1977)
Citizenship:
French
Situation:professional Maı̂tre de Conférences at the University of Nantes, and member of LLING
(Laboratoire de LINGuistique) at the University of Nantes
personal Civil partnership, one child
Address: professional University of Nantes, Department of Language Sciences (Censive 4015),
chemin de la Censive du Tertre, 44312 Nantes, France
personal 32, rue des hauts pavés, 44000 Nantes, France
Phone: professional +332-40-14-13-61
personal +336-82-78-90-69
E-mail: professional [email protected]
personal [email protected]
Website:
http://nicolas.guilliot.chez-alice.fr
II.Domains of Research
Syntax-Semantics Interface. Some major domains and topics of my research are linked to
the interface between Syntax and Semantics:
• long-distance dependencies (dislocation, interrogation, relativisation and cleft sentences), through well-known phenomena such as reconstruction or resumption;
• study of quantification, indefinites, bound variable and e-type anaphora;
• comparison between several formal approaches to grammar, including generative
grammar, categorial grammars, formal semantics and variable-free semantics.
Syntax/Semantics-Parsing Interface. I am also interested in more cognitive aspects related to those linguistic topics or phenomena, especially through formalisms in which
Grammar and Parsing clearly interact, such as Dynamic Syntax.
Cross-linguistic approach and Syntactic Variation. All these research topics are driven
through a comparative approach to Celtic languages (Breton), Semitic languages (Arabic,
Hebrew), Romance languages (French) and Germanic languages (English). I’m also deeply
interested in syntactic variation within romance languages of France (such as gallo or
poitevin-saintongeais) through two projects:
• 2014-2019: member of the European Program AThEME (Advancing The European
Multilingual Experience) on bilinguism, Work Package 2 on regional languages.
• 2013-2016: member of the ANR Program SyMiLa on the Syntactic Microvariation of
the Romance Languages of France
III.Oral Presentations
Invited Conferences
Juin 2013
‘Négation et Polarité en gallo’, 1st meeting related to the ANR program SyMiLa,
University of Toulouse Jean Jaurès.
July 2012
‘On covariation and competition: how resumptives covary and distribute’ (with
N. Malkawi), International Workshop on the Syntax and Semantics of Resumptive Pronouns, organized by Ivy Sichel at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem,
Israël.
Oct. 2009
‘Reconstruction: a variable(-free) phenomenon’, 3rd Workshop of European
Research Net in Linguistics, organized by EHU and the University of Basque
Country, Vitoria.
June 2008
‘Reconstructing Relative Clauses’, 2nd Workshop of European Research Net
in Linguistics, organized by EHU and the University of Basque Country, San
Sebastian.
Dec. 2007
‘Resumption as NP ellipsis’ (with N. Malkawi), 1st Workshop of European
Research Net in Linguistics, organized by EHU and the University of Basque
Country, Vitoria.
June 2007
‘Reconstructing Resumption’, Workshop on Resumption, organized by A. Rouveret at the University of Paris 7 (France).
June 2007
‘Weak vs Strong Resumption’ (with N. Malkawi), Workshop on Resumption,
organized by A. Rouveret at the University of Paris 7 (France).
Aug. 2005
‘Reconstruction is dynamic’, Workshop on Dialogue, in parallel to the 17th
ESSLLI (European Summer School in Logics, Language and Information),
Heriot-Watt University of Edinburgh (Scotland).
Refereed Talks (selection by abstract)
Oct 2014
‘Reconstruction in Sharing Constructions’ (with S. Becerra-Zita), RALFe (Rencontres d’Automne sur la Linguistique Formelle), University of Paris 8 (SaintDenis).
May 2011
‘Some Questions (and Answers) about Cleft Sentences’ (with M. Oiry), 41st
Linguistic Symposium on Romance Languages (LSRL), University of Ottawa.
Sept. 2009
‘Reconstructing functional relatives...or not’, 8th Colloquium on Syntax and
Semantics in Paris (CSSP), University of Paris 4.
Aug. 2008
‘To reconstruct or not to reconstruct: that is the question’, Workshop on
What Syntax feeds Semantics, included in 20th ESSLLI, organized by Maribel
Romero, University of Hamburg (Germany).
June 2008
‘E(lided)-type resumption’, Annual CLA (Canadian Linguistic Association)
Conference, UBC, Vancouver (Canada).
April 2006
‘When resumption determines reconstruction’ (with N. Malkawi), 25th WCCFL
(West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics), University of Washington,
Seattle (USA).
April 2006
‘Reconstruction without movement’ (with N. Malkawi), 16th CGG (Coloquio
de Gramatica Generativa), University of Madrid (Spain).
