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  • Kanta Tateno | New Student
    Hi, my name is Kanta Tateno, and I’m from Fukuoka, Japan. Before coming to UConn, I worked on topics in semantics and pragmatics, focusing on how focus affects interpretation. This project led me to think more broadly about meaning in context, and I am excited to continue exploring different perspectives within semantics, pragmatics, and discourse […]
    Posted on October 15, 2025
  • Will Rimer | New Student
    Hi! I’m Will Rimer [ˈɹɑɪ̯.mə], and I’m from the South West of England. I did my BA at Downing College, Cambridge, and my MLitt at Newcastle University – both degrees were in linguistics, and for both dissertations I worked on syntax. In particular, I investigated the crosslinguistic possibilities of null pronouns, using Ian Roberts’ formal-feature-based […]
    Posted on October 13, 2025
  • Roman Pasquill | New Student
    線路沿ひ 声や紅き葉 星に落つ Beside the railbed A weary voice – crimson leaf Falls into the stars. Salutations, I am Roman Pasquill, hailing from Schenectady on the Macquaa Kill. At Albany, where I spent my youth in university, I studied the art of linguistics and anthropology, before taking a tryst with the teaching of English as a second […]
    Posted on October 11, 2025

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