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Brian Buccola is an Associate Professor at Michigan State University within the College of Arts & Letters, affiliated with the Department of Linguistics. Holding a Ph.D. from McGill University, his research bridges formal semantics, pragmatics, and cognitive science, exploring how language encodes meaning, inferential reasoning, and cross-species cognitive parallels.
- Education: Ph.D., McGill University
Research Interests focus on:
- Formal semantics of quantifiers, numerals, and aspectual verbs
- Pragmatic inference mechanisms (e.g., scalar implicatures, ignorance inferences)
- Competition and symmetry in alternative-based reasoning
- Cognitive universals in human and non-human animals via language studies
His recent work examines Mandarin Chinese processing, trivalent quantifier logic, and baboon cognition. Articles in Semantics and Pragmatics and PNAS highlight interdisciplinary methodologies spanning theoretical linguistics and experimental psychology.
Scientific Context includes prior affiliations at École Normale Supérieure (Paris) and Hebrew University of Jerusalem, reflecting global collaboration in cognitive linguistics.