April 2006
‘When movement fails to reconstruct’ (with N. Malkawi), 29th GLOW colloquium, University of Barcelona (Spain).
March 2006
‘Reconstruction: a plea for dynamic syntax’ (poster), 19th CUNY conference
on human language processing, CUNY Graduate Center, New York (USA).
March 2006
‘Reconstruction: the islands’ puzzle’, 32nd IGG (Incontro di Grammatica Generativa), University of Florence (Italy).
March 2006
‘Reconstruction and islandhood in Jordanian Arabic’ (with N. Malkawi), 20th
ALS (Arabic Linguistic Society) Conference, University of Michigan (USA).
Sept. 2005
‘Choice function’s reconstruction’, 3rd student workshop on Syntax and Semantics (WoSS), University de Nantes (France).
Sept. 2005
‘Reconstruction, resumption and islandhood’ (with N. Malkawi), 3rd student
workshop on Syntax and Semantics (WoSS), University de Nantes (France).
June 2005
‘Le schwa et les sommets vides’, 7th International Meeting of the French Network of Phonology (RFP), University of Aix-en-Provence (France).
Sept. 2004
‘Binding and Reconstruction’, 2nd student workshop on Syntax and Semantics
(WoSS), University of Barcelona (Spain).
Aug. 2004
‘Binding and (Re)construction’, Workshop on Binding, included in the 16th
ESSLLI (European Summer School in Logics, Language and Information),
University of Nancy (France).
Sept. 2003
‘Reconstruction & Resumption in Relatives in Breton’, 4th International Conference on Celtic Languages, Selwyn College, Cambridge (UK).
June 2003
‘Reconstruction & Resumption’, 1st student workshop on Syntax and Semantics (WoSS), University of Vitoria-Gasteiz (Basque Country).
Interviews for Job Positions
May 2009
Position on ‘General Linguistics, NLP, and Psycholinguistics’, Dept of Language Sciences, University of Nantes, ranked 1st .
May 2009
Position on ‘French General Syntax’, Dept of Linguistics, University of Grenoble III, ranked 2nd .
May 2009
Position on ‘French Linguistics’, Dept of Linguistics, University of Lille III,
ranked 3rd .
June 2007
Position on ‘Syntax and Formal Grammars’, Dept of Linguistics, University of
Bordeaux III, ranked 2nd .
June 2007
Position on ‘French Linguistics’, Dept of Linguistics, University of Lille III,
ranked 4th .
June 2007
Position on ‘Formal/Cognitive Syntax and Semantics’, Dept of English Studies,
University of Lille III, ranked 2nd .
IV.Publications
Articles in Journals
N. Guilliot (2013) ‘The Logic of Pronominal Resumption by Ash Asudeh (review)’, in Language, Volume 89, Number 3, pp. 638-641, published by Linguistics Society of
America.
N. Guilliot (2006) ‘A top-down analysis for Reconstruction’, in Lingua 116, special edition on
Celtic Languages, p.1888-1914, edited by I. Roberts et al, published by Elsevier.
N. Guilliot (2005) ‘Syntaxe & sémantique des indéfinis’, in Traverse (student journal of the
University of Nantes), published by Ecole Doctorale CLC, University of Nantes,
15 pages.
Chapters in Books
N. Guilliot (2013) ‘Petite histoire de sommets vides : on n’a pas toujours le schwa’, in Festschrift
in Honor of Jean-Pierre Angoujard, 22 pages, edited by A. Tifrit, published
by Presses Universitaires de Rennes.
N. Guilliot & N. Malkawi (2011) ‘Weak vs strong resumption: covarying differently’, in Resumptive Pronouns at the Interfaces, edited by A. Rouveret, series Language
Faculty And Beyond edited by K. Grohmann and P. Pica, published by John
Benjamins.
N. Guilliot & N. Malkawi (2009) ‘When Movement fails to Reconstruct’, in Merging Features,
edited by J. Brucart, A. Gavarro and J. Sola, published by Oxford University
Press, 27 pages.
N. Guilliot & N. Malkawi (2007) ‘Reconstruction without movement’, in Coreference, Modality
and Focus, edited by L. Eguren and O. Fernandez, published by John Benjamins, 18 pages.
N. Malkawi & N. Guilliot (2007) ‘Reconstruction & Islandhood in Jordanian Arabic’, in Perspectives on Arabic Linguistics XX, edited by M. Mughazy, published by John
Benjamins, 17 pages.
Conference Proceedings
N. Guilliot (2011) ‘Reconstructing functional relatives...or not’, in Empirical Issues in Syntax
and Semantics 8, edited by O. Bonami and P. Cabredo-Hofherr.
