Lynsey Wolter
Assistant Professor
Department of English
105 Garfield Ave.
University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire
Eau Claire, WI 54701
E-mail: wolterlk AT uwec DOT edu
Office: Hibbard 403, x 36-4627
Office Hours (Fall 2008): TWR 1:30-2:30, or by appointment
Teaching
Fall 2008
English 110: Introduction to College Writing
English 221: The English Language
Spring 2008
English 110: Introduction to College Writing
English 221: The English Language
English 325: History of the English Language
Research Interests
- Semantics and pragmatics of definiteness
- Semantics-pragmatics interface; formal pragmatics
- Interaction of nominal interpretation with modality
- Experimental investigation of reference resolution
Papers
2008. With Daphna Heller. Identity and indeterminacy in -ever free relatives. Proceedings of SALT 18.
2007. With Daphna Heller. That is Rosa: Identificational sentences as intensional predication. Sinn und Bedeutung 12.
2007. Situation variables and licensing by modification in opaque demonstratives. Proceedings of Sinn und Bedeutung 11.
2006. Definite determiners and domain restriction. Proceedings of NELS 36
2004. Demonstratives, definiteness and determined reference. Short version, Proceedings of NELS 34 [pdf], or long version, ms., UCSC [pdf]
2003. Syncope in K'ichee'. Ms., UCSC.
2002. Fall-rise, topic, and speaker noncommitment. Proceedings of WECOL 2002.
Handouts
2008. I can't believe it! Expressive meaning in belief reports. LSA Annual Meeting, Chicago.
2007. Comments on Jeff King's paper on complex demonstratives. Cornell Workshop on Complex Demonstratives.
2006. Bridging demonstratives at the semantics-pragmatics interface. LSA Annual Meeting, Albuquerque.
2005. Nonuniqueness implications in demonstrative descriptions. LSA Annual Meeting, Oakland.