Pritty Patel-Grosz

• Grosz, Patrick Georg; Solberg, Ragnhild Torvanger; Katz, Jonah; Vu, Mai Ha; Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Patel-Grosz, Pritty (2025). An outline of the narrative grammar of electronic dance music. Musicae Scientiae. ISSN 1029-8649. 29(4), s. 556–575. doi: 10.1177/10298649251321709. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  We argue that electronic dance music (EDM) exhibits a parallel structural organization to that which has been proposed for cartoons (comics) after the model of hierarchical structure proposed in theoretical linguistics. According to this parallel, both systems are governed by general cognitive mechanisms for the narrative organization of tension and release, which are not modality-specific. We show that notions from visual narrative analysis, such as an Establisher–Initial–Peak–Release template, can be applied directly to EDM tracks as an Intro/Breakdown–Buildup–Core–Outro/Cut template. In doing so, we focus on how to formally define and operationalize relevant notions such as Breakdown, Buildup, and Core. As part of our analysis, we show that the scene-setting Establisher segments of visual narratives map onto two distinct categories in EDM: they correspond to intro sections at the beginning of a track and to breakdown sections in the middle of a track; we strengthen the analogy to visual narrative analysis by introducing refinements such as a pre-drop break that often occurs at the end of a buildup segment. To adjudicate between competing hypotheses on the hierarchical structure of a given EDM track, we demonstrate that analytical tests from linguistics and visual narrative analysis can be successfully applied. By introducing these analytical tools, this article sets the stage for further explorations in the linguistically informed analysis of the structure and meaning of EDM.

• Henderson, Mathew; Grosz, Patrick Georg; Graham, Kirsty E.; Hobaiter, Catherine & Patel-Grosz, Pritty (2024). Shared semantics: Exploring the interface between human and chimpanzee gestural communication. Mind & Language. ISSN 0268-1064. 39, s. 454–471. doi: 10.1111/mila.12500. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  Striking similarities across ape gestural repertoires suggest shared phylogenetic origins that likely provided a foundation for the emergence of language. We pilot a novel approach for exploring possible semantic universals across human and nonhuman ape species. In a forced-choice task, n = 300 participants watched 10 chimpanzee gesture forms performed by a human and chose from responses that paralleled inferred meanings for chimpanzee gestures. Participants agreed on a single meaning for nine gesture forms; in six of these the agreed form-meaning pair response(s) matched those established for chimpanzees. Such shared understanding suggests apes' (including humans') gesturing shares deep evolutionary origins.

• Coye, Camille; Caspar, Kai R. & Patel-Grosz, Pritty (2024). Dance displays in gibbons: biological and linguistic perspectives on structured, intentional, and rhythmic body movement. Primates. ISSN 0032-8332. doi: 10.1007/s10329-024-01154-4. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  Female crested gibbons (genus Nomascus) perform conspicuous sequences of twitching movements involving the rump and extremities. However, these dances have attracted little scientific attention and their structure and meaning remain largely obscure. Here we analyse close-range video recordings of captive crested gibbons, extracting descriptions of dance in four species (N. annamensis, N. gabriellae, N. leucogenys and N. siki). In addition, we report results from a survey amongst relevant professionals clarifying behavioural contexts of dance in captive and wild crested gibbons. Our results demonstrate that dances in Nomascus represent a common and intentional form of visual communication restricted to sexually mature females. Whilst primarily used as a proceptive signal to solicit copulation, dances occur in a wide range of contexts related to arousal and/or frustration in captivity. A linguistically informed view of this sequential behaviour demonstrates that movement within dances is organized in groups and follows an isochronous rhythm — patterns not described for visual displays in other non-human primates. We argue that applying the concept of dance to gibbons allows us to expand our understanding of communication in non-human primates and to develop hypotheses on the rules and regularities characterising it. We propose that crested gibbon dances likely evolved from less elaborate rhythmic proceptive signals, similar to those found in siamangs. Although dance displays in humans and crested gibbons share a number of key characteristics, they cannot be assumed to be homologous. Nevertheless, gibbon dances represent a striking model behaviour to investigate the use of complex gestural signals in hominoid primates.

