Ana Arregui

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Ana Arregui
Alma mater University of Massachusetts, Amherst
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Ana Arregui is a linguist and professor in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. [1] [2] Her research in formal semantics addresses phenomena including modality, tense, aspect, pronouns and indefinites. [3]

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Biography

Arregui graduated from UMass Amherst in 2005 with a dissertation titled "On the accessibility of possible worlds: the role of tense and aspect". Her committee was chaired by Angelika Kratzer. [4] Arregui joined UMass Amherst in 2019 as faculty in semantics. [5] Before that, she was on the faculty of the University of Ottawa.

In 2023, Arregui was Co-Director of the Linguistic Society of America Summer Institute along with Kyle Johnson. [6] [7] [8]

Awards

In 2024, Arregui was inducted as a Fellow of the Linguistic Society of America. [9]

Selected publications

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References

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  7. "2023 LSA Institute at UMass Amherst". websites.umass.edu. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  8. "Kyle Johnson : Department of Linguistics : UMass Amherst". www.umass.edu. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  9. "Ana Arregui and Kyle Johnson inducted as Fellows of the Linguistic Society of America | UMass Linguistics". websites.umass.edu. Retrieved 8 March 2024.