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Hacquard, Valentine

Hacquard, Valentine

Professor
Linguistics
Philosophy
College of Arts & Humanities
Brain and Behavior Institute
1401 Marie Mount Hall
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EDUCATION

2006 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Ph.D. in Linguistics, 2006

Thesis Title: Aspects of Modality Advisors: Kai von Fintel and Irene Heim

University of California, Los Angeles B.A. in Egyptology, minor in Linguistics, Summa cum Laude, 2000

  • Semantics and its interfaces with syntax and pragmatics
    • Modality and its interaction with tense and aspect
    • Attitude verbs: semantics and pragmatics, as well as their acquisition and its connection with theory of mind
    • Comparatives