Carol Genetti

Professor of Linguistics



Arts and Humanities

NYU Abu Dhabi

PO Box 129188
Saadiyat Island
Abu Dhabi
United Arab Emirates



Publications


Books




How Languages Work: An Introduction to Language and Linguistics, 2nd Edition


Carol Genetti (ed.)

Cambridge University Press, 2019




How Languages Work: An Introduction to Language and Linguistics, 1st Edition


Carol Genetti (ed.)

Cambridge University Press., 2014




A Grammar of Dolakha Newar


Carol Genetti

Mouton de Gruyter [Mouton Grammar Library 40], 2007




Tibeto-Burman Languages of Nepal: Manange and Sherpa


Carol Genetti (ed.)

Pacific Linguistics Press, Canberra, 2004


A Descriptive and Historical Account of the Dolakha Newari Dialect


Carol Genetti

Monumenta Serindica, No. 24, Institute for the Study of the Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies. [Published 1990 PhD Dissertation], 1994


Articles


A Spectrum of Spatial Expression in Trans-Himalayan


Carol Genetti, Kristine Hildebrandt, Philippe Martinez


Pointing the Way with Tibeto-Burman Deictic Expressions


Carol Genetti

In Press. In Hildebrandt Kristine, David Peterson, Yankee Modi, Hiroyuki Suzuki (eds.)., The Handbook of Tibeto-Burman Languages [OUP Handbooks in Linguistics].


Blurring the Lines at InField/CoLang: Inclusion and Impacts


Carol Genetti, Carlos Nash

Anne Storch, R.M.W. Dixon, The Art of Language: On the Tasks of Linguistics, a Festschrift for Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald, Brill, Leiden, 2022, pp. 316-342.


Direction and Associated Motion in Tibeto-Burman


Carol Genetti, Kristine Hildebrandt, Nathaniel A. Sims, Alexia Z. Fawcett

Linguistic Typology, vol. 25(2), 2021, pp. 345-388


Grammatical Relations in Kubeo


Thiago Costa Chacon, Carol Genetti

Alena In Witzlack-Makerevich, Balthazar Bickel, Argument Selectors: A NewPerspective on Grammatical Relations [Typological Studies in Language], John Benjamins, Amsterdam & Philadelphia, 2019, pp. 399-432


Teaching Linguists to Document Endangered Languages


Carol Genetti

Kenneth L Rehg, Lyle Campbell, The Oxford Handbook of Endangered Languages [Oxford Handbooks], Oxford University Press, 2018, pp. 802-823.


Dolakha Newar


Carol Genetti

Graham Thurgood, Randy J. LaPolla (eds.), The Sino-Tibetan Languages, 2nd Edition, Routledge, New York, 2017, pp. 436-452.


Introduction: Special Issue on the Grammatical Encoding of Space in Tibeto-Burman Languages


Carol Genetti, Kristine A Hildebrandt

Himalayan Linguistics, vol. 16(1), 2017, pp. 1-8.


The Grammatical Encoding of Space in Yonghe Qiang


Nathaniel Sims, Carol Genetti

Himalayan Linguistics, vol. 16(1), 2017 Jul, pp. 99-115


The Tibeto-Burman Languages of South Asia: The Languages, their Histories, and Genetic Relationships


Carol Genetti

In Hans Henrich Hock &, Elena Bashir, The Languages and Linguistics of South Asia: A Comprehensive Guide [The World of Linguistics 7], De Gruyter Mouton, Berlin & Boston, 2016, pp. 130-154.


Walking the Line: Balancing Description, Argumentation and Theory in Academic Grammar Writing


Carol Genetti

In Toshihide Nakayama, Keren Rice, The Art and Practice of Grammar Writing [Language Documentation & Conservation], University of Hawai'i Press, Honolulu, 2014, pp. 121-134.


Tense-Aspect Morphology from Nominalizers in Newar


Carol Genetti

In Tim Thornes, Erik Andvik, Gwendolyn Hyslop, Joana Jansen, Functional-historical approaches to explanation. In honor of Scott DeLancey [Typological Studies in Language 103), John Benjamins, Amsterdam & Philadelphia, 2013, pp. 195-220.


