Research/Scholarly/Creative Works

• Kearns K. (2007) Complementizer variation in noun complement clauses. University of Canterbury: Department of Linguistics Research Seminar, 01 Nov 2007. (Oral Presentations)

• Kearns K. (2007) Epistemic verbs and zero complementizer. English Language and Linguistics 11(3): 475-505. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1360674307002353. (Journal Articles)

• Kearns K. (2007) Regional variation in the syntactic distribution of null finite complementizer. Language Variation and Change 19(3): 295-336. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0954394507000117. (Journal Articles)

• Kearns K. (2007) Telic senses of deadjectival verbs. Lingua 117(1): 26-66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lingua.2005.09.002. (Journal Articles)

• Kearns K. (2007) That that thing we do: Where to omit 'that' in noun complement clauses. Hamilton, New Zealand: Linguistic Society of New Zealand (LSNZ) 17th Biennial Conference, 19-20 Nov 2007. (Conference Contributions - Other)

• Kearns K. (2006) Lexical Semantics. In Aarts B; McMahon A (Ed.), The Handbook of English Linguistics: 557-580. Oxford: Blackwell. (Chapters)

• Kearns K. (2005) Composed accomplishment events in English: Syntax and semantics. Wuppertal, Germany: Wuppertaler Linguistisches Forum, 01 Sep 2005. (Oral Presentations)

• Kearns K. (2005) I think epistemic phrases could be revisited. Brisbane, Australia: University of Queensland Linguistics Seminar, 05 Sep 2006. (Oral Presentations)

• Kearns K. (2005) Telic senses of deadjectival verbs. Konstanz, Germany: Konstanz University Linguistics Colloquium, 21 Apr 2005. (Oral Presentations)

• Kearns K. (2005) The resurgence of the English null finite complementizer. Sydney, Australia: University of Sydney Linguistics Colloquium, 16 Jun 2005. (Oral Presentations)

• Kearns K. (2005) The Distribution of Null Finite Complementizer in English. Auckland, New Zealand: New Zealand Linguistics Society Conference, 17 Nov 2005. (Conference Contributions - Other)

• Kearns Kate. (2005) Light verbs in English. . (Discussion/Working Papers)

• Kearns K. (2004) Review of S. Rothstein 2004, Structuring Events: A study in the semantics of lexical aspect. Te Reo 46: 118-132. (Journal Articles)

• Kearns K. (2003) Durative achievements and individual-level predicates on events. Linguistics and Philosophy 26(5): 595-635. (Journal Articles)

• Kearns K., Lewis H. and Toivonen I. (2003) The grammatical function of with-themes in English. Helsinki, Finland: SKY Symposium, 1 Nov 2003. (Conference Contributions - Other)

• Kearns K. (2002) Review of Eckardt, 'Adverbs, events and other things'. Word 53: 87-99. (Journal Articles)

• Kearns Kate. (2002) Review of Regine Eckardt, Adverbs, Events and Other Things: Issues in the Semantics of Manner Adverbs. Word 53(1): 87-99. (Journal Articles)

• Kearns Kate. (2002) Implicature and language change. In Verschueren JEA (Ed.), Handbook of Pragmatics: 1-22. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. (Chapters)

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