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Salvador Mascarenhasمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Formal Semantics
• Logic
• Reasoning
• +۹ مورد دیگر

Salvador Mascarenhas is a Professor (Professeur des universités) at the École normale supérieure (ENS) in Paris, affiliated with the Institut Jean Nicod (IJN) and the Department of Cognitive Studies (DEC). He is a core member of the Concepts, Logic, Reasoning (CoLoR) research team, working at the intersection of formal semantics, logic, and cognitive science. His office is located in the Pavillon Jardin, room 005, and he can be contacted via email at salvador.mascarenhas@ens.fr or by phone at +33 (0)1 44 32 26 61. His research focuses on the cognitive foundations of reasoning, particularly illusory inferences, scalar alternatives, and the erotetic (question-based) theory of reasoning. He investigates how formal semantic structures interact with human reasoning processes, drawing from linguistics, philosophy, and psychology. His work often bridges theoretical formalism with empirical cognitive insights. The most recent publications reveal a sustained interest in the logic of questions, reasoning under uncertainty, and the semantics of modality and disjunction. His work increasingly integrates concepts from expected utility theory and hypothesis testing into models of human inference, demonstrating a strong interdisciplinary trajectory across formal semantics, cognitive psychology, and philosophical logic. Salvador Mascarenhas has not been mentioned as receiving any specific scientific awards in the provided text. He advises students and contributes to research grants, though specific names and grant details are not listed in the provided content. His collaborations include prominent researchers such as Paul Koralus, Emmanuel Chemla, and Philippe Schlenker, indicating active participation in high-level interdisciplinary research networks. He is a key member of the Concepts, Logic, Reasoning (CoLoR) team at the Institut Jean Nicod, a leading interdisciplinary group focused on foundational aspects of human cognition, logic, and language. This team provides the primary research environment for his theoretical and experimental investigations into reasoning and semantics.

Gianluca Lebaniمشاهده پروفایل

پژوهشگر

• Linguistics
• Computational Linguistics
• Dialectology
• +۶ مورد دیگر

Gianluca Lebani is a Researcher at Ca' Foscari University of Venice, affiliated with the Department of Comparative Linguistic and Cultural Studies and the Research Institute for Digital and Cultural Heritage. His roles include membership in the Management Committee of the University Scientific Instrumentation Service Center (CSA), the Board of Directors of the Bembolab Laboratory, and the Academic Senate. His research focuses on theoretical and comparative linguistics, dialectology, and computational linguistics. Key areas include variation in Italian and Italo-Romance dialects, semantic role analysis using transformer models, psycholinguistic investigations of grammatical gender, and historical document analysis. He also explores machine learning applications in language processing, such as baby language models (BAMBI) and Old Saxon poetry scansion algorithms. Recent work includes studies on possessive pronouns in dialects, indefiniteness in bilingual speakers, and the expression of semantic gender. His contributions span corpus-based methods, distributional semantics, and experimental psycholinguistics. Collaborations involve projects like VariOpInTA (Variation and Optionality in Italo-Romance) and computational frameworks like SYMPAThy for extracting word combinations. Lebani is active in academic service, contributing to institutional committees and editorial roles. His lab affiliations include Bembolab and the Digital and Cultural Heritage Institute. He regularly publishes in journals like RID, RIVISTA ITALIANA DI DIALETTOLOGIA and ISOGLOSS , and presents at conferences such as CLiC-it and QITL.

Raúl Aranovichمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Theoretical Linguistics
• Syntax
• Morphology
• +۱۴ مورد دیگر

