Dissertation
What Modality Can Mean
My dissertation investigates the relationship between modal and causal language using methodology from both formal semantics and psycholinguistics. The overarching goal is to present a case for the cognitive reality of modal language.
The project is co-supervised by Ana Arregui and Shota Momma.
I make 2 assumptions:
Truth conditions reflect the mechanisms of language processing
Causal expressions are modal
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My dissertation is partially funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant (LING-DDRI) awarded to me and S. Momma.
NSF BCS-2416240: Priming modal representations in causatives and (other) modals
