Dr. M.D. (Maria) Aloni
Faculty of Humanities
Logic and Language
Visiting address
- Oude Turfmarkt 143
- Room number: 2.12
Postal address
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Postbus 94201
1090 GE Amsterdam
Contact details
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Publications
2023
Aloni, M. (2023). Neglect-Zero Effects in Dynamic Semantics. In D. Deng, M. Liu, D. Westerståhl, & K. Xie (Eds.), Dynamics in Logic and Language: Third Tsinghua Interdisciplinary Workshop on Logic, Language, and Meaning, TLLM 2022, virtual event, April 1–4, 2022 : revised selected papers (pp. 1-24). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 13524), (FoLLI Publications on Logic, Language and Information). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-25894-7_1 [details]- Aloni, M., & van Ormondt, P. (2023). Modified Numerals and Split Disjunction: The First-Order Case. Journal of Logic, Language and Information, 32(4), 539-567. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10849-023-09399-w [details]
- Aloni, M., Incurvati, L., & Schlöder, J. J. (2023). Epistemic Modals in Hypothetical Reasoning. Erkenntnis, 88(8), 3551–3581. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10670-022-00517-x [details]
- Pinton, L., & Aloni, M. (2023). You may like or dislike this paper, and we do care which: Sluicing and free choice. In M. Onoeva, A. Staňková, & R. Šimík (Eds.), Proceedings of Sinn und Bedeutung 27 (pp. 519-534). Charles University. https://doi.org/10.18148/sub/2023.v27.1084 [details]
2022
- Aloni, M. (2022). Indefinites as Fossils: The Case of wh-based Free Choice. In C. Gianollo, K. von Heusinger, & M. Napoli (Eds.), Determiners and Quantifiers: Functions, Variation, and Change (pp. 214-245). (Syntax and Semantics; Vol. 44). Brill. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004473324_008 [details]
- Aloni, M. (2022). Logic and Conversation: The case of free choice. Semantics and Pragmatics, 15, Article 5. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.3765/sp.15.5 [details]
- Aloni, M., & Degano, M. (2022). (Non-)specificity across languages: constancy, variation, v-variation. Proceedings from Semantics and Linguistic Theory, 32, 185-205. https://doi.org/10.3765/salt.v1i0.5337 [details]
- Degano, M., & Aloni, M. (2022). Indefinites and free choice: When the past matters. Natural language & linguistic theory, 40(2), 447–484. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11049-021-09518-x [details]
2019
- Roelofsen, F., Herbstritt, M., & Aloni, M. (2019). The *whether puzzle. In K. von Heusinger, M. Zimmermann, & E. Onea (Eds.), Questions in Discourse. - Volume 1: Semantics (pp. 172-197). (Current Research in the Semantics/Pragmatics Interface; Vol. 35). Brill. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004378308_005 [details]
- Theiler, N., Roelofsen, F., & Aloni, M. (2019). Picky predicates: why believe doesn't like interrogative complements, and other puzzles. Natural Language Semantics, 27(2), 95-134. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11050-019-09152-9 [details]
2018
- Aloni, M. (2018). Knowing-Who in Quantified Epistemic Logic. In H. van Ditmarsch, & G. Sandu (Eds.), Jaakko Hintikka on Knowledge and Game-Theoretical Semantics (pp. 109-129). (Outstanding Contributions to Logic; Vol. 12). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62864-6_4 [details]
- Aloni, M. (Guest ed.), Berto, F. (Guest ed.), Incurvati, L. (Guest ed.), & Roelofsen, F. (Guest ed.) (2018). Semantics and Philosophy. Topoi, 37(3), 355-433. https://link.springer.com/journal/11245/37/3
- Aloni, M., Berto, F., Incurvati, L., & Roelofsen, F. (2018). Introduction: Semantics and Philosophy. Topoi, 37(3), 355-356. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11245-017-9505-5 [details]
- Theiler, N., Roelofsen, F., & Aloni, M. (2018). A uniform semantics for declarative and interrogative complements. Journal of Semantics, 35(3), 409-466. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1093/jos/ffy003 [details]
2017
- Aloni, M. (2017). On the Model-Theoretic Interpretation of a Mental State. Theoretical Linguistics, 43(1-2), 47-51. https://doi.org/10.1515/tl-2017-0002 [details]
- Theiler, N., Roelofsen, F., & Aloni, M. (2017). What's wrong with believing whether? Proceedings from Semantics and Linguistic Theory, 27, 248-265. https://doi.org/10.3765/salt.v27i0.4125 [details]
2016
- Aloni, M. (2016). 'You' and 'I' in Modal Logic. Grazer Philosophische Studien, 93(3), 334-362. https://doi.org/10.1163/18756735-09303002 [details]