Raúl Aranovich is a Professor in the Department of Linguistics at the University of California, Davis, within the College of Letters and Science. He has been a faculty member at UC Davis since 2001 and previously held academic positions at Ohio State University and the University of Texas at San Antonio. He earned his Ph.D. in Linguistics from UC San Diego in 1996 under the supervision of Professors S.-Y. Kuroda and John Moore. His research centers on theoretical linguistics, particularly the interfaces between syntax, morphology, and semantics, with a focus on grammatical mismatches across these domains. He specializes in Romance languages—especially Spanish—and lesser-studied languages such as Fijian and Shona. His work increasingly integrates computational methods, including corpus linguistics, natural language processing, and knowledge representation via ontologies. He has also contributed to interdisciplinary research in cybersecurity communication and neural machine translation. The recent publications of Raúl Aranovich span a wide range of subfields, from historical linguistics and construction grammar to computational modeling and cross-linguistic typology. A strong trend in his work is the use of formal and empirical methods to analyze syntactic variation, auxiliary selection, impersonal constructions, and morphological complexity, often with a comparative approach across languages. His interdisciplinary collaborations, especially with computer scientists, reflect a growing interest in applying linguistic theory to real-world digital communication and security challenges. Fellow, Linguistic Society of America Raúl Aranovich has mentored numerous students and collaborators, though specific advisees are not listed in the provided text. He has secured research funding through collaborative projects, particularly in computational linguistics and cybersecurity, as evidenced by co-authored publications with researchers in computer science. His work on low-resource machine translation and semantic web applications suggests active grant-supported research. He is involved in modeling grammars using OWL ontologies and has explored language use in digital communities such as GitHub and cybersecurity forums. His research group likely includes students and postdocs working at the intersection of linguistics and computer science, particularly in NLP and knowledge representation.

• Theoretical Linguistics
• Syntax
• Semantics
• +۶ مورد دیگر

M. Teresa Espinal is a Professor in the Department of Catalan Studies at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, where she leads the Grup de Recerca de Lingüística Teòrica (Theoretical Linguistics Research Group) and is affiliated with the Center for Theoretical Linguistics. With a research career spanning over 40 years, she maintains active involvement in major international projects including the current EXPLETIVENESS AND EXPRESSIVE MEANING project (2024-2027). Her educational background includes a Ph.D. in Hispanic Philology from UAB (1985), Master of Arts in Linguistics from University of London (1981), and Diploma in Linguistics from University of London (1980). Professor Espinal's research focuses on theoretical linguistics with particular expertise in Catalan syntax, Romance languages, and semantic interpretation. Her fingerprint analysis reveals dominant research areas in Catalan Keyphrases (100%), Expression (53%), Speaker perspectives (43%), Negative Concord (39%), Syntax (38%), and Experimental Linguistics (37%). She has made significant contributions to understanding nominal structures, indefinites, and expressive meaning in Romance languages. Analysis of her recent publications (2021-2022) shows continued scholarly productivity across multiple high-impact journals, with research spanning Romance syntax, Greek linguistics, and Basque polarity items. Her work demonstrates methodological diversity including experimental approaches and cross-linguistic comparison. She has supervised 16 research projects throughout her career, including 15 major research grants from Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness. Current projects include EXPLETIVENESS AND EXPRESSIVE MEANING (2024-2027) and LA INTERPRETACION DE LAS CATEGORIAS FUNCIONALES II (2021-2024). Professor Espinal directs the Grup de Recerca de Lingüística Teòrica, which maintains strong research output in Catalan (100%), Syntax (49%), Romance languages (42%), Clitics (38%), and Grammar (29%). Her research group fosters international collaboration across multiple European institutions.

Fabian Brossمشاهده پروفایل

پژوهشگر

• Sign languages
• Syntax
• Cognitive linguistics
• +۴ مورد دیگر

Fabian Bross is a Researcher affiliated with the University of Stuttgart's Institute of Linguistics, specifically within the Department of Linguistics/German Studies (ILG). His primary research focuses on sign languages, syntax, and cognitive linguistics, with particular attention to topics like iconicity in sign languages, syntactic negation structures, and gender-neutral language practices. He has authored or co-authored numerous publications in leading journals such as Sign Language & Linguistics , Glossa , and Sprachreport , exploring areas including German Sign Language syntax, sociolinguistic perceptions of gendered language forms, and lexical change in sign languages. His work often bridges formal syntactic analysis with cognitive and sociolinguistic perspectives. Notable contributions include a book on the clausal syntax of German Sign Language (2020) and influential studies on the typological and cognitive foundations of linguistic structures. His research frequently employs empirical methods, combining experimental syntax with corpus-based analyses.

