I have worked on several topics at the syntax-semantics interface, such as (i) the interpretation of proleptic arguments, (ii) complementation and the interpretation of nominalized clauses, (iii) the semantics of wh-exclamatives, (iv) the syntax and semantics of "what if" constructions cross-linguistically.
Hidden Causality in Modern Greek, Natural Language Semantics 33:3. 2025 [paper]
Proleptic constructions in Modern Greek, Proceedings of Sinn und Bedeutung 27 (SuB 27), Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, pp. 655-673. 2023 [paper] [BibTeX citation]
"Quasi-ECM'' constructions in Modern Greek: Evidence for semantic lowering, Poster at Sinn und Bedeutung 27 (SuB 27) at Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic. 2022 [handout / poster]
No two complementizers are the same: Insights from Greek (with Nikos Angelopoulos), Snippets, 2026 [paper]
Anti-factive 'pu' in Northern Greek dialects. Invited talk at the special session Greek sentential complementation: the road ahead at the 17th International Conference on Greek Linguistics (ICGL 17) in Cambridge, UK. 2025 [paper]
Why would you D that? On the D-layer in Greek clausal subjects (with Katya Morgunova), Proceedings of the 59th meeting of the Chicago Linguistics Society (CLS 59), University of Chicago, pp. 367-378. 2024 [ResearchGate paper] [Dropbox paper] [handout / poster] [BibTeX citation]
The Grammar of Defeated Expectations: the case of wh-exclamatives, MIT PhD thesis. 2026. [thesis]
What if and its kin (with Michela Ippolito), Proceedings of SALT 36, forthcoming
I am interested in the semantics of embedded tense, in sequence of tense phenomena, as well as in the then-present puzzle, namely the incompatibility of 'then' with a present tense, even when it is shifted.
Additionally, I have done fieldwork on Colloquial Jakartan Indonesian, where I investigated the use of mau 'want' as a future marker.
Tense and perspective: a solution to the then-present puzzle (with Zhuoye Zhao). Linguistics & Philosophy. 2026 [paper]
Why is 'then' incompatible with the present? (with Zhuoye Zhao), Proceedings of the 42nd West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics (WCCFL 42), UC Berkeley. 2025 [paper] [slides] [poster]
What the incompatibility of 'then' with the present teaches us about perspectives in tense (with Zhuoye Zhao), Talk at Ling-Lunch at MIT, & at the Semantics Group at NYU. 2023 [ResearchGate slides] [Dropbox slides]
How many roads are there to a simultaneous reading? ConSOLE XXX: Proceedings of the 30th Conference of the Student Organization of Linguistics in Europe, Leiden University Centre for Linguistics. 2022 [paper] [BibTeX citation]
A mixed tense system: Two roads to the simultaneous reading in Modern Greek, Proceedings of the 45th Penn Linguistics Conference, The University of Pennsylvania Working Papers in Linguistics (PWPL), vol. 28.1, Article 22, pp. 194-203. 2022 [paper] [slides] [BibTeX citation]
Embedded Tense: Insights from Modern Greek, Cogmaster M.Sc. Thesis, ENS & EHESS. 2021 [thesis] [BibTeX citation]
Embedded Tense in Modern Greek and beyond, invited talk at the Reference across Modalities and Domains Seminar, NYU. 2021. [handout] [BibTeX citation]
Sequence of Tense in Modern Greek, invited talk at the Linguæ research seminar, Institut Jean Nicod, ENS. 2021. [slides] [BibTeX citation]
Evidentiality and the Future (in prep.)
Dispositional 'will' is 'want' in Colloquial Jakarta Indonesian, Special volume of Studia Linguistica. 2026 [paper] [BibTeX citation]
(In)direct evidential futures in Colloquial Jakartan Indonesian, Proceedings of the 55th Annual Meeting of the North East Linguistic Society (NELS 55), Yale University. 2025 [paper]
The future in desire: the case of Colloquial Jakartan Indonesian, Talk at the 48th Penn Linguistics Conference & at the Syntax and Semantics Babble at UC San Diego. 2023-2024 [handout] [slides] [BibTeX citation]
I am interested in (i) apparently non-negative uses of negation in wh-exclamatives, and (ii) the interaction between negation and iconic gestures.
The Grammar of Defeated Expectations: the case of wh-exclamatives, MIT PhD thesis. 2026. [thesis]
How does negation interact with the iconic use of space?, Talk at the Meaning & Modality Lab at Harvard. 2023
Effects of iconicity and monotonicity on licensing complement anaphora (with Kathryn Davidson), Proceedings of Sinn und Bedeutung 28 (SuB 28), Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, pp. 924-942. 2024 [paper] [slides] [BibTeX citation]
In a series of experiments across five languages led by Andreea Nicolae, we investigated whether natural language morphologically simplex and complex disjunctions received exclusive interpretations. We found variation across languages, with complex disjunctions usually having a more exclusive interpretation than simplex ones. However, crucially, we found that even exclusive disjunctions are ambiguous between an inclusive and an exclusive interpretation.
Exclusivity and exhaustivity of disjunction(s): a cross-linguistic study (with Andreea C. Nicolae (first author), Aliona Petrenco, and Paul Marty). Proceedings of Sinn und Bedeutung 28 (SuB 28), Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, pp. 1098-1113. 2025 [paper]
Do Languages Have Exclusive Disjunctions? (with Andreea C. Nicolae (first author), Aliona Petrenco, and Paul Marty). Open Mind Journal, 8, pp. 1469-1485. 2024 [paper]
Exclusivity of Disjunction(s): A Cross-Linguistic Study (with Andreea Nicolae (first author), Aliona Petrenco, and Paul Marty). Talk (presented by A. Nicolae) at Sinn und Bedeutung 28 (SuB 28), Ruhr University Bochum, Germany. 2023 [slides]