Linguistics Graduate Students Association

Rethinking Questions We are actively trying to understand how to account for the distribution and interpretation of embedded questions: Why do know and wonder embed them but not (usually) think? Why do we have to hedge and add (usually) to statements like the previous one? And why does know plus a question imply belief, when … Read More

The shape, meaning, and sound of factivity In this talk grounded in Turkish data, I present empirical evidence that the factive inference must be derived and not encoded in the meaning … Read More