Training as Empowering Social Action: An Ethical Response to Language Endangerment


Carol Genetti, Rebekka Siemens

In Elena Mihas, Bernard Perley, Gabriel Rey-Doval, and Kathleen Wheatley, Responses to Language Endangerment. In honor of Mickey Noonan. New Directions in Language Endangerment and Language Documentation, John Benjamins, Amsterdam & Philadelphia, 2013, pp. 59-77.


Direct Speech Reports and the Cline of Prosodic Integration in Dolakha Newar


Carol Genetti

Himalayan Linguistics, vol. 10(1), 2011, pp. 55-76


Nominalization in Tibeto-Burman Languages of the Himalayan Area: A Typological Perspective


Carol Genetti

In Yap Foong Ha, Janick Wrona (eds.), Nominalization in Asian Languages: Diachronic and typological perspectives [Typological Studies in Language], John Benjamins, Amsterdam, 2011, pp. 163-193


The Tapestry of Dolakha Newar: Chaining, Embedding, and the Complexity of Sentences


Carol Genetti

Linguistic Typology, vol. 15(1), 2011, pp. 5-24


A Note on the History of Adjectival Verbs in Newar.


Carol Genetti

Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies , vol. 71(3), 2008, pp. 475-492.


Syntactic Aspects of Nominalization in Five Tibeto-Burman Languages of the Himalayan Area


Carol Genetti, A.R. Coupe, Ellen Bartee, Kristine Hildebrandt, You-Jing Lin

Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area, vol. 31(2), 2008, pp. 97-143


Complement Clause Types and Complementation Strategy in Dolakha Newar


Carol Genetti

Ed. by R.M.W. Dixon, Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald, Complementation and Complementation Strategies: A Cross-Linguistic Typology, Oxford University Press, 2006, pp. 137-158.


The Participial Construction of Dolakhā Newar : Syntactic Implications of an Asian Converb


Carol Genetti

Studies in Language, vol. 29(1), 2005, pp. 35-87.


An Analysis of Syntax and Prosody Interactions in a Dolakhā Newar Rendition of The Mahābhārata


Carol Genetti, Keith Slater

Himalayan Linguistics, vol. 1(1), 2004, pp. 1-91.


The Two Adjective Classes in Manange


Carol Genetti, Kristine Hildebrandt

In R.M.W. Dixon, Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald (eds.), Adjective Classes: A Cross-Linguistic Typology, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2004, pp. 74-96.


Beyond Preferred Argument Structure: Sentences, Pronouns, and Given Referents in Nepali


Carol Genetti, Laura Crain

In John DuBois, Lorraine Kumpf, William Ashby (eds.), Preferred Argument Structure: Grammar as Architecture for Function, 2003, pp. 197-223.


Dolakha Newar


Carol Genetti

In Randy J. LaPolla, Graham Thurgood (eds.), The Sino-Tibetan Languages, 1st Edition, Routledge, 2003, 355-370. [See updated paper in 2nd Edition, 2017]


Some Case Studies on Linguistic Variation and their Implications


Carol Genetti

In David Bradley, Randy LaPolla, Boyd Michailovsky, Graham Thurgood (eds.), Language Variation: Papers on Variation and Change in the Sinosphere and the Indosphere in Honor of James A. Matisoff, Pacific Linguistics, Canberra, 2003, pp. 53-64.


Variation in Agreement in the Nepali Finite Verb


Carol Genetti

In Yogendra P. Yadava, Warren W. Glover (eds.), Topics in Nepalese Linguistics, Royal Nepal Academy, Kathmandu, 1999, 542-555. [Reprint of Genetti 1993].


Object Relations and Dative Case in Dolakha Newari


Carol Genetti

Studies in Language, vol. 21(1), 1997, pp. 33-62.


Introduction (with a Sketch of Nepali Grammar)


Carol Genetti

Santa Barbara Papers in Linguistics, In Carol Genetti (ed.), Aspects of Nepali Grammar, Vol. 6, 1994, pp. 1-40.


On the Morphological Status of Casemarkers in Dolakha Newari


Carol Genetti

Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area , vol. 16(1), 1993, pp. 57-73.


