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Research interests
I am linguist, working in the department of English literature and linguistics are Bar Ilan University. I work within the framework of generative linguistics and my main research areas are formal semantics, with special focus on the syntax-semantics and the semantics-pragmatics interface.
My main reserach areas formal semantics and the semantics-pragmatics interface.
Among other things, I have worked on the following research topics:
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The semantics and pragmatics of alternative-sensitive expressions (exclusives, additives, scalars, incrementals etc.), their interaction with prosodical patterns, and the parameters along which they vary, both inter- and intra-linguistically.
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The linguistic encoding of scales and the relationship between scalar particles and degree-based / gradability-related constructions
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The linguistic encoding of different kinds of approximation, intensification, and vaguness.
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Metalinguistic , discourse-based and speech-act related phenomena
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Linguistic encoding of expectations and 'normality' (as with generics and various other modal constructions), as well as with their violations (as in 'mirative' constructions and expressions)
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Hebrew linguistics
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, Bar-Ilan University
… → Jan 2002
Award Date: 1 Jan 2002
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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An Overt Operator Associating with Covert Focus: An Even-Like Semantics for Mandarin Gèng
Chen, Z. & Greenberg, Y., 2024, Logic and Engineering of Natural Language Semantics - 20th International Conference, LENLS20, Revised Selected Papers. Bekki, D., Mineshima, K. & McCready, E. (eds.). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, p. 134-154 21 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); vol. 14569 LNCS).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
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Comparing Degree-Based and Argumentative Analyses of Even
Osher, P. & Greenberg, Y., 2024, Logic and Engineering of Natural Language Semantics - 20th International Conference, LENLS20, Revised Selected Papers. Bekki, D., Mineshima, K. & McCready, E. (eds.). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, p. 205-223 19 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); vol. 14569 LNCS).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
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On the scalar antonymy of only and even
Greenberg, Y., Dec 2022, In: Natural Language Semantics. 30, 4, p. 415-452 38 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Approximation derived from a scalar exclusive particle associating with covert focus: The case of Hebrew be-sax ha-kol
ORENSTEIN, D. & GREENBERG, Y., 2021, In: Glossa. 6, 1Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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An Overt Even Operator over Covert-Based Focus Alternatives: The Case of Hebrew BIXLAL
Greenberg, Y., 2020, In: Journal of Semantics. 37, 1, p. 1-42 1.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review