Publications and manuscripts
Recent papers/manuscripts:
Haslinger Nina, Alain Hien, Emil Eva Rosina, Viola Schmitt & Valerie Wurm (2023). A unified semantics for distributive and non-distributive universal quantifiers across languages. draft
Schmitt, Viola (2023). Are there pluralities of worlds? Journal of Semantics. link to paper
Schmitt, Viola & Frank Sode (2022). Modal comparisons across individuals require (a notion of) relative intensities. submitted. draft
Haslinger Nina, Emil Eva Rosina, Viola Schmitt & Valerie Wurm (2022). On the relation between distributivity and maximality. under revision. draft
Mojmír Dočekal, Nina Haslinger, Eva Rosina, Magdalena Roszkowski, Iveta Šafratová, Viola Schmitt, Marcin Wągiel & Valerie Wurm (2022): Cumulative readings of distributive conjunctions: Evidence from Czech and German. In: D. Gutzmann & S. Repp (eds.), Proceedings of Sinn und Bedeutung 26, paper
Haslinger, Nina & Viola Schmitt (2022). Syntactic conditions on cumulative readings of German jeder (`every') DPs. The Journal of Comparative Germanic Linguistics. paper
Haslinger, Nina & Viola Schmitt (2022.). What embedded counterfactuals can tell us about the semantics of attitudes. Linguistics Vanguard. paper
Haslinger Nina & Viola Schmitt (2021). Counterfactual attitude contents and the semantics of plurals in belief contexts. In: P. Grosz, L. Martí, H. Pearson, Y. Sudo & S. Zobel (eds.), Proceedings of Sinn und Bedeutung 25, paper
Prinzhorn, Martin & Viola Schmitt (t.a.). Partial control and plural predication. To appear in: S. Laszakovits & Z. Shen (eds.), The size of things II: Movement, features and interpretation, Language Science Press. draft
Haslinger Nina, Eva Rosina, Magdalena Roszkowski, Viola Schmitt & Valerie Wurm (2021). Cumulation cross-linguistically. In: M. Dočekal & M. Wągiel (eds.), Formal approaches to number in Slavic and beyond, Language Science press. paper
Haslinger, Nina & Viola Schmitt (2021). Distinguishing belief objects. In: M. Dočekal & M. Wągiel (eds.), Formal approaches to number in Slavic and beyond, Language Science press. paper
Haslinger, Nina & Viola Schmitt (2020). The status of discourse referents in Hob-Nob sentences. Ms
Haslinger, Nina & Viola Schmitt (2020). Cumulative readings of modified numerals: A plural projection approach. In: M. Franke, N. Kompa, M. Liu, J.L. Mueller & J. Schwab (eds.), Proceedings of Sinn und Bedeutung 24. paper
Schmitt, Viola (2020). Cumulation across attitudes and plural projection. Journal of Semantics. link to paper
Schmitt, Viola (2020). Boolean and non-Boolean conjunction. In: D. Gutzmann, L. Matthewson, C. Meier, H. Rullmann & T.E. Zimmermann (eds.), The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Semantics, Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons. older draft version
Haslinger, Nina, Valentin Panzirsch, Eva Rosina, Magdalena Roszkowski, Viola Schmitt & Valerie Wurm (2019). A plural analysis of distributive conjunctions: Evidence from two cross-linguistic asymmetries. draft
Haslinger, Nina & Viola Schmitt (2019). Asymmetrically distributive universals and plural projection. Ms
Haslinger, Nina & Viola Schmitt (2019). Strengthened disjunction or non-classical conjunction? Snippets 37- Special Issue in Honor of Uli Sauerland:43-45. paper
Schmitt, Viola (2019). Pluralities across categories and plural projection. Semantics and Pragmatics 12. paper
Schmitt, Viola (2018). `Review of Olga Kellert, Interrogative und Exklamative '. To appear in Zeitschrift für französische Sprache und Literatur.