N. Guilliot (2008) ‘To reconstruct or not to reconstruct: that is the question’, in Proceedings
of the Workshop on What Syntax feeds Semantics, published by FoLLI for
ESSLLI.
N. Guilliot (2007) ‘Reconstruction: the island’s puzzle’, in Proceedings of Incontro de Grammatica Generativa (IGG) 32, published by Edizioni dell’Orso of Alessandria,
13 pages.
N. Guilliot & N. Malkawi (2006) ‘When Resumption determines Reconstruction’, in Proceedings of West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics (WCCFL) 25, edited by
Baumer, Montero and Scanlon, published by Cascadilla Press, 10 pages.
N. Guilliot (2004) ‘Binding and Last Resort Reconstruction’, in Proceedings of the Workshop
on Binding, published by FoLLI for ESSLLI.
V.Reviews
From 2014
Member of the Scientific Committee for the journal Ampersand, published by
Elsevier.
Reviews of Articles for the following Journals:
• Natural Language and Linguistic Theory (2013)
• Lingua (2012, 2015)
• Canadian Journal of Linguistics (2011)
• Linguistics (2010)
Reviews of Articles/Chapters for the following Books:
• Linguistique & stylistique des figures (2014), edited by C. Barbet.
• Ways of Structure Building (2012), edited by M. Uribe-Etxebarria & V. Valmala, published
by Cambridge University Press.
• The Companion to Syntax, edited by M. Everaert & H. van Riemsdijk, published by WileyBlackwell.
Reviews of Abstracts for the following Conferences:
• 9th International Conference on Theoretical Linguistics of East Asian Languages (TEAL2014), in Nantes.
• International Workshop on Sharing Constructions (WorkShare-2012), in Nantes.
• Rencontres d’Automne en linguistique formelle (RALFe-2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014), in
Paris 8.
• International Workshop on Syntactic Islands (ISLANDS-2011, in Vitoria-Gasteiz (BasqueCountry).
VI.Teaching Experience
2009-
Assistant Professor (Maı̂tre de Conférences) at the University
of Nantes
-Morphology and Syntax : introduction to morphology (composition, derivation and inflection) and syntax in various languages.
-Linguistic Competence: French Grammar through a linguistic perspective
on morphology, syntax and (logical) semantics.
-Morphosyntax : introduction to Generative Syntax and Morphology, constituent structures, X’-theory, derivational morphology.
-Language and Cognition: introduction to theories in linguistics and psychology (behaviorism, cognitivism, connectionism) and to experimental tools
-Comparative Linguistics: empirical and theoretical approach to comparative linguistics, fieldwork (data collection) on interrogative strategies, negation,
quantification and numerals.
-Psycholinguistics: introduction to cognitive psycholinguistics through experimental tools, study of mental processes related to linguistic phenomena
(speech perception, lexical access, parsing).
-Natural Language Processing : formal grammars and languages, automata,
regular expressions, interaction with morphology, syntax and semantics.
-Psycholinguistics (MA): introduction to Parsing, and more precisely Dynamic Syntax, a novel formalism in which Grammar and Parsing interact.
-Syntax and Interpretation (MA): introduction and comparison of various linguistic formalizations (generative grammar, HPSG, LFG, free-variable
semantics) on specific phenomena (resomption, reconstruction, (un)bounded
anaphora).
2007-2009
Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto (Department
of French)
-fre387-French Morphology : introduction to compositional, derivational
and inflectional morphology in French.
-fsl277-French Pronunciation: study of French sound system (IPA transcription, articulation, stress, intonation, elision of schwa, liaison) to improve
pronunciation (specific duty: supervision of a Lecturer for tutorials).
-fre272-Structure of Modern French: basic concepts of linguistics through
the analysis of contemporary French (specific duty: supervision of a Teaching
Assistant for tutorials).
-fre378-French Syntax : study of syntactic structures in modern French
with survey of generative syntax (transformations, X’-theory, Minimalism,...).
-fre489-The Syntax-Semantics Interface: advanced course introducing
both empirical and formal aspects of syntax-semantics interface related to
scope, binding, indefinites, displacement structures in French.
2005-2007
ATER (temporary contract for Teaching/Research) at the University of Nantes
-Morphology : introduction to compositional, derivational, and inflectional
morphology, incorporation.
-French Phonetics and Phonology : introduction to IPA transcription, articulatory phonetics, phonology, French elision of schwa and liaison.
-Introduction to LATEX , a text editor.
-Natural Language Processing : formal grammars and languages, automata,
regular expressions, interaction with morphology, syntax and semantics.
