LiMe

Linguistic Meaning Lab

What we do

At the LiMe Lab we investigate all facets of linguistic meaning, from its most deterministic aspects to the fleeting meanings that arise during conversation. We use linguistic theory for hypothesis generation and experimental, corpus and computational methods to test such hypotheses. Our work spans the fields of formal semantics, pragmatics, syntax, psycholinguistics and cognitive science more generally.

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Interested in the study of Linguistic Meaning? We are always looking for new talented graduate students and undergraduate research assistants! For more information, check the Join LiMe section.

News
31 July 2025

New paper by Yifan Wu and Helena on meaning adaptation in the discourse dynamics of imprecision is set to appear in the Proceedings of CogSci 2025. Yifan will present her work.

21 May 2025

Yifan Wu presented her poster on first-person disagreements and bi-directional precision adaptation at SALT 35.

28 March 2025

Zander Lynch presented a poster of his work on failing alternatives and definite descriptions at HSP 2025.

20 January 2025

New paper published in the Journal of Semantics! Link (joint work with Ezter Ronai).

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