Martin Stokhofمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Formal Semantics
• Philosophical Logic
• Epistemology
• +۷ مورد دیگر

Martin Stokhof is an emeritus professor of philosophy at the University of Amsterdam and currently holds a part-time Jin Yuelin professorship at the Department of Philosophy, Tsinghua University. He also serves as director of graduate studies at the Tsinghua University – University of Amsterdam Joint Research Centre for Logic. He studied philosophy and linguistics at the University of Amsterdam, earning his PhD in 1984 with a joint dissertation alongside Jeroen Groenendijk. Throughout his career, he has held positions at the University of Amsterdam, Radboud University Nijmegen, and Tsinghua University. Research focuses on formal semantics, philosophical logic, epistemology, and philosophy of science Teaching includes advanced logic, Chomskyan paradigm, generalized quantifier theory, and Wittgenstein's philosophy Supervised 139 master's theses and 27 PhD theses

• Syntax
• Semantics
• Prosody
• +۷ مورد دیگر

Justin Royer is an Assistant Professor of Linguistics in the Department of Linguistics and Translation at the Université de Montréal, Faculty of Arts and Sciences. He previously held a Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship at UC Berkeley and earned his PhD in Linguistics from McGill University in 2022 under the supervision of Jessica Coon, Luis Alonso-Ovalle, and Aron Hirsch. Research Interests: Theoretical syntax, semantics, and prosody Mayan languages, especially Chuj (spoken in Guatemala and Mexico) Québec French, particularly negation and clause-typing Language documentation and fieldwork methodologies Linguistic typology and cross-linguistic comparison His research bridges formal linguistic theory and empirical fieldwork, focusing on under-represented Indigenous languages. He investigates how syntactic structures interact with prosody and semantics, with a particular interest in phenomena such as anaphora, definiteness, classifiers, modality, and ergativity. Recent Research Trends: His most recent publications (2022–2025) reveal a strong focus on the interplay between syntax and semantics in Mayan languages, particularly Chuj and Mam. Key themes include animacy hierarchies, binding theory, ergative anaphors, modal indefinites, quantifier interpretation, and the syntax-prosody interface. He also continues to explore expletive negation and clause-typing in Québec French, contributing to the understanding of variation within Romance languages. Scientific Awards: Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship Advising and Grants: While specific advisees are not listed, Justin Royer has co-authored work with graduate students and collaborators such as Cristina Buenrostro, Rodrigo Ranero, and Noah Elkins, indicating active mentoring. His Banting Fellowship—a highly competitive award—demonstrates significant research funding and recognition. His ongoing collaborations and publication record suggest continued grant support and academic leadership. Labs and Research Groups: He is affiliated with research circles and workshops at major institutions, including the Syntax-Semantics Circle at UC Berkeley and the Montreal-Ottawa-Toronto-Hamilton Syntax Workshop. His invited talks at Stanford, UCLA, and the University of Washington reflect active engagement in the broader formal linguistics community.

Aleksander Smywiński-Pohlمشاهده پروفایل

استادیار

• Natural Language Processing
• Computational Linguistics
• Artificial Intelligence
• +۴ مورد دیگر

Dr. Aleksander Smywiński-Pohl is an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Computer Science , Faculty of Computer Science, AGH University of Science and Technology in Kraków, Poland. He holds a PhD in Computer Science from AGH (2015) for his thesis "Automatic Information Extraction from Polish Texts" and a parallel degree in Philosophy from Jagiellonian University. His academic career includes teaching at Jagiellonian University (2007-2016) and AGH (since 2008), where he currently instructs courses in Artificial Intelligence and Natural Language Processing. His research focuses on Natural Language Processing with specialization in Polish language technologies, formal ontologies , legal text analysis, and cognitive science. Key areas include: Machine learning for low-resource languages Legal document processing (amendments, argument retrieval) Neural models for translation and classification Semantic web technologies He has supervised over 30 student theses in NLP/ML applications and contributes to national NLP evaluations (PolEval).

