Peter Lasersohn | Professor of Linguistics and Philosophy | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Summary
I am a linguistic semanticist with a strong secondary interest in philosophy of language.

Current Institution	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Current School	College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Department	Department of Linguistics
Disciplines	Humanities: Linguistics: Semantics Humanities: Philosophy: Metaphysics and Epistemology: Philosophy of Language
Current and Past Advisor(s)	David Dowty
Address	707 South Mathews Ave. Urbana Illinois 61801 United States Phone: 217-333-1206
Office Hours	Spring Semester 2012: Mondays, Thursdays: 2:00-4:00

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Education

Ohio State University

College of Arts and Sciences

Ph.D.,

Department of Linguistics

(1985 - 1988)

Ohio State University

College of Arts and Sciences

M.A.,

Department of Linguistics

(1982 - 1985)

Earlham College

B.A.,

Department of French, Department of German

(1977 - 1981)

Work Experience

Professor of Linguistics

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

(2009 - Present)

0%-time appointment in Philosophy, 2010-present

Associate Professor of Linguistics

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

(2000 - 2009)

Assistant Professor of Linguistics

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

(1996 - 2000)

Assistant Professor of Linguistics

University of Rochester

(1991 - 1996)

Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow in Linguistics

University of California – Santa Cruz

(1989 - 1991)

Lecturer in Linguistics

University of Texas at Austin

(1988 - 1989)

Achievements

Grants & Scholarship Honors & Awards Professional Memberships

Presidential Fellow, Ohio State University (1987 - 1988)
University Fellow, Ohio State University (1982 - 1983)
Arthur Charles Fellow for Language Study, Earlham College (1981 - Present)

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Plurality, conjunction, and events

By Peter Lasersohn,

1995,

304 Pages

Plurality, Conjunction and Events presents a novel theory of plural and conjoined phrases, in an event-based semantic framework. It begins by reviewing options for treating the alternation between...

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