Sander
@snederve.bsky.social
Professional pedestrian in my free time, based in YYJ. Researcher of Indigenous languages, doing documentation work in Secwepemctsín and nłeʔkepmxcín.
https://blogs.ubc.ca/snederve/
https://blogs.ubc.ca/snederve/
My paper, “𝗥𝗲-𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹 𝗛𝘆𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗶𝘀: 𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗮 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲” has been published in the Journal of Semantics!
It's a short read, and challenges the universality of the Agent Control Hypothesis.
No paywall, open access: academic.oup.com/jos/advance-...
It's a short read, and challenges the universality of the Agent Control Hypothesis.
No paywall, open access: academic.oup.com/jos/advance-...
Re-thinking the Agent Control Hypothesis: inanimate subjects without a change of state
Abstract. This squib presents evidence against a proposed agenthood constraint on non-culminating construals of accomplishment predicates (Demirdache and M
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November 5, 2025 at 4:50 PM
My paper, “𝗥𝗲-𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹 𝗛𝘆𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗶𝘀: 𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗮 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲” has been published in the Journal of Semantics!
It's a short read, and challenges the universality of the Agent Control Hypothesis.
No paywall, open access: academic.oup.com/jos/advance-...
It's a short read, and challenges the universality of the Agent Control Hypothesis.
No paywall, open access: academic.oup.com/jos/advance-...
You have until November 30th to submit your abstract to the joint conference of SULA and TripleA 2026.
Join the feast of semantic research on the languages in the Americas, Africa, Asia, and Australasia.
Also, Vancouver is exceptionally beautiful in May.
CfP: linguistlist.org/issues/36/33...
Join the feast of semantic research on the languages in the Americas, Africa, Asia, and Australasia.
Also, Vancouver is exceptionally beautiful in May.
CfP: linguistlist.org/issues/36/33...
LINGUIST List 36.3341 Calls: Joint Meeting of Semantics of Under-represented Languages in the Americas and the TripleA Workshop for Semantic Fieldworkers (Canada)
The LINGUIST List, International Linguistics Community Online.
linguistlist.org
November 3, 2025 at 3:26 PM
You have until November 30th to submit your abstract to the joint conference of SULA and TripleA 2026.
Join the feast of semantic research on the languages in the Americas, Africa, Asia, and Australasia.
Also, Vancouver is exceptionally beautiful in May.
CfP: linguistlist.org/issues/36/33...
Join the feast of semantic research on the languages in the Americas, Africa, Asia, and Australasia.
Also, Vancouver is exceptionally beautiful in May.
CfP: linguistlist.org/issues/36/33...
UBC Linguistics is hosting a joint meeting of SULA and TripleA in Vancouver, on May 12-15, 2026.
The call for papers is out now, please spread the word! @sfulinguistics.bsky.social @ucalgaryling.bsky.social @lingsocam.bsky.social @uvichumanities.bsky.social
linguistlist.org/issues/36/28...
The call for papers is out now, please spread the word! @sfulinguistics.bsky.social @ucalgaryling.bsky.social @lingsocam.bsky.social @uvichumanities.bsky.social
linguistlist.org/issues/36/28...
LINGUIST List 36.2823 Confs: Joint Meeting of Semantics of Under-represented Languages in the Americas and the TripleA Workshop for Semantic Fieldworkers (Canada)
The LINGUIST List, International Linguistics Community Online.
linguistlist.org
September 19, 2025 at 2:45 PM
UBC Linguistics is hosting a joint meeting of SULA and TripleA in Vancouver, on May 12-15, 2026.
The call for papers is out now, please spread the word! @sfulinguistics.bsky.social @ucalgaryling.bsky.social @lingsocam.bsky.social @uvichumanities.bsky.social
linguistlist.org/issues/36/28...
The call for papers is out now, please spread the word! @sfulinguistics.bsky.social @ucalgaryling.bsky.social @lingsocam.bsky.social @uvichumanities.bsky.social
linguistlist.org/issues/36/28...
New paper!
Henry Davis and I wrote a paper for the Salish Conference (ICSNL), in which we examine a suffix we call 'intransitive -t.' t-suffixation is found in almost all Salish languages, but we take a deep dive into its use in change-of-state predication in Interior Salish.
Henry Davis and I wrote a paper for the Salish Conference (ICSNL), in which we examine a suffix we call 'intransitive -t.' t-suffixation is found in almost all Salish languages, but we take a deep dive into its use in change-of-state predication in Interior Salish.
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July 23, 2025 at 5:39 PM
New paper!
Henry Davis and I wrote a paper for the Salish Conference (ICSNL), in which we examine a suffix we call 'intransitive -t.' t-suffixation is found in almost all Salish languages, but we take a deep dive into its use in change-of-state predication in Interior Salish.
Henry Davis and I wrote a paper for the Salish Conference (ICSNL), in which we examine a suffix we call 'intransitive -t.' t-suffixation is found in almost all Salish languages, but we take a deep dive into its use in change-of-state predication in Interior Salish.
Looking to read something for over Christmas break?
Our XSyn paper "Underspecified they becomes specified early in sentence processing" is out now. We used some cool methods and found cool results :)
You can read it here (open access): doi.org/10.1080/2327...
@sfulinguistics.bsky.social
Our XSyn paper "Underspecified they becomes specified early in sentence processing" is out now. We used some cool methods and found cool results :)
You can read it here (open access): doi.org/10.1080/2327...
@sfulinguistics.bsky.social
Underspecified they becomes specified early in sentence processing
We investigated underspecification in sentence processing, using the ambiguous pronoun they as a case study. We asked whether they is processed as underspecified for number, and probed into when it...
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December 24, 2024 at 3:27 PM
Looking to read something for over Christmas break?
Our XSyn paper "Underspecified they becomes specified early in sentence processing" is out now. We used some cool methods and found cool results :)
You can read it here (open access): doi.org/10.1080/2327...
@sfulinguistics.bsky.social
Our XSyn paper "Underspecified they becomes specified early in sentence processing" is out now. We used some cool methods and found cool results :)
You can read it here (open access): doi.org/10.1080/2327...
@sfulinguistics.bsky.social
I'll be teaching Intro Morphology and Syntax at the University of Victoria next term. If you have morphological data (e.g., allomorphy, syncretism) that you wouldn't mind to see students practice with, and that exposes students to a wealth of linguistic diversity, please reach out! #linguistics
December 18, 2024 at 5:51 PM
I'll be teaching Intro Morphology and Syntax at the University of Victoria next term. If you have morphological data (e.g., allomorphy, syncretism) that you wouldn't mind to see students practice with, and that exposes students to a wealth of linguistic diversity, please reach out! #linguistics