Fredrik Heinatمشاهده پروفایل

دانشیار

• syntax
• semantics
• morphology
• +۸ مورد دیگر

Fredrik Heinat is an Associate Professor at Lund University's Centre for Languages and Literature, Faculty of Humanities and Theology. His academic work focuses on English linguistics with particular expertise in syntax, semantics, and psycholinguistics. He maintains an active research profile with numerous publications and ongoing projects in linguistic theory and language processing. Dr. Heinat's research interests span multiple areas of theoretical and experimental linguistics. His primary focus includes syntax, semantics, morphology, theoretical linguistics, psycholinguistics, language processing, argument structure, predicate formation, reference, quantifiers, and Scandinavian languages. His work often bridges theoretical linguistic frameworks with empirical psycholinguistic methods to investigate how language is processed and represented in the mind. His recent publications demonstrate a consistent focus on quantification, negation, discourse structure, and agreement phenomena, with particular emphasis on Scandinavian languages (especially Swedish). Through a combination of experimental methods including ERP studies, EEG, and production experiments, he has made significant contributions to our understanding of how linguistic constraints interact with cognitive processing during language comprehension and production. Dr. Heinat has received research funding from prestigious organizations including the Swedish Research Council and Olle Engkvists stiftelse. His current projects include "Mood and sentence processing," "V2 in main and embedded clauses in English and Danish over the last thousand years," "Memory representations and language processing," "Quantification in Swedish," and "Development and validation of a conceptual span task in Swedish." These projects reflect his interdisciplinary approach spanning historical linguistics, cognitive science, and theoretical syntax. As a dedicated educator, Dr. Heinat teaches courses in English linguistics including "English: Level 2," "English: Linguistic Analysis," "English: English Grammar," and advanced courses for higher-level students. His teaching reflects his research expertise, providing students with both theoretical foundations and exposure to current research methodologies in linguistics. Dr. Heinat is actively involved in the academic community through conference presentations, workshop organization, and collaborative research. His ORCID profile (0000-0002-2537-2965) documents his extensive publication record and research contributions across multiple subfields of linguistics.

Eva Klingvallمشاهده پروفایل

دانشیار

• Theoretical Linguistics
• Neurolinguistics
• Syntax
• +۶ مورد دیگر

Eva Klingvall is an Associate Professor at the Department of English Studies, Centre for Languages and Literature, Lund University. Her research bridges theoretical linguistics and neurolinguistics, focusing on syntax, semantics, and language processing mechanisms. Current Research: Investigates memory's role in pronoun processing using EEG, examining distance and information density effects. Key Projects: Explores memory representations in language processing, quantification in Swedish, and conceptual span tasks. Her work reveals intersections between linguistic theory, cognitive processing, and neurolinguistic methodologies, with applications in anaphora resolution and negation studies. Scientific Awards: Elected to AcademiaNet (2022) and Academia Europaea (2022). She supervises PhD students Elena Kopaeva and Fredrik Lauridsen and coordinates Lund University's Grammar Seminar since 2024. Her research is supported by the Swedish Research Council and Olle Engkvist Foundation.

Cecilia Polettoمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Historical Linguistics
• Romance Languages
• Syntax
• +۶ مورد دیگر

Prof. Dr. Cecilia Poletto is a Professor of French and Italian Linguistics at the Institute for Romance Languages and Literatures , Goethe University Frankfurt am Main. Her research focuses on historical syntax of Romance languages , particularly Old Italian V2 effects , information structure , and negative concord items (NCIs) . She leads the Syntactic Atlas of Italy (ASIt) and is co-PI for the ANR-DFG-funded project MICLE (2021-2024), which analyzes micro-indicators of grammatical evolution in Old Italian and Old French. She also collaborates on the SNSF/DFG project DiFuPaRo (2020), exploring dialect syntax and microparametric variation. Key Research Areas : Historical Syntax, Verb Second (V2), Microparametric Variation, Dialectology, Negative Polarity, Romance Language Evolution Projects : ANR-DFG MICLE (2021-2024): Corpus-based syntactic analysis of Old Romance Syntactic Atlas of Italy (ASIt): Fieldwork and dialect mapping SNSF/DFG DiFuPaRo: Cross-linguistic microparametric studies Publications span from 2013 to 2025, emphasizing diachronic syntax , negation patterns , and word order shifts in Romance languages. Her work bridges formal syntax , dialectological data , and computational models of language change.

John Trueswellمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Psycholinguistics
• Language Acquisition
• Language Processing
• +۶ مورد دیگر

John Trueswell is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania and Co-Director of the Institute for Research in Cognitive Science (ILST). He leads the Language Learning Lab at the Department of Psychology, focusing on real-time language interpretation, acquisition, and processing dynamics. Collaborations with ILST faculty Behavioral experimentation Eye tracking Computational modeling fMRI His interdisciplinary work connects Psychology, Linguistics, and Computer Science through Penn’s MindCORE initiative. Research spans cross-linguistic comparisons, developmental psycholinguistics, and individual differences in normal/clinical populations. Recent publications analyze ambiguity detection, polysemy, event role encoding, and cross-situational learning. His work reveals processing-acquisition interdependencies and cognitive mechanisms shaping language structure. Fellow, Association for Psychological Science (APS) Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Grants: NSF and NIH Dr. Trueswell has mentored language scientists across Psychology and Linguistics, with former advisees now at institutions like NYU, Harvard, and University of Florida. His lab integrates visual and linguistic data to decode moment-by-moment comprehension in children and adults.

