Assistant Professor and Graduate Program Coordinator
Fields of Interest
Biography
Ph.D., Linguistics, University of California, Santa Cruz, 2022
Curriculum Vitae
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I am a theoretical syntactician and fieldworker, with a particular interest in information structure. Broadly speaking, I am interested in whether syntactic focus movement exists, how abstract notions such as focus are represented in grammar, the connection between wh-movement and focus movement, and the role of alternatives in grammar.
In addition, in several recent projects, I have investigated the interpretation of wh-words in Mixtec and restrictions on their movement.
Since 2017, I have done fieldwork in Mexico and California with speakers of San Martín Peras Mixtec.
Research
Selected Research
- Hedding, A. A. (2023). which-phrases Cannot Pied-Pipe in San Martín Peras Mixtec. In Huijsmans M., Reisinger, D. K. E., and Underhill, R., editors, Proceedings of WSCLA 25, pages 88-102. UCBWPL.
- Hedding, A. A. (2022). Possible and Impossible Movements within the Mixtec DP. In Pratley B., Bakay, O., Neu E. and Deal P., editors, Proceedings of NELS 52, volume 2, pages 15-28. GLSA
- Hedding, A. A. (2021). Asymmetric pitch raising under focus in San Martín Peras Mixtec. In Reisinger, D. K. E. and Green H., editors, Proceedings of WSCLA 24, pages 59-74. UBCWPL
- Hedding, A. A. (to appear). Rethinking Best Match Using Movement: Evidence From Mixtec. In Proceedings of WCCFL 39.