Lisa Hofmann

I am a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of English Linguistics at the University of Stuttgart, working with Judith Tonhauser‘s group.

I study how humans interpret language meaning by integrating information from multiple sources. To do that, I aim to develop cognitively plausible and mathematically rigorous theories that explain how the logical properties of linguistic expressions interact with the interpretation of discourse-relative phenomena like anaphora, presupposition, and ellipsis. My research combines issues in the subfields of formal Semantics, Pragmatics, Syntax, and Psycholinguistics.

I wrote a doctoral dissertation, advised by Adrian Brasoveanu in the UC Santa Cruz linguistics department, about the interaction of Anaphora and Negation.

In Stuttgart, I research projective content, pursue my ongoing projects, and teach linguistics courses.