-Psycholinguistics (MA): introduction to Parsing, and more precisely Dynamic Syntax, a novel formalism in which Grammar and Parsing interact.
-Comparative Linguistics: introduction to resumption and reconstruction
in various languages.
-Morphosyntax : introduction to Generative Syntax and Morphology, constituent structures, X’-theory, derivational morphology.
-French Grammar : introduction to French linguistics, syntax (tests for constituents, syntactic functions), semantics, pragmatics.
2002-2005
Teaching assistant (moniteur) at the University of Nantes
(with Training in Research & Teaching, given by the CIES of Rennes, France)
-Morphosyntax : introduction to Generative Syntax and Morphology, constituent structures, X’-theory, derivational morphology.
-Semantics and Stylistics: introduction to stylistic devices (metaphors,
litotes, metonymy,...) and interaction with pragmatics (Gricean theory).
-French Phonetics and Phonology : introduction to IPA transcription, articulatory phonetics, phonology, French elision of schwa and liaison.
2001-2002
Teaching assistant (vacataire) at the University of Nantes
-French Phonetics and Phonology : introduction to IPA transcription, articulatory phonetics, phonology, French elision of schwa and liaison.
1998-1999
French Language Assistant in Aberdare, Wales (UK).
VII.Thesis Supervision
Supervisor of MA Theses
2014
-Samantha Becerra-Zita, Master 2 on reconstruction in sharing constructions
in Spanish
-Mamadou Diallo, Master 2 on structures with ko in Pulaar
-Sandrine Joly, Master 1 on cleft constructions in French
2013
-Mael Gautier, Master 2 on verbal morphology in Georgian
-Samantha Becerra-Zita, Master 1 on ellipsis and ATB constructions in Spanish
-Mamadou Diallo, Master 1 on the (focus) particle ko in Pulaar
2011
-Claudie Guyon, Master 2 on copular constructions in Hebrew (the case of
PronH)
2010
-Claudie Guyon, Master 1 on the copula and pronominal system in Hebrew.
Co-supervisor of PhD Theses
In progress
-Jinhong Liu, Acquisition of Tense and Aspect in Cantonese
-Natasa Knezevic, Acquisition, Processing and Comparative Syntax of Numerals and Universal Quantifiers: comparative study Serbian, French, and English.
Jury of PhD theses
2011
Dafina Ratiu, De la syntaxe à la sémantique des questions: étude comparative
des questions multiples en Roumain
VIII.Administrative Experience and Promotion
Responsabilities
2012-2014
Head of the Language Sciences Department at the University of Nantes.
2009-
Coordinator of the Language Sciences Parcours L1-L2 integrated in the Licence Mention Lettres (Undergraduate Studies) at the University of Nantes.
2009-2012
Referent-Teacher at the University of Nantes: individual help and advice for
10 students in L1 Lettres Modernes.
2009-2010
Participation in the preparation of evaluation reports (every 4 years) of the
Language Sciences Programs (Undergraduate and Graduate) and the linguistics research laboratory (LLING-EA3827) at the University of Nantes.
2008-2009
Contribution to the development of the new Linguistics program within the
Department of French at the University of Toronto.
Conference/Seminar Organization
Nov. 2012
Main Organizer of an international workshop on the syntax & the semantics of
sharing constructions -WorkShare2012 at the University of Nantes (4 invited
speakers, 4 invited discussants, and oral/poster presentations selected through
abstract reviewing).
2009-
Contribution to the organization of weekly Syntax and Semantics seminars
(SynSem) for the LLING in Nantes.
2002-2007
Main contributor in the organization of weekly Syntax and Semantics seminars
for the LLING in Nantes.
Sept. 2005
Main organizer of the 3rd student workshop on Syntax and Semantics (WoSS)
at the University of Nantes (2 invited speakers, and oral presentations accepted
through abstract reviewing).
May 2004
Contribution in the organization of the 4th JEL (Journées d’Études Linguistiques) at the University of Nantes (reception and accommodation).
Committees
2012-
Member of the Scientific Committee of the UFR Lettres & Langages at the
University of Nantes.
May 2013
Member of the selection committee for a position of Maı̂tre de Conférences in
Chinese Language, University of Nantes.
May 2012
Membet of the selection committee for a position of Maı̂tre de Conférences
(4062) in Phonetics and Linguistics at the University of Nantes (section 7), 15
reports.
2009-2012
Member of the Scientific Committee of the Ecole Doctorale Cognition, Education, Interactions (CEI) at the University of Nantes.
2002-2004
Student member of the Scientific Committee of the Ecole Doctorale Connaissance, Langages, Culture (CLC) at the University of Nantes.
