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On Tue 7/21 1pm EST I’ll be presenting joint work with Dylan Bumford and Ron Henderson “Donkeys under Discussion” (paper doi.org/dd74, slides tr.im/dd74). Live talk and recording at aovivo.abralin.org/en/lives/lucas…. Thanks Abralin, Linguistic Society of America & others for hosting!

Sharing course materials for undergrad intro to semantics by Masha Esipova, @nadine_theiler & myself. Field-tested in various settings: with & w/o recitations, 10-14 weeks. Based on Portner's book. Problem sets now optimized for online submission/grading. wp.nyu.edu/introsem/

Lecture notes for my online ESSLLI course "Advanced mereology for linguists", 7/26-7/30. This course develops a unified theory of cross-categorial similarities involving the count-mass, singular-plural, telic-atelic, and collective-distributive oppositions ling.auf.net/lingbuzz/00607…

The Fall 2021 edition of "Invitation to Formal Semantics" (née "Semantics Boot Camp") is now available: eecoppock.info/bootcamp/seman… It's still imperfect, so Liz Coppock Elizabeth Coppock and I remain grateful for any feedback you may have. Thanks for all of the great comments we have received.

The Spring 2022 edition of "Invitation to Formal Semantics" (née "Semantics Boot Camp") is now available: eecoppock.info/bootcamp/seman… It's still imperfect, so Liz Coppock Elizabeth Coppock and I remain grateful for any feedback you may have. Thanks for the great comments we have received.

NYU A&S linguist Lucas Champollion was called for semantics expertise in a Supreme Court deportation case. He led a team from Stanford University and UC Davis reviewing an immigration statute where the words “not” and “or” combine for “a textbook case of ambiguity.” as.nyu.edu/nyu-as/as/feat…

I'll be at LMU Munich on sabbatical from NYU for the academic year 2024-25. I'm grateful to the Humboldt foundation (Humboldt-Stiftung), the Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy (Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy), NYU Linguistics, and NYU Graduate School of Arts and Science for supporting my leave.

Just published open-access in the Journal of Semantics: Bernard and Champollion, "Negative events and compositional semantics". academic.oup.com/jos/advance-ar…

Advances in Truthmaker Semantics 2 conference, Munich, July 28–30, 2025. The aim of the conference is to share recent advances in truthmaker semantics and related approaches, as well as to strengthen the intellectual ties within the community. philevents.org/event/show/130…

Anyone knows a reference for the idea that "One boy got up" is ambiguous between "A boy got up" and "The number of boys who got up is one"?

Thank you, Lucas Champollion -- really looking forward to diving in!

#ESSLLI Would anyone staying at the Adagio like to join me for dinner nearby today? Come meet me at the lobby in half an hour (8:15-8:30pm).

It was a pleasure to talk to the LSA! x.com/LingSocAm/stat…

Looking forward to talking about questions and presuppositions in inquisitive semantics (jww/ Ivano Ciardelli and Floris Roelofsen) at the InqBnB2 workshop (is.gd/ekefeh) in Amsterdam tomorrow! PDF handout is.gd/oziraz

Donkey semantics: alive and kicking since 1325! x.com/rhenderson/sta…

This is a wug, a novel word. It's new to you (it's not a bird) You don't already know its plural, do ya? And now you see another one. There are two of them, two that come. Two ___ you say, such grammar, hallelujah!

THERE'S A VERSE TWO NOW x.com/qpheevr/status…

Masha Esipova and I are making our teaching materials available for an undergrad intro to semantics that's based on Paul Portner's textbook. I'll keep using and updating these materials over the years to come. Comments and feedback welcome! wp.nyu.edu/introsem/