About
I currently work at the Institute for Linguistics at the University of Stuttgart. Before this, I was a postdoc in the project MECORE at the University of Konstanz (2021–2024). And before that, I was working on my PhD at UMass Amherst (2021).
I specialize on the semantics and the syntax of attitude reports. I'm also interested in event semantics and in how intonation interacts with meaning.
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Talks in 2026*
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How to embed polar questions in Akan
LinG/RTG2636 colloquium
University of Göttingen, June 24 -
How to embed polar questions in Akan
Jezik & Linguistics colloquium
University of Nova Gorica, June 4 -
On different ways of embedding polar questions in Akan
Workshop on Polar Questions Across Languages (POQAL) 4
University of Göttingen, April 29–30 - *The three talks on Akan are joint work with Jeanne Lecavelier (Uni Potsdam)
Papers (selected)
in prep
- A causal explanation for the contrafactive gap
with Tom Roberts
submitted to Linguistics & Philosophy - Clauses can be
modifiers, or arguments: Evidence from alternations in
factivity and answer-orientedness in Turkish and Japanese
with Wataru Uegaki
submitted to Natural Language & Linguistic Theory
2026
with Ciyang Qing, Floris Roelofsen, Wataru Uegaki and Maribel Romero
Natural Language & Linguistic Theory
2025
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Operationalizing focus-sensitivity in a cross-linguistic context
with Ciyang Qing, Floris Roelofsen, Wataru Uegaki and Maribel Romero
Natural Language Semantics -
Wondering hopefully/fearfully: How do desires and inquisitive attitues interact?
with Ciyang Qing, Maribel Romero & Wataru Uegaki
Proceedings of SALT 35
2023
- Two question-embedding strategies and answer-orientedness
with Wataru Uegaki
Proceedings of SALT 33 - A Crosslinguistic Database for Combinatorial and Semantic Properties of Attitude Predicates
with Ciyang Qing, Floris Roelofsen, Wataru Uegaki and Maribel Romero.
Proceedings of the ACL Special Interest Group on Typology (SIGTYP) - On the prosodic exponence of universal quantification in Turkish relative clauses
with Ömer Demirok
Languages special issue Theoretical Studies on Turkic Languages
2022
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Event
plurality and quantifier scope across clause boundaries
with Morwenna Hoeks Jonathan Pesetsky and Tom Roberts
proceedings of SALT 32
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Why neg-raising requires stativity
With Paloma Jeretič
in Proceedings of the 23rd Amsterdam Colloquium
2021
PhD thesis, UMass Amherst
2020
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Should I move for focus and contrastive topic?
Comments on “Focus and Contrastive Topic in Questions and Answers, with Particular Reference to Turkish” (by Kamali and Krifka) in Theoretical Linguistics
2019
- Potential answer readings expected, missing
in Proceedings of Tu+ 4 -
Complementizers with attitude
with Ömer Demirok and Balkız Öztürk
in Proceedings of NELS 49
2018
- Communicative reception reports as hear-say: Evidence from indexical shift in Turkish
with Emar Maier and Travis Major
in Proceedings of WCCFL 36 -
Not all Turkish possessors are anti-subject oriented
in Proceedings of WAFL 10
2017
- Attitude reports with and without true belief
in Proceedings of SALT 27 - Quantifiers in Turkish
Handbook of Quantifiers in Natural Language: Volume II, Springer - Factivity and prosody in Turkish attitude reports
generals paper, UMass Amherst
2015
- Move to mI, but only if you
can
manuscript, UMass Amherst
2012
- When I is not me: A preliminary study of shifted indexicals in Turkish
manuscript, ENS, EHESS, Paris V