• Patel-Grosz, Pritty; Mascarenhas, Salvador; Chemla, Emmanuel & Schlenker, Philippe (2023). Super Linguistics: an introduction. Linguistics and Philosophy. ISSN 0165-0157. 46, s. 627–692. doi: 10.1007/s10988-022-09377-8. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  Abstract We argue that formal linguistic theory, properly extended, can provide a unifying framework for diverse phenomena beyond traditional linguistic objects. We display applications to pictorial meanings, visual narratives, music, dance, animal communication, and, more abstractly, to logical and non-logical concepts in the ‘language of thought’ and reasoning. In many of these cases, a careful analysis reveals that classic linguistic notions are pervasive across these domains, such as for instance the constituency (or grouping) core principle of syntax, the use of logical variables (for object tracking), or the variety of inference types investigated in semantics/pragmatics. The aim of this overview is to show how the application of formal linguistic concepts and methodology to non-linguistic objects yields non-trivial insights, thus opening the possibility of a general, precise theory of signs. (An appendix, found in the online supplements to this article, surveys applications of Super Linguistics to animal communication.)

• Patel-Grosz, Pritty; Henderson, Matthew; Grosz, Patrick Georg; Graham, Kirsty & Hobaiter, Catherine (2023). Primate origins of discourse-managing gestures: The case of hand fling. Linguistics Vanguard. 9(1). doi: 10.1515/lingvan-2022-0004. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  Abstract The last decades have seen major advances in the study of gestures both in humans and non-human primates. In this paper, we seriously examine the idea that there may be gestural form types that are shared across great ape species, including humans, which may underlie gestural universals, both in form and meaning. We focus on one case study, the hand fling gesture common to chimpanzees and humans, and provide a semantic analysis of this gesture.

• Francis, Naomi; Grosz, Patrick Georg & Patel-Grosz, Pritty (2023). THROW. Glossa: a journal of general linguistics. 8(1), s. 1–33. doi: 10.16995/glossa.8455. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  This paper provides a detailed description of the distribution of an utterance-accompanying or utterance-replacing throwing away gesture (see Bressem & Müller 2014, 2017), THROW, and proposes a formal analysis of its contribution. We argue that this gesture conveys dismissal, which we model as the marking of the question addressed by a preceding discourse move as unimportant. This work extends the growing body of linguistic work on formal gesture semantics to discourse-management gestures; moreover, we find that the dismissal meaning encoded by THROW is unlike other discourse-management operators in being unable to operate on propositional content that it accompanies.

• Patel-Grosz, Pritty; Grosz, Patrick Georg; Kelkar, Tejaswinee & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2022). Steps towards a semantics of dance. Journal of Semantics. ISSN 0167-5133. 39(4), s. 693–748. doi: 10.1093/jos/ffac009. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  Abstract As formal theoretical linguistic methodology has matured, recent years have seen the advent of applying it to objects of study that transcend language, e.g., to the syntax and semantics of music (Lerdahl & Jackendoff 1983, Schlenker 2017a; see also Rebuschat et al. 2011). One of the aims of such extensions is to shed new light on how meaning is construed in a range of communicative systems. In this paper, we approach this goal by looking at narrative dance in the form of Bharatanatyam. We argue that a semantic approach to dance can be modeled closely after the formal semantics of visual narrative proposed by Abusch (2013, 2014, 2021). A central conclusion is that dance not only shares properties of other fundamentally human means of expression, such as visual narrative and music, but that it also exhibits similarities to sign languages and the gestures of non-signers (see, e.g., Schlenker 2020) in that it uses space to track individuals in a narrative and performatively portray the actions of those individuals. From the perspective of general human cognition, these conclusions corroborate the idea that linguistic investigations beyond language (see Patel-Grosz et al. forthcoming) can yield insights into the very nature of the human mind and of the communicative devices that it avails.

• Patel-Grosz, Pritty; Katz, Jonah; Grosz, Patrick Georg; Kelkar, Tejaswinee & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2022). From music to dance: The inheritance of semantic inferences. Empirical Issues in Syntax and Semantics. 14, s. 219–238. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Patel-Grosz, Pritty (2021). Ergativity in Indo-Aryan. I Aronoff, Mark (Red.), Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Linguistics 2021. Oxford University Press. ISSN 9780199384655. doi: 10.1093/acrefore/9780199384655.013.282. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Patel-Grosz, Pritty (2019). Pronominal typology and the de se/de re distinction. Linguistics and Philosophy. ISSN 0165-0157. 43, s. 537–587. doi: 10.1007/s10988-019-09274-7. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  This paper investigates how regular pronominal typology interfaces with de se and de re interpretations, and highlights a correlation between strong pronouns (descriptively speaking) and de re interpretations, and weak pronouns and de se interpretations. In order to illustrate this correlation, I contrast different pronominal forms within a single language, null versus overt pronouns in Kutchi Gujarati, and clitic versus full pronouns in Austrian Bavarian. I argue that the data presented here provide cross-linguistic comparative support for the idea of a dedicated de se LF as argued for by Percus and Sauerland.

