The study of modality in logic is as old as logic itself. Modern propositional and predicate logic replaced notions like 鈥榥ecessary鈥� and 鈥榩ossible鈥�, traditionally used to define what it means for a proposition to follow from other propositions, by quantification over ways to interpret the non-logical symbols of the language. But the study of reasoning with the modalities themselves has continued in logic, with the modern tools now available. Early syntactic studies of systems for 鈥榮trict implica
Formula 1 fans, what would you do if you were the Team Principal of the new Cadillac F1 team?
We are conducting a study on decision making and use of information (more details available in debrief). We ask participants to fill in the following form:
https://research.sc/participant/login/dynamic/99D6B9D2-8D13-4041-92B7-CDBD0FDCC705
The form includes a number of logic puzzles and some background questionnaires. Following this participants will be asked to take part in an online interview.
This book explores how language is used to create division and discrimination in diverse European societies by emphasizing differences in ethnicity, race, national identity, beliefs, or appearance. The authors analyze how public discourse鈥攑articularly in political and media narratives鈥攕hapes and reinforces an 鈥渦s vs. them鈥� mindset. They examine words and expressions that denigrate or marginalize specific groups in Polish, German, Czech, Slovak, and Croatian, and observe how certain communities a
Gothic is the earliest attested Germanic language. Although now extinct and without any direct modern descendants, it has left a significant imprint鈥攑articularly on the Romance languages. As such, Gothic offers invaluable source material for Indo-Europeanists, researchers of language contact, typologists, and general linguists alike.
"The Etymological Gothic Dictionary Online" is a unique and comprehensive resource featuring advanced search functionalities 鈥攁n essential addition to any academic
Call for Chapter Proposals
Chinese Exiles鈥� Discourse on YouTube
Editor: Dr. Winnie Seid
This edited volume explores the unique political discourses of exiled Chinese YouTubers鈥攙oices that speak truths inaccessible within China due to censorship and repression. By analyzing these channels, the book seeks to shed light on new forms of counter-discourse, diasporic political engagement, and the global circulation of narratives about China.
We invite proposals examining:
- Individual exiled
In order to fill a fixed-term position in full-time (25.89 hours/week = 65%) by November 1, 2025 or later, we are looking for a Doctoral researcher (m/f/x) in semantics/pragmatics
The DFG research founded project 鈥淎t-issueness as propositional prominence鈥� (lead by Prof. Dr. Daniel Gutzmann) investigates the concept of 鈥渁t-issueness鈥�, as used in semantics and pragmatics, reconceiving it as the relative prominence of propositions.
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In order to fill a fixed-term position in full-time (39.83 hours/week = 100%) by November 1, 2025 or later, we are looking for a
Postdoctoral researcher (m/f/x) in experimental linguistics
The DFG research founded project 鈥淎t-issueness as propositional prominence鈥� (lead by Prof. Dr. Daniel Gutzmann) investigates the concept of 鈥渁t-issueness鈥�, as used in semantics and pragmatics, reconceiving it as the relative prominence of propositions.
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Teaching Faculty Positions in Instructional Arabic, Open Rank
Georgetown University: Main Campus: Walsh School of Foreign Service: Georgetown University in Qatar
Location: Qatar
Open Date: Aug 21, 2025
Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q) invites applications for two open-rank teaching faculty positions in Instructional Arabic.
The successful candidate will hold an M.A. or Ph.D. in language instruction, linguistics, or applied linguistics. Successful candidates will dem
This dissertation focuses on the central research question of how Mandarin compound words are represented during language production. Specifically, it examines whether compound words are stored in the mental lexicon in a decomposed or holistic manner. If decomposition occurs during production, at what level does it take place? Are the storage mechanisms at the lemma and lexeme levels-two stages in lexical selection-distinct? According to the theoretical model proposed by Levelt et al. (1999), de
Memory Retrieval in Dependency Resolution Beyond the Syntactic Domain
Language is structured in a way that requires the establishment of linguistic dependency relations. This involves the storage and retrieval of linguistic information in memory during language processing. Linguistic rules determine which dependency relations are possible and which are not. Studying the real-time deployment of these rules has provided important insights into the retrieval mechanism underlying language process
This dissertation investigates comparative morphology in Ukrainian adjectives, adverbs, and deadjectival verbs. The comparative suffix in Ukrainian has two allomorphs: -s虒, as in molod-s虒-yj 鈥榶ounger鈥�, and -is虒, as in vesel-is虒-yj 鈥榤errier鈥�. I claim that the allomorph -is虒 is in fact comprised of two morphemes, -i and -s虒. I account for the comparative allomorphy in terms of root sizes using Nanosyntax. Big roots like molod take only one comparative morpheme, while smaller roots like vesel take
We are seeking 3 American and 3 British English instructors to serve as raters for my Ph.D. dissertation on English email writing.
What you will do:
- Evaluate approximately a total of 70 student emails.
- Provide short written feedback for each email.
- All work will be conducted online.
Requirements:
- Native speaker of American or British English.
- Experience in English language teaching (preferably in academic writing, pragmatics, or related areas).
Details:
- This is a