Research

The Centre builds on existing research being carried out by staff across UCL, while also providing a focal point for future initiatives and cross-disciplinary collaboration.

Alternatives and Implicit Meanings

Alternatives and Implicit Meanings (https://leverhulme.researches.org.uk/) is a three-year project in theoretical and experimental semantics-pragmatics, investigating alternatives and alternative-based inferences. The project is funded by the Leverhulme Trust. We are a group of researchers across the UK and Norway, at the University College London, and the University of Bergen. Read more about our team on the People page. 

IDEAlISM: Interactions between Dynamic Effects and Alternative-Based Inferences in the Study of Meaning

IDEAlISM is a three-year project in theoretical and experimental semantics-pragmatics, investigating the interaction between dynamic effects and alternative-based inferences, across spoken and signed languages, as well as gestures. The project is funded by the AHRC and the DFG bilateral agreement. We are a group of researchers across Germany, the UK, and Norway, at the University of Göttingen, Goethe University Frankfurt, University College London, and the University of Bergen.

Language in Reasoning

Language in Reasoning is a one-year project that investigates what fallacious or repugnant inference patterns reveal about reasoning, natural language semantics and pragmatics, and their interactions. The project is funded by the UCL Institute of Advanced Studies and Cities Partnerships Programme and Université PSL (Paris Sciences et Lettres). We are a group of researchers based at UCL, Ecole Normale Supérieure, and Collège de France in Paris.