Daniel Altshuler
@danielaltshuler.bsky.social
Professor of Semantics and Pragmatics at Oxford https://danielaltshuler.com
We are delighted to welcome Lindsay Skoll CMG as our new Principal. Lindsay, formerly His Majesty’s Ambassador to Austria and UK Permanent Representative to the UN in Vienna, succeeds Prof Sir Nigel Shadbolt, who retired at the end of July. Read more: https://ow.ly/8vL450ZwsXc
We are looking to fill an open-rank position in Sociolinguistics in Oxford, in conjunction with Worcester College. Come be a part of the exciting developments in language and linguistics in Oxford! www.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/news/2026/05...
Hiring in syntax/semantics. 1 year position at @ox.ac.uk. my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
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Five-year postdoc at Oxford in Logic and the Philosophy of Mathematics. Deadline May 1. www.chch.ox.ac.uk/vacancies/ca...
Career Development Fellowship in Philosophy
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If you (or your students) would benefit from a summer institute that features introductory courses in theoretical linguistics and analytic philosophy, consider YALP, taking place June 29 - July 10 in Yerevan, Armenia. Spread the word! linguistlist.org/issues/37-697 sites.google.com/view/yalp201...
If you (or your students) would benefit from a summer institute that features introductory courses in theoretical linguistics and analytic philosophy, consider YALP, taking place June 29 - July 10 in Yerevan, Armenia. Spread the word! linguistlist.org/issues/37-697 sites.google.com/view/yalp201...
New paper out 🥳 Joint work with @danielaltshuler.bsky.social on monosyndetic and bisyndetic conjunction in Gizey. I keep coming back to this reviewer’s comment: “Absolutely publishable as is… no suggestions for improvement (first time in 20+ years!)” 🤣🤣. It's here: journals.flvc.org/sal/article/...
Monosyndetic and bisyndetic conjunction in Gizey | Studies in African Linguistics
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Congratulations to Daniel Altshuler, Tutorial Fellow in Linguistics, who recently won the Linguistics Society of America (LSA) Mentoring Award. The award recognises the work of individuals or organisations that have exhibited a sustained commitment to mentoring linguists. 👏
Thanks to @lingsocam.bsky.social for the Mentoring Award. Teaching and learning from my mentees is the best part of my job. I owe it to them for this recognition. (Wish I could have made it to the LSA this year, but at home teaching and mentoring my newborn). Photo credit @colinphillips.bsky.social
The journal's homepage is now live: journals.ub.uni-koeln.de/index.php/xphi We will soon also be found under xphi.eu. Accepting submissions in about 2 weeks.
Experimental Philosophy
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New paper on discourse garden path with @thebarnfell.bsky.social and Kelsey Sasaki (forthcoming in SALT proceedings). lingbuzz.net/lingbuzz/009...
Incremental interpretation of discourse coherence: Evidence from reading times - lingbuzz/009464
In some discourses, a given inference would be natural at one point, but impossible at the next. We focus here on such cases with inferences of temporal and causal order usually described as ambiguit ...
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For London-area academics: our 3rd colloq in linguistics and philosophy.
Entrance to a private garden in Vienna (love this sign)
Promoted to Professor of Semantics and Pragmatics at @ox.ac.uk @jesusoxford.bsky.social @brasenoseoxford.bsky.social Thankful for all the support and mentorship along the way.
Hanging out with the brilliant LOT instructors in Antwerp: Astrid de Wit, @adelegoldberg.bsky.social and Johan van der Auwera
Oxford -> Brussels (for LOT) -> Yerevan (for YALP) -> Glasgow (the Joint Session) -> Vienna (Sabbatical).
Spoiled by my mother in law with Ghapama, a traditional Armenian meal out of pumpkin
