Mandy Simons | |
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| Alma mater | Cornell University |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Linguistics |
| Website | CMU faculty page |
Mandy Simons is a linguist and professor in the Department of Philosophy at Carnegie Mellon University. She studies semantics and pragmatics, in particular phenomena like presupposition and projection.
Biography edit
Simons joined the faculty at CMU in 1998, and also holds an adjunct position at the University of Pittsburgh's Department of Linguistics.[1][2]
Awards edit
In 2013, her paper, "Toward a taxonomy of projective content," coauthored with Judith Tonhauser, David Beaver, and Craige Roberts won the 2013 Best Paper in Language (journal) Award from the Linguistic Society of America.[3]
Selected Publications edit
- Simons, Mandy (1 June 2007). "Observations on embedding verbs, evidentiality, and presupposition". Lingua. 117 (6): 1034–1056. doi:10.1016/j.lingua.2006.05.006. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
- Simons, Mandy; Tonhauser, Judith; Beaver, David; Roberts, Craige (14 August 2010). "What projects and why". Semantics and Linguistic Theory. 20 (0): 309–327. doi:10.3765/salt.v20i0.2584. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
- Tonhauser, Judith; Beaver, David; Roberts, Craige; Simons, Mandy (2013). "Toward a Taxonomy of Projective Content". Language. 89 (1): 66–109. doi:10.1353/lan.2013.0001. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
References edit
- ^ University, Carnegie Mellon. "Mandy Simons - Department of Philosophy - Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences - Carnegie Mellon University". www.cmu.edu.
- ^ "Mandy Simons | Linguistics | University of Pittsburgh". www.linguistics.pitt.edu. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
- ^ "Best Paper in Language Award Announced for 2013 | Linguistic Society of America". www.linguisticsociety.org. Retrieved 11 March 2022.