• Patel-Grosz, Pritty & Beck, Sigrid (2019). Different again. Semantics and Pragmatics. 12. doi: 10.3765/sp.12.3. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  One of the open questions in the literature on again-type elements (such as English again and German wieder ‘again’) is how to derive their different readings. Specifically, we can differentiate between a repetitive reading (e.g., some activity happens that has happened before) and a restitutive reading (e.g., some activity that has not happened before restores an earlier state). One controversial question is whether these two readings involve lexical ambiguity of ‘again’ (the lexical ambiguity analysis) or whether they can be derived from one lexical entry of ‘again’ by assuming different structural configurations (the scope analysis). We investigate Kutchi Gujarati pacho ‘again’ and show that this again-type element has, in fact, three readings, which are best accounted for by combining both the lexical ambiguity analysis and the scope analysis within the same language. Moreover, Kutchi Gujarati is a language in which word order closely reflects information structure. This allows us to investigate the information-structural effects that are associated with different readings of pacho ‘again’, such as the “all-given” status of utterances with repetitive pacho, and the corresponding surface word orders.

• Patel-Grosz, Pritty; Grosz, Patrick Georg; Kelkar, Tejaswinee & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2018). Coreference and disjoint reference in the semantics of narrative dance. I Sauerland, Uli & Solt, Stephanie (Red.), Proceedings of Sinn und Bedeutung 22, vol. 2, ZASPiL 61. Leibniz-Zentrum Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft (ZAS). s. 199–216. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Patel-Grosz, Pritty & Grosz, Patrick Georg (2017). Revisiting pronominal typology. Linguistic Inquiry. ISSN 0024-3892. 48(2), s. 259–297. doi: 10.1162/ling_a_00243. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  The overarching goal of this article is to shed new light on the debate over whether pronouns (she/he/it) generally have the syntax and semantics of definite descriptions (the woman/the man/the thing) or that of individual variables. As a case study, we investigate the differences between personal pronouns and demonstrative pronouns in German. We argue that the two types of pronouns have the same core makeup (both contain a null NP and a definite determiner), but demonstrative pronouns have additional functional structure that personal pronouns lack. This analysis is shown to derive both their commonalities and their differences, and it derives the distribution of demonstrative vs. personal pronouns by means of structural economy constraints.

• Grosz, Patrick Georg; Gibson, Edward; Fedorenko, Evelina & Patel-Grosz, Pritty (2015). Constraints on Donkey Pronouns. Journal of Semantics. ISSN 0167-5133. 32(4), s. 619–648. doi: 10.1093/jos/ffu009. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Patel-Grosz, Pritty & Beck, Sigrid (2014). Revisiting Again: The view from Kutchi Gujarati. I Etxeberria, Urtzi; FĂLĂUŞ, Anamaria; Irurtzun, Aritz & Leferman, Bryan (Red.), Proceedings of Sinn und Bedeutung 18. University of Basque Country. s. 303–321. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Patel-Grosz, Pritty & Grosz, Patrick Georg (2014). Agreement and verb types in Kutchi Gujarati. I Chandra, Pritha & Srishti, Richa (Red.), The Lexicon–Syntax Interface: Perspectives from South Asian languages. John Benjamins Publishing Company. ISSN 9789027255921. s. 217–244. doi: 10.1075/la.209.10gro. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Patel-Grosz, Pritty (2014). Epithets as De Re Pronouns. Empirical Issues in Syntax and Semantics. 10, s. 91–106. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Patel-Grosz, Pritty (2014). First Conjunct Agreement as Agreement Displacement. I Baglini, Rebekah; Grinsell, Timothy; Keane, Jonathan; Singerman, Adam Roth & Thomas, Julia (Red.), CLS 46: Proceedings of the Forty-sixth Annual Meeting of the Chicago Linguistic Society. Chicago Linguistic Society. ISSN 9780914203766. s. 269–283. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Patel-Grosz, Pritty (2013). The Principle A Problem. Journal of South Asian Linguistics. ISSN 1947-8240. 6, s. 25–50. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Patel-Grosz, Pritty & Grosz, Patrick Georg (2010). On the Typology of Donkeys: Two Types of Anaphora Resolution. I Prinzhorn, Martin; Schmitt, Viola & Zobel, Sarah (Red.), Proceedings of Sinn und Bedeutung 14. University of Vienna. s. 339–355. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv

