My Research
Research Questions:
What is the relationship between modality and causation in language?
What formal and experimental tools do we have in order to capture and test the causal nature of modals?
Currently working on:
a semantics of proximate future reference
testing causal primitives in modals (Two Peas in a Causal Pod Project)
a semantics for epistemic modals
a semantics for causatives and priority modals
You can find my CV here (last update: November 18, 2023):
ah_cv 11:18:23.pdfHere's a list of publications:
Hill, A. (in press). What about about to? A proposal for proximate future reference. In Proceedings of the Forty-First West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics (WCCFL 41). paper
Here's a list of presentations (*if invited):
West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics (WCCFL 41 @ USC, Santa Cruz) | May 2023
*`Two peas in a causal pod: Testing the relationship between modals and causatives' slides
Causation & Modality in Logic & Language Workshop (University of Amsterdam, ILLC) | May 2023
`What about about to?" A proposal for proximate future reference' poster
Generative Linguistics in the Old World (GLOW 46 @ University of Vienna, University of Graz) | April 2023
Here's a list of courses I've taught:
Undergraduate Courses:
Introduction to Formal Semantics (TA) - Fall 2023
Dr. Ana Arregui, UMass Amherst
Language and Cognition (TA) - Spring 2023 guest lecture
Dr. Shota Momma Negishi, UMass Amherst
Language Processing and the Brain (TA) - Fall 2022 guest lecture
Dr. Shota Momma Negishi, UMass Amherst
Introduction to Linguistic Theory (TA) - Spring 2022 section site
Dr. Kyle Johnson, UMass Amherst
Introduction to Linguistics: People and Their Language (TA) - Fall 2021
Dr. Magda Oiry , UMass Amherst