At last week's XPRAG FEST 2025, I had a great time presenting joint work with Conglei Xu and @judithtonhauser.bsky.social about experimentally comparing diagnostics of at-issueness. Many thanks to Nicole Gotzner's SPA lab lisahofmann.org?project=what...
What is at-issueness? An experimental comparison of diagnostics. – Lisa Hofmann
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At last week's workshop on (a)symmetries in presupposition projection, I presented my new dynamic approach to presupposition projection from counterfactual local contexts. Thank you to Alex Kalomoiros, Jacopo Romoli and @zasberlin.bsky.social for an inspiring workshop lisahofmann.org?project=all-...
All else being equal – Projection as similarity over context sets – Lisa Hofmann
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My article about anaphoric accessibility in hypothetical and counterfactual discourse has been officially published in #Semantics & #Pragmatics ✨ doi.org/10.3765/sp.1... ✨
I uploaded a handbook article about the semantics of anaphora on lingbuzz, focusing on anaphora in hypothetical and counterfactual discourse, comparing dynamic accounts, and making connections to psycholinguistics ling.auf.net/lingbuzz/009... #linguistics #semantics #pragmatics #discourse
The semantics of anaphora (handbook article) - lingbuzz/009048
This chapter explores the semantics of anaphora by highlighting analytical challenges posed by anaphora with unspecific antecedents and reviewing solutions proposed in semantic theory. The main focus ...
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Call for Applications for Yerevan Academy of Linguistics and Philosophy (YALP) 2024 is now out! The summer institute will take place July 15-July 26, 2024. Please see the website below. Please share widely and spread the word! sites.google.com/view/yalp201...
Could a discourse be negative without explicit negation? The answer will *SHOCK* you! Read "Negativity without negation" (ling.auf.net/lingbuzz/007...) #semantics #pragmatics #anaphora #negation #ellipsis