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@kathryndavidson.bsky.social
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https://scholar.harvard.edu/kathryndavidson
We are hiring next year in semantics- one year positions of course less exciting and good for the field than straight up tenure track postings, but on the other hand hiring in something that isnโt computational feels like a win anymore in linguistics. Come bring some innovative takes on meaning!
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Lecturer in Linguistics (Semantics)
The Department of Linguistics seeks applications for a lecturer in linguistics, with a focus on teaching and advising in formal semantics. The ability to teach and advise students in another area in a...
https://academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/15822
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New paper with
@romanfeiman.bsky.social
's lab, special to me given the inspiration from a parenting observation, when my then-2yo would regularly (and sensibly) confuse "anything" with "nothing"; turns out she was not alone and we can learn something about negative concord and semantic variation too
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Linguists, encourage potential postdocs who are AI/computationally focused to apply to these fellowships at the Kempner Institute!
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6 months ago
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Kate Davidson
Isabel Papadimitriou
8 months ago
Why canโt LMs solve puzzles about the number systems of languages, when they can solve really complex math problems? Our new paper, led by
@antararb.bsky.social
looks at why this intersection of language and math is difficult, and what this means for LM reasoning!
arxiv.org/abs/2506.13886
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Kate Davidson
Semantics and Linguistic Theory
9 months ago
We are super excited to be hosting SALT 35 next week! Whether or not you can make it to the Harvard campus in Cambridge MA next week, you can preview the full program (with links to OSF repositories with abstracts, etc) here:
saltconf.github.io/salt35/confe...
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Kate Davidson
Semantics and Linguistic Theory
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Hi semantics friends, this is the SALT 35 organizers at Harvard taking over from our SALT 34 at Rochester colleagues! We begin with the hopefully welcome news that this year's abstract submission deadline is now this Friday (Dec. 20), extended from this Wed Dec. 18:
saltconf.github.io/salt35/
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SALT35
The 35th meeting of Semantics and Linguistic Theory
https://saltconf.github.io/salt35/
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