I'm a PhD student in linguistics. My main subfields of interest are syntax and semantics, with a focus on the syntax-semantics interface; for my dissertation, I am working on developing a novel theory of finiteness based on the truncation of the C domain, via my proposed finiteness universal, which I call the "Infinitive Size Generalization." The basic idea is that no infinitive can be headed by a complementizer (like "that") with certain properties. In addition to that, I present multiple novel generalizations involving the left periphery of infinitives, a generalization involving subject size and clause size (in other words, an explanation of why PRO is almost always null), and generalizations regarding the semantics of infinitives. I have recently developed an interest in the cognitive foundations of language, and I'm eager to analyze and develop ways to test this with computational methods.

Beyond that, I'm also working on projects in case, the distribution of reflexives across languages, logophoricity and control, the semantics of de re and de se, tense and pronoun size.  Here are my research projects in linguistics:

1. The maximal size of infinitives: a truncation theory of finiteness.

2. Turkic genitive case and agreement asymmetries.

3. The relationship between logophoricity and control in Ewe.

4. Unraveling Balinese Binding.

5. The de re blocking effect and c-command.

6. The semantics of infinitival tense.

7. Cartography: innateness or convergent cultural evolution?

8. The Strong Minimalist Thesis is too strong: syntax is more than just Merge.

9. An economy theory of PRO.

10. On what counts as domain-specific: a response to Wilcox et al. (2023)

I also have research interests in the philosophy of language and mind. In the philosophy of language, I'm interested in the foundations of formal semantics. I argue that possible world semantics cannot be used to account for the existence of truth in fiction. In the philosophy of mind, I am interested in the relationship between personal identity and the first-personal perspective. I argue that it is complex rather than simple.

10. The fourth wall against possibilism on truth-in-fiction.

11. The non-triviality of the vertiginous question.