Haslinger, Nina & Viola Schmitt (2018). Scope-related cumulativity asymmetries and cumulative composition. Proceedings of SALT 28 (eds. Sireemas Maspong, Brynhildur Stefánsdóttir, Katherine Blake & Forrest Davis), 197-216. paper
Schmitt, Viola & Frank Sode (2018). An anti-intellectualist treatment of German wissen (`know‘). Proceedings of Sinn und Bedeutung 21 (eds. Robert Truswell, Chris Cummins, Caroline Heycock, Brian Rabern & Hannah Rohde), 1091 -1108. paper
Flor, Enrico, Nina Haslinger, Magdalena Roszkowski, Eva Rosina & Viola Schmitt (2017). `Distributive and non-distributive conjunction: Formal semantics meets typology.' Accepted for publication in: M. Mitrovic (ed.), Logical vocabulary and logical change, Benjamins. draft
Schmitt, Viola (2017). Cross-categorial plurality and plural composition. Ms, University of Vienna (This is a longer version of the 2018 paper.) paper
Flor, Enrico, Nina Haslinger, Hilda Koopman, Eva Rosina, Magdalena Roszkowski & Viola Schmitt (2017): Cross-linguistic evidence for a non-distributive lexical meaning of conjunction. In: Alexandre Cremers, Thom van Gessel & Floris Roelofsen (eds.): Proceedings of the 21st Amsterdam Colloquium, 255-264. link to proceedings
Haslinger, Nina & Viola Schmitt (2017): Acquisition of semantic type flexibility: The case of conjunction. In: Clemens Mayr & Edwin Williams (eds.): 11-11-2017. Festschrift für Martin Prinzhorn (= Wiener Linguistische Gazette 82), 109-118. link to Festschrift
Schmitt, Viola, Edgar Onea & Friederike Buch (2017): Restrictions on complement anaphora. Proceedings of SALT 27. paper
Mayr, Clemens & Viola Schmitt (2017): Asymmetric coordination. In Martin Everaert & Henk C. van Riemsdijk (eds.), The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Syntax, Second Edition, 1-32. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118358733.wbsyncom070
Haslinger, Nina & Viola Schmitt (2017): Stressed non-Boolean und (and) in German. Snippets 31:13-14. paper
Older papers/manuscripts:
Köpping, Jan & Viola Schmitt (2015). Two theories of plurality and NPI-licensing. Ms, University of Frankfurt, University of Vienna. draft
Hartmann, Katharina & Viola Schmitt (2014). Violations of the right-edge-constraint in RNR. Snippets 27.
Kriz, Manuel & Viola Schmitt (2013), `Adverbial conjunctions. Exposition of a problem'. Ms., University of Vienna, University of Frankfurt. paper
Schmitt, Viola (2013). More Pluralities. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Vienna. https://othes.univie.ac.at/28744/
Prinzhorn, Martin & Viola Schmitt (2010). `Discontinuous DP-coordination in German'. In: J. v. Craenenbroeck & J. Rooryck (eds.), Linguistic Variation Yearbook 2010, Amsterdam: Benjamins, 161-200.
Mayr, Clemens & Viola Schmitt (2010), `Order and the coordinate structure constraint'. Ms., ZAS, University of Vienna. paper
Prinzhorn, Martin, Viola Schmitt & Sarah Zobel (eds.), Proceedings of Sinn und Bedeutung 14. https://www.univie.ac.at/sub14/
Mayr, Clemens & Viola Schmitt (2008). `On Extending the Application-domain of the CSC'. Proceedings of WCCFL 27, Somerville, MA: Cascadilla, 318-325.
Schmitt, Viola (2006). Hessian headed relative clauses and the syntactic role of the relative pronoun. MA-thesis, University of Vienna.
Prinzhorn, Martin & Viola Schmitt (2005). `A note on relative pronouns in German'. In: H. Broekhuis, N. Corver, R.Huybregts, U. Kleinhenz & J. Koster (eds.), Studies in Honor of Henk van Riemsdijk, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, 505-513.