Martina Wiltschko
ICREA Research Professor
Universitat Pompeu Fabra
In brief
My academic affiliation
Since July 1st 2019 I am an ICREA research Professor at Universitat Pompeu Fabra, in Barcelona.
My linguistic affilication
I am a theoretical linguist, specializing in syntax and its interfaces.
I work broadly within the generative tradition.
I aim to bridge the gap to other traditions.
The big Questions I pursue
What is the relation between sound, meaning, and category?
What is the relation between language, thought, and communication?
What drives human interaction?
How does language fit into cognition?
How can we change the world?
News in brief
New post on Medium on Trump's territoriality of Truth
I've just published a new post on Medium (Rightsplaining Reality. It´s a linguistic perspective on Trump's territoriality of truth. Using Kamio's theory of territory of information, I analyze the dissonance between reality and (ceratin) media we experience at the moment.
It's not the language we want to understand.
It's the speaker
Veda, Upanishads