Peer-Reviewed Proceedings
Saha, Ankana. (2025). Demonstrative descriptions and anti-uniqueness. In Proceedings of Sinn und Bedeutung (SuB) 29. [Link]
Saha, Ankana, Yağmur Sağ, Jian Cui & Kathryn Davidson. 2024. Anaphoric demonstratives in Mandarin. In Proceedings of Semantics and Linguistic Theory (SALT) 34: 213-232. [Link]
Saha, Ankana, Yağmur Sağ & Kathryn Davidson. 2023. Focus on demonstratives: Experiments in English and Turkish). In Proceedings of Semantics and Linguistic Theory (SALT) 33: 460–479. [Link]
Saha, Ankana. 2023. Reference to kinds: the perspective from Bangla. In Proceedings of West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics (WCCFL) 41. [Link]
Ahn, Dorothy, Ankana Saha & Uli Sauerland. 2020. Positively polar plurals: Theory and predictions In: J. Rhyne, K. Lamp, N. Dreier, and C. Kwon (eds) Proceedings of SALT 30: 450-463. Cornell University, Ithaca. [Link]
TALKS AND PRESENTATIONS
Refereed Conference Talks and Posters
Wang, Xiaotian, Ankana Saha & Kathryn Davidson. 2025. The Expression of Strong Definiteness in Code-switched Context. Poster at the 15th International Symposium on Bilingualism (ISB15), Donostia‑San Sebastián.
Saha, Ankana. 2024. Demonstratives and alternatives. Talk at Sinn und Bedeutung 29, Noto, Sicily.
Saha, Ankana & Kathryn Davidson. 2024. Distinctions in anaphoricity: German strong definites vs. demonstratives. Poster at the 5th Experimental Pragmatics in Italy Conference (XPRAG.it 2024). [Link]
Saha, Ankana, Yağmur Sağ, Jian Cui & Kathryn Davidson. 2024. Mandarin demonstratives as strong definites: An experimental investigation. Talk at Experiments in Linguistic Meaning (ELM) 3, University of Pennsylvania. [Link]
Saha, Ankana, Yağmur Sağ, Jian Cui & Kathryn Davidson. 2024. Mandarin demonstratives as strong definites. Poster at Semantics and Linguistic Theory (SALT) 34. [Link]
Schwarz, Florian, Agata Renans, Hasiyatu Abubakari, Dorothy Ahn, Fenna Bergsma, Nattanu Chanchaochai, Reginald Duah, Imke Driemel, Ljudmila Geist, Mira Grubic, Sampson Korsah, Suet-Ying Lam, Cecile Meier, Yağmur Sağ, Ankana Saha, Radek Šimík, and Alexandra Simonenko. 2023. Two types of definites – cross-linguistic experimental study. Talk at Cross-linguistic Perspectives on Processing and Learning (X-PPL 2023)
Saha, Ankana, Yağmur Sağ & Kathryn Davidson. 2023. Focus on demonstratives: Experiments in English and Turkish. Poster at Semantics and Linguistic Theory (SALT) 33. [Link]
Saha, Ankana. 2023. Reference to kinds: the perspective from Bangla. Talk at the West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics (WCCFL) 41. [Link]
Saha, Ankana. 2022. Free choice and epistemicity in Bangla: A test for exhaustification based approaches. Talk at 46th annual Penn Linguistics Conference (PLC 46).
Saha, Ankana. 2022. The typology of free choice and polarity in Bangla. Talk at 14th Annual Western Interdisciplinary Student Symposium on Language Research (WISSLR 2022).
Saha, Ankana. 2022. Free choice and epistemicity in Bangla. Poster at 12th Formal Approaches to South Asian Languages (FASAL 12). [Link]
Ahn, Dorothy, Ankana Saha & Uli Sauerland. 2020. August 2020. Positively Polar Plurals. Poster at Semantics and Linguistic Theory (SALT) 30 at Cornell University [OSF Page]. [Link]
Selected Non-Refereed Presentations
April 2024. What does anaphora tell us about definiteness? An experimental study. Meaning & Modality Linguistics Lab, Harvard University.
March 2024. Deconstructing definiteness: Experiments in anaphora. Harvard Linguistics Graduate Students Workshop 2024.
October 2023. Anaphoric demonstrative descriptions: the view from Mandarin (joint work with Yağmur Sağ, Jian Cui, and Kathryn Davidson). Meaning & Modality Linguistics Lab, Harvard University.
July 2023. Focus on demonstratives: Experiments in English and Turkish (joint work with Yağmur Sağ, and Kathryn Davidson). LSA Summer Institute 2023.
May 2023. Reference to kinds: the perspective from Bangla. Poster at the Workshop on (In)definiteness and Genericity across Languages, Yale University, May 11, 2023. [Link]
April 2023. Focus on demonstratives: Experiments in English and Turkish (joint work with Yağmur Sağ and Kathryn Davidson). Harvard Mind Brain Behavior Interfaculty Initiative Showcase.
November 2022. The puzzle of kind reference in Bangla. Southern New England Workshop in Semantics (SNEWS).
October 2022. The anaphoric potential of demonstrative descriptions. Meaning & Modality Linguistics Lab, Harvard.
November 2021. The typology of free choice and polarity in Bangla. Semantics Reading Group, Yale University.
April 2020. Investigating the two Bangla plural markers through the lens of homogeneity. Meaning & Modality Linguistics Lab, Harvard University.
January 2019. Epistemic Indefinites in Bangla. The English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad, India.
July 2018. Epistemic Indefinites: The Perspective from Bangla. CreteLing 2018, Crete, Greece.
January 2018. The question particles in Assamese and Bangla (joint work with Sushanta Rajkhowa and Yangchen Roy). GIAN Workshop, University of Mumbai, India.
January 2018. D-Linking in Assamese and Bangla (joint work with Sushanta Rajkhowa and Yangchen Roy). GIAN Workshop, University of Mumbai, India.
July 2023. Kind reference in Bangla. Generals paper, Harvard University.
October 2023. The anaphoric potential of demonstrative descriptions: An experimental study. Generals paper, Harvard University.