Jana Willer Gold
I'm a theoretical linguist acknowledging the value of experimental research. I am interested in theoretical and experimental modelling of morpho-syntactic variation (conjunct agreement, object agreement, feature markedness, ellipsis, PCC) in a variety of languages (Slavic, Bantu, Indo-Aryan), as well as in conceptual problems that arise at theory-experiment interface. My experimental morpho-syntactic work supports free on-line platforms (PCIbex, R).
I am Departmental Lecturer in Experimental Syntax/Psycholinguistics at the Faculty of Linguistics, Philology and Phonetics at the University of Oxford. I hold a Honorary researcher status at the Department of Linguistics at UCL. I previously held a Research Associate position on the ESSB Project (Agreement Mismatches in Experimental Syntax: from Slavic to Bantu, PI Andrew Nevins) and EMSS Project (Coordinated Research in the Experimental Morphosyntax of South Slavic Languages , PI Andrew Nevins) at the Department of Linguistics at UCL.
Contact me @ jana.willer-gold@ling-phil.ox.ac.uk
Recent publications
Nevins, A. Peti-Stantić, A., Vos, M. de and J. Willer-Gold. 2022. Angles of Object Agreement. Oxford Studies in Theoretical Linguistics, Oxford University Press.
Willer-Gold, Jana. 2023. Locus and Timing of Gender Resolution: Probes, Goals and Predictions. Glossa: Special Collection: Multivaluation in Agreement.
Mendes et al. 2025. Agreement switch in verb-echo answers: Evidence for Distributed Ellipsis. Linguistic Inquiry.
Manuscripts
Ristić et al. Feature mismatch on stranded verbs under loosened identity requirements. submitted
Zeller et al. The Distributed Agreement model and coordinate phrases in Zulu: experimental evidence. in prep
Willer-Gold et al. Activating the Ellipsis site. in prep
Chandra, Pritha and Willer-Gold, Jana. Can Object Agreement Constraint be extended to honorific agreement? , in prep