Variation in Agreement in the Nepali Finite Verb


Carol Genetti

South Asian Language Review, vol. 3(2), 1993, 90-104. [For PDF, see reprint in 1999]


Segmental Alternations in the Sunwari Verb: A Case for the Feature [Front]


Carol Genetti

Linguistics, vol. 30(2), 1992, pp. 319-358


Semantic and Grammatical Categories of Relative Clause Morphology in the Languages of Nepal


Carol Genetti

Studies in Language, vol. 16(2), 1992, pp. 405-427.


From Postposition to Subordinator in Newari


Carol Genetti

In Elizabeth Traugott, Bernd Heine (eds), Approaches to Grammaticalization, Volume II, John Benjamins, Philadelphia, 1991, pp. 227-255.


A Contrastive Study of the Dolakhali and Kathmandu Newari Dialects


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Cahiers de Linguistique Asie-Orientale, vol. 17(2), 1988, pp. 161-191.


A Syntactic Correlate of Topicality in Newari Narrative


Carol Genetti

In Sandra A. Thompson, John Haiman (eds.), Clause Combining in Grammar and Discourse, John Benjamins, Philadelphia, 1988, pp. 29-48.


Notes on the Structure of the Sunwari Transitive Verb


Carol Genetti

Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area, vol. 11(2), 1988, pp. 62-92.


The Grammaticalization of the Newari Verb tal-


Carol Genetti

Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area, vol. 9(2), 1986, pp. 53-70


Edited Special Issues


Special Issue on the Grammatical Encoding of Space in Tibeto-Burman


Carol Genetti, Kristine A. Hildebrandt

Himalayan Linguistics, vol. 16(1), 2017



Conference Proceedings


Syntax, Prosody, and Typology: Evidence from Prosodic Embedding in Dolakha Newar


Carol Genetti

In Amina Mettouchi, Gaëlle Ferré (eds), Actes, Proceedings, Acoustique, Acquisition, Interprétation, pp. 111-116


Creating a Language Center in the Upper Rio Negro (Amazon): Considerations for Ongoing Collaborations.


Thiago Costa Chacon, Sarah Shulist, Carol Genetti

Proceedings of the 17th Annual Conference of the Foundation for Endangered Languages, Carleton University, Ottawa, 2013, pp. 114-132.


Syntax and Prosody: Interacting Coding Systems in Dolakha Newar.


Ed. by Andrew Simpson, Karen Adams, Paul Sidwell

SEALSXIII: Proceedings from the Thirteenth Meeting of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society (2003), Pacific Linguistics, Canberra, 2007, pp. 53-66


On the Status of Glides in Dolakha Newari


Carol Genetti

In Hajime Kitamura, Tatsuo Nishida, Yasuhiko Nagano (eds.), Current Issues in Sino-Tibetan Linguistics, Organizing Committee for the 26th International Conference on Sino-Tibetan Languages and Linguistics, Osaka, Japan, 1994, pp. 759-766.


The Development of Subordinators from Postpositions in Bodic Languages


Carol Genetti

Proceedings of the 12th annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society, 1986, pp. 387-400


Preprints


Facilitating interdisciplinary dialog in research and teaching: A roadmap for providing timely, needs-based project support


Joshua Kuntzman, Bruce Kendall, Steven Gaines, Carol Genetti, Mary Hegarty

EdArXiv, 2021 Jul


The familiarity trap: Collaborative research and teaching, lessons from 6 interdisciplinary projects (Preprint).


Joshua Kuntzman, Mary Hegarty, Carol Genetti, Steve Gaines, Bruce E. Kendall

2021 Jun


Miscellaneous


Twenty years of Himalayan Linguistics


Lauren Gawne, Gregory Anderson, You-Jing Lin, Kristine A. Hildebrandt, Carol Genetti

Himalayan Linguistics, vol. 23(1), 2024 Jul, pp. 1-4



Reviews


Basic Linguistic Theory, by R.M.W. Dixon


Carol Genetti

Language, vol. 87(4), 2011, pp. 899-904


Working Papers


Proceedings from the Workshop on Sinhala Linguistics


Robert Englebretson, Carol Genetti

Santa Barbara Working Papers in Linguistics, Volume 17, 2007


Aspects of Nepali Grammar


Carol Genetti (ed.)

Santa Barbara Papers in Linguistics, Vol. 6, 1994


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