My research focuses on how lexical, contextual, and pragmatic factors affect interpretation. I have a longstanding interest in studying types of meaning (e.g., presuppositions, conventional implicatures, conversational implicatures) and providing tests to identify them. I am also interested in how inferential mechanisms in interpretation play a role in semantic change. I currently have several collaborative projects that study syntactic and semantic change in Ibero-Romance, particularly in Portuguese and Spanish.
Keywords:
- Language, Linguistics, Portuguese, Spanish, Romance languages
Specializations:
- Syntax-semantics interface
- Historical linguistics (syntactic and semantic change)
- Lexical semantics
- Romance linguistics
- Experimental pragmatics
Research interests:
- Natural language semantics, Formal pragmatics, Experimental pragmatics, Historical linguistics
Research Interests:
- syntax-semantics interface; language change; romance linguistics; experimental pragmatics language contact