Jan.-March 2003 Student member of the Conseil pour le Projet d’Etablissement 2004-2007 at
the University of Nantes.
Promotion of Research
Sept. 2011
Participation to a workshop for a European Consortium on theoretical and
experimental linguistics (presentation of the relation between theoretical and
experimental syntax, with Hamida Demirdache and Julie Franck), organized
by Lisa Cheng at Leiden University (Netherlands).
June 2011
Participation to a round-table debate on the Future of Research (representing
the LLING), organized during the Journées Scientifiques of the University of
Nantes.
June 2010
Organization of a stand LLING-Linguistics and Language Processing for the
Journées Scientifiques of the University of Nantes.
Nov. 2005
Participation to the Portes Ouvertes on Research on Linguistics in the West
(representing the LLING), organized at the University of Caen Basse-Normandie
(France).
IX.Education & Linguistic Programs
Academic Background
2002-2006
Doctorat (PhD) in Linguistics (Language Sciences) at the University of Nantes
(mention très honorable avec félicitations du jury à l’unanimité)
-Title of thesis: ‘La Reconstruction à l’interface entre Syntaxe et Sémantique’
-Date of defense: Monday, December 11, 2006
-PhD supervisor: Hamida Demirdache – MCF/HDR University of Nantes
-Other members of the jury: Ronnie Cann – PR University of Edinburgh,
Alain Kihm – DR CNRS-University of Paris 7, Orin Percus – MCF University
of Nantes, Alain Rouveret – PR University of Paris 7, Uli Sauerland – HDR
ZAS-Berlin.
2001-2002
MA in Language Sciences at the University of Nantes (mention très bien).
-Title of thesis: ‘Relatives, Reconstruction et Résomptivité: les 3 R en Breton’
-MA Supervisor: Hamida Demirdache.
-Other members of the jury: Jean-Pierre Angoujard, Alain Rouveret, Hamida
Demirdache.
2000-2001
Maı̂trise in Language Sciences at the University of Nantes (mention très bien).
-Title of thesis: ‘Syntaxe comparée des relatives restrictives en Gallois et en
Breton’
-Supervisor: Hamida Demirdache.
1999-2000
Licence in Language Sciences at the University of Nantes (mention bien).
1995-1997
DEUG LLCE English (Literature, Language and Foreign Civilization) at the
University of Nantes.
1994-1995
Baccalauréat in Sciences (mention Bien).
Other Linguistic Programs
June 2010
‘Understanding language: forty years into the garden path’, courses and conferences organized by the University of Basque Country, San Sebastian.
Aug. 2009
21st ESSLLI (European Summer School in Logics, Language and Information),
University of Bordeaux III.
Aug. 2008
20th ESSLLI (European Summer School in Logics, Language and Information),
University of Hamburg (Germany).
2007-2008
Weekly Syntax & Semantics Project, organized by the Dept of Linguistics at
University of Toronto.
2001-2007
Weekly Syntax and Semantics seminars, organized by the LLING in Nantes.
Sept. 2005
EALing III (3rd Fall School in Linguistics at the ENS), Paris, France.
Aug. 2005
17th ESSLLI (European Summer School in Logics, Language and Information),
Heriot-Watt University of Edinburgh (Scotland).
Aug. 2004
16th ESSLLI (European Summer School in Logics, Language and Information),
University of Nancy (France).
May 2004
‘Implicature Calculation, Pragmatics or Syntax, or both?’ by Danny Fox,
Linguistic Program of the University of the Basque Country, Vitoria (1 week).
Sept.-Oct. 2003 EALing I (1st Fall School in Linguistics at the ENS), Paris, France.
July-Aug. 2003 10th European Summer School in Generative Grammar (EGG), Lublin, Poland.
June 2003
‘On the Derivational and Representational Nature of Grammar’ by Joseph
Aoun, Linguistic Program of the University of the Basque Country (1 week).
Oct. 2002
‘Sideward movement, Agree, and Phases’ by Jairo Nunes, Linguistic Program
of the University of the Basque Country, Vitoria-Gasteiz (1 week).
X.Grants & Awards
Jan. 2007
CNU (Conseil National des Universités) Qualification for MCF (Maı̂tre de
Conférence) positions in France.
2002-2005
National Research Grant for doctoral research in Language Sciences, awarded
by the French Ministry of Education and Research.
2001-2002
Grant for Master Research, awarded by the University of Nantes.
XI.Other
• Languages: French (native) and English (fluent), good notions of German.
• LATEX, Word, Powerpoint, Excel, notions of Perl.
• Other interests: tennis (and other sports), hiking, cinema...