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Peter Nathan Lasersohn

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Contact Information

University of Illinois
Dept. of Linguistics, MC-168
707 South Mathews Avenue
Urbana, IL 61801
USA
Office: 4096 Foreign Languages Bldg.

Office Hours

Spring Semester 2024: Mondays, Thursdays 2:00–4:00.

Research Areas

Professor

Research Interests

Semantics
Pragmatics
Philosophy of Language

Research Description

My main interest is in formal semantic theory for natural language. More particularly, my work has focused on "event-based" semantic theories, on the semantics of plural and coordinate constructions, pragmatic vagueness, and relative truth. I also have broader interests in logic, pragmatics, mathematical linguistics, and the philosophy of language.

Education

Ph.D., Ohio State University
M.A., Ohio State University
B.A., Earlham College

Additional Campus Affiliations

Professor, Linguistics
Professor, Philosophy

Highlighted Publications

Lasersohn, P. N. (2017). Subjectivity and Perspective in Truth-Theoretic Semantics. (Oxford Studies in Semantics and Pragmatics). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199573677.001.0001

Lasersohn, P. (2021). Common nouns as modally non-rigid restricted variables. Linguistics and Philosophy, 44(2), 363-424. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10988-019-09293-4

Lasersohn, P. (2012). Contextualism and compositionality. Linguistics and Philosophy, 35(2), 171-189. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10988-012-9115-z

Lasersohn, P. (2011). Context, relevant parts and (lack of) disagreement over taste. Philosophical Studies, 156(3), 433-439. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11098-010-9625-x

Lasersohn, P. (1995). Plurality, Conjunction and Events. (Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy; Vol. 55). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8581-1

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Recent Publications

Lasersohn, P. (2021). Common nouns as modally non-rigid restricted variables. Linguistics and Philosophy, 44(2), 363-424. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10988-019-09293-4

Lasersohn, P. N. (2018). Common Nouns as Variables: Evidence From Conservativity and the Temperature Paradox. In R. Truswell, C. Cummins, C. Heycock, B. Rabern, & H. Rohde (Eds.), Proceedings of Sinn und Bedeutung 21 (pp. 731-746). Gesellschaft fur Semantik.

Lasersohn, P. N. (2017). Subjectivity and Perspective in Truth-Theoretic Semantics. (Oxford Studies in Semantics and Pragmatics). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199573677.001.0001

Lasersohn, P. (2013). Non-World Indices and Assessment-Sensitivity. Inquiry (United Kingdom), 56(2-3), 122-148. https://doi.org/10.1080/0020174X.2013.784463

Lasersohn, P. (2012). Contextualism and compositionality. Linguistics and Philosophy, 35(2), 171-189. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10988-012-9115-z

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