Research Interests
- Semantics-Pragmatics-Syntax Interface: Weak Islands, Semantics of questions, Semantics of degree expressions, Free choice indefinites
- Pragmatics, Lexical Semantics: Presupposition Triggering, Types and strengths of presuppositions
Recent papers
Presuppositional and Negative Islands: A Semantic Account (submitted) (
paper 53pages)
A shorter version of this paper has appeared in the Proceedings of SALT 18 (proceedings paper18pages)
(with Benjamin Spector) An Interval Based Semantics for Negative Degree Questions (submitted) (paper, 37pages)
On Wh-Islands (paper, 16 pages)
In: Proceedings of Sinn und Bedeutung 13, Stuttgart
PhD Dissertation
Contradiction and Grammar: The Case of Weak Islands (pdf)
Other (selected) papers
Even and Free Choice Any in Hungarian (Proceedings of Sinn und Bedeutung 11)(pdf)
Underspecified Precedence Relation and Vowel-Zero Alternations in Hungarian (Proceedings of BLS 31)(pdf)
Teaching
Topics in the Semantics of Interrogative Clauses (with Benjamin Spector) ESSLLI, Bordeaux July 20-31, 2009
Introduction to Semantics (masters course, ENS-DEC, 2008 fall), teaching assistant for Alain Lecomte.
Topics in the semantics
of questions (EGG Summer School 2008, Debrecen) (handouts)
Weak Islands, Intervention and Interpretation (EGG Summer School 2008, Debrecen) (readings)