Anna Papafragouمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Semantics
• Pragmatics
• Language Acquisition
• +۲ مورد دیگر

Anna Papafragou is a Professor of Linguistics at the University of Pennsylvania's School of Arts & Sciences and Director of the Language & Cognition Lab. Her research examines the nature of linguistic meaning, its acquisition, and interaction with cognition across diverse communities through experimental methods spanning laboratory, daycare, museum, and international field sites. Education: Ph.D., University College London, 1998 Her work investigates fundamental questions about semantic representation, pragmatic inference mechanisms, child language acquisition, and language-cognition relationships. She explores whether linguistic differences shape thought patterns and how contextual factors influence meaning construction during communication. Her theoretical framework integrates linguistic theory with cognitive science principles. Professor Papafragou employs diverse methodologies including cross-linguistic fieldwork in Greece, Germany, Turkey, Korea, China, and Mayan communities in Mexico, alongside controlled laboratory experiments and online studies. Her research has yielded over 75 publications and 95 invited talks, supported by National Institutes of Health and National Science Foundation funding. Analysis of her recent publications reveals sustained focus on event cognition, semantic representation, and pragmatic inference across development. Key trends include spatial language encoding, quantifier semantics, evidentiality systems, and the role of speaker knowledge in interpretation. Her work consistently bridges formal linguistic theory with empirical cognitive science approaches through cross-linguistic and developmental perspectives. She has secured continuous research funding from NIH and NSF, serves on the Governing Board of the Cognitive Science Society and U.S. National Committee for Psychological Science, and maintains active collaborations through Penn's Integrated Language Sciences and Technology initiative. Her service roles reflect significant recognition within cognitive science and psychological research communities. The Language & Cognition Lab operates within Penn's Department of Linguistics while participating in MindCore, ILST, SCEW, SBSI, and the Penn Child Development Labs consortium. This interdisciplinary structure facilitates research on language meaning across the lifespan with participants from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, emphasizing real-world communicative contexts alongside controlled experimentation.

Loes Koringمشاهده پروفایل

مدرس

• Psycholinguistics
• Language Acquisition
• Syntax
• +۴ مورد دیگر

Dr. Loes Koring is a Lecturer in Linguistics at the Department of Linguistics, Macquarie University. Her research focuses on psycholinguistics, language acquisition, and syntactic theory, with a particular interest in child language development and experimental methodologies. Research Interests: Syntax and semantics of passive constructions Argument structure reactivation Experimental methods in linguistics Figurative language processing Evidentiality and epistemic modality Comparative syntactic development Publication Trends: Recent work explores external argument realization, visual-world paradigm applications, and scope assignment in children. Collaborations include researchers like T. Benders, N. X. Rattanasone, and R. Thornton. Contact: Email loes.koring@mq.edu.au or via ORCID 0000-0001-8564-7441 .

• Linguistics
• Syntax
• Phonology
• +۴ مورد دیگر

Ana Bosnic is a Lecturer in Linguistics at the Department of Languages, Literature and Communication, Utrecht University. Her research focuses on experimentally testing quantification and distributive interpretations in Serbian, Korean, and Dutch, with a specialization in syntax-phonology interfaces and language acquisition. PhD in (Psycho)linguistics (University of Groningen & University of Nantes) As a member of the Dynamics of Youth (DoY) initiative and the COST Action Project CA22139 (Y-JustLang), she investigates distributive share markers, exhaustivity requirements, and cognitive load in linguistic processing. Her work spans experimental methodologies across adult and child populations. Recent publications highlight her contributions to understanding distributive quantifiers in Dutch (2018), agreement mismatches in Serbian (2016), and cross-linguistic studies of distributive markers in Serbian, Korean, and German (2020-2024). She employs empirical approaches to analyze syntax-semantic interfaces and phonological constraints. Ana Bosnic's active research and teaching are centered within Utrecht University's Transcomplex building (3512 JK Utrecht).