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• Hornstein, Norbert; Lasnik, Howard; Patel-Grosz, Pritty & Yang, Charles (2018). Syntactic Structures after 60 Years: The Impact of the Chomskyan Revolution in Linguistics. De Gruyter Mouton. ISBN 9781501506925. 430 s. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Patel-Grosz, Pritty; Grosz, Patrick Georg & Zobel, Sarah (2017). Pronouns in Embedded Contexts at the Syntax-Semantics Interface. Springer Publishing Company. ISBN 9783319567044. 247 s. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Grosz, Patrick Georg & Patel-Grosz, Pritty (2016). The Impact of Pronominal Form on Interpretation. De Gruyter Mouton. ISBN 9781614517801. 400 s. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Grosz, Patrick Georg; Patel-Grosz, Pritty & Yanovich, Igor (2015). The Semantics of Pronouns. Proceedings of the special session of the 40th North East Linguistics Society. GLSA. ISBN 9781500572303. 148 s. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Patel-Grosz, Pritty (2015). Epithets at the Syntax-Semantics Interface. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. ISBN 9781443876193. 162 s. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv

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• Chemla, Emmanuel; Charnavel, Isabelle; Dautriche, Isabelle; Embick, David; Lerdahl, Fred & Patel-Grosz, Pritty [Vis alle 8 forfattere av denne artikkelen] (2023). Formal Models at the Core. Cognitive Science. ISSN 0364-0213. 47(3). doi: 10.1111/cogs.13267. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Patel-Grosz, Pritty; Katz, Jonah; Grosz, Patrick Georg; Kelkar, Tejaswinee & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2021). From music to dance: the inheritance of semantic inferences. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Grosz, Patrick Georg & Patel-Grosz, Pritty (2015). Investigations on the Typology of Pronouns’. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Grosz, Patrick Georg & Patel-Grosz, Pritty (2014). ‘Deep or Surface Anaphoric Pronouns? – Empirical Approaches. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Grosz, Patrick Georg & Patel-Grosz, Pritty (2014). Re-Evaluating the Distinction between Personal and Demonstrative Pronouns. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Grosz, Patrick Georg & Patel-Grosz, Pritty (2013). Split Ergativity, Multiple Exponence and Complex Probes. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Grosz, Patrick Georg & Patel-Grosz, Pritty (2013). Deep Anaphoric or Surface Anaphoric Pronouns? Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Grosz, Patrick Georg & Patel-Grosz, Pritty (2013). Deep Anaphoric or Surface Anaphoric Pronouns? Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Grosz, Patrick Georg & Patel-Grosz, Pritty (2013). On Ergative Agreement in Kutchi Gujarati and Marwari. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Grosz, Patrick Georg; Ichin-Norbu, Iuliia; Neichel, Michaela & Patel-Grosz, Pritty (2013). Demonstrative Pronouns in Donkey Sentences? Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Grosz, Patrick Georg & Patel-Grosz, Pritty (2013). Structural Asymmetries – The View from Kutchi Gujarati and Marwari. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Grosz, Patrick Georg & Patel-Grosz, Pritty (2012). Donkey Pronouns: Theoretical and Experimental Lines of Inquiry. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Grosz, Patrick Georg & Patel-Grosz, Pritty (2012). Introduction to Amazon’s Mechanical Turk. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Grosz, Patrick Georg & Patel-Grosz, Pritty (2012). Donkey Pronouns: Theoretical and Experimental Lines of Inquiry. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Grosz, Patrick Georg & Patel-Grosz, Pritty (2011). On the Cross-Linguistic Typology of Pronouns. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Grosz, Patrick Georg & Patel-Grosz, Pritty (2011). Stubborn Donkeys: On the Cross-Linguistic Rigidity of Larger Pronouns. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Grosz, Patrick Georg & Patel-Grosz, Pritty (2011). On the Cross-Linguistic Typology of Pronouns. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Grosz, Patrick Georg & Patel-Grosz, Pritty (2010). On the Typology of Donkeys: Two Types of Anaphora Resolution. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Grosz, Patrick Georg & Patel-Grosz, Pritty (2009). On the Typology of Pronouns: Two Types of Anaphora Resolutions. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Grosz, Patrick Georg & Patel-Grosz, Pritty (2009). On the Typology of Pronouns: Two Types of Anaphora Resolution. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Grosz, Patrick Georg & Patel-Grosz, Pritty (2009). On the Typology of Donkeys: Two Types of Anaphora Resolution. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Grosz, Patrick Georg; Patel-Grosz, Pritty; Fedorenko, Evelina & Gibson, Edward (2009). The Uniqueness Restriction on E-Type Pronouns. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Grosz, Patrick Georg & Patel-Grosz, Pritty (2006). Long-Distance Agreement and Restructuring Predicates in Kutchi Gujarati. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Grosz, Patrick Georg & Patel-Grosz, Pritty (2006). Long-Distance Agreement and Restructuring Predicates in Kutchi Gujarati. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv

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