- Aloni, M. (2016). Disjunction. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 2016(Summer). https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/sum2016/entries/disjunction/ [details]
- Dekker, P., Aloni, M., & Groenendijk, J. (2016). Questions. In M. Aloni, & P. Dekker (Eds.), The Cambridge Handbook of Formal Semantics (pp. 560-592). (Cambridge Handbooks in Language and Linguistics). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139236157.020 [details]
- Theiler, N., Roelofsen, F., & Aloni, M. (2016). Truthful resolutions: A new perspective on false-answer sensitivity. Proceedings from Semantics and Linguistic Theory, 26, 122-141. https://doi.org/10.3765/salt.v26i0.3791 [details]
2015
- Aloni, M., & Port, A. (2015). Epistemic indefinites and methods of identification. In L. Alonso-Ovalle, & P. Menéndez-Benito (Eds.), Epistemic Indefinites: Exploring Modality Beyond the Verbal Domain (pp. 117-140). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199665297.001.0001 [details]
2014
- Aloni, M., & Jacinto, B. (2014). Knowing Who: How Perspectives and Context Interact. In F. Lihoreau, & M. Rebuschi (Eds.), Epistemology, Context, and Formalism (pp. 81-107). (Synthese Library; Vol. 369). Springer. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02943-6_6 [details]
- Aloni, M., & Port, A. (2014). Modal inferences in marked indefinites: the case of German irgend-indefinites. In A. Aguilar-Guevara, B. Le Bruyn, & J. Zwarts (Eds.), Weak Referentiality (pp. 17-44). (Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today; Vol. 219). John Benjamins Publishing Company. https://doi.org/10.1075/la.219.02alo [details]
- Aloni, M., & Roelofsen, F. (2014). Indefinites in comparatives. Natural Language Semantics, 22(2), 145-167. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11050-013-9103-z [details]
2013
- Aloni, M. D., & Ciardelli, I. A. (2013). A logical account of free choice imperatives. In M. D. Aloni, & M. Franke (Eds.), The dynamic, inquisitive, and visionary life of ϕ, ?ϕ, and ◊ϕ -- A festschrift for Jeroen Groenendijk, Martin Stokhof, and Frank Veltman ILLC, University of Amsterdam. http://festschriften.illc.uva.nl/Festschrift-JMF/
- Aloni, M., & Franke, M. (2013). On the Free Choice Potential of Epistemic and Deontic Modals. In I. Caponigro, & C. Cecchetto (Eds.), From Grammar to Meaning: The Spontaneous Logicality of Language (pp. 108-138). (Cambridge studies in linguistics). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139519328.008 [details]
- Aloni, M., Égré, P., & de Jager, T. (2013). Knowing whether A or B. Synthese, 190(14), 2595-2621. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-009-9646-1 [details]
2012
- Aloni, M. (2012). On epistemic indefinites: a note on emphatic free choice uses. In A. Aguilar-Guevara, A. Chernilovskaya, & R. Nouwen (Eds.), Proceedings of Sinn und Bedeutung 16 (Vol. 1, pp. 1-14). MITWPL. https://doi.org/10.18148/sub/2012.v16i1.406 [details]
- Franke, M., & Aloni, M. (2012). [Review of: P. Hendriks, H. de Hoop, I. Krämer, H. de Swart, J. Zwarts (2010) Conflicts in interpretation]. Journal of Cognitive Science, 13(2), 197-209. Article 9. http://cogsci.snu.ac.kr/jcs/index.php/issues/?pageid=1&mod=document&category1=Volume+13&uid=132 [details]
2011
- Aguilar-Guevara, A., Aloni, M., Port, A., Šimík, R., de Vos, M., & Zeijlstra, H. (2011). Semantics and pragmatics of indefinites: methodology for a synchronic and diachronic corpus study. Bochumer Linguistische Arbeitsberichte, 1-16. http://www.linguistics.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/bla/beyondsem2011/bla3_online_proceedings_110301.pdf [details]
- Aloni, M., & Roelofsen, F. (2011). Indefinites in Comparatives. Proceedings from Semantics and Linguistic Theory, 21, 19-38. https://doi.org/10.3765/salt.v21i0.2602 [details]
- Aloni, M., & Roelofsen, F. (2011). Interpreting concealed questions. Linguistics and Philosophy, 34(5), 443-478. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10988-011-9102-9 [details]
2010
- Aloni, M. D., & Port, A. (2010). Epistemic Indefinites Crosslinguistically. In N. LaCara, L. Fainleib, & Y. Park (Eds.), Proceedings of NELS 41
- Aloni, M., & Égré, P. (2010). Alternative questions and knowledge attributions. Philosophical Quarterly, 60(238), 1-27. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9213.2008.606.x [details]
2008
- Aloni, M. (2008). Concealed questions under cover. Grazer Philosophische Studien, 77, 191-216. http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/rodopi/gps/2008/00000077/00000001/art00009 [details]
- Roelofsen, F., & Aloni, M. (2008). Perspectives on concealed questions. Proceedings from Semantics and Linguistic Theory, 18, 619-636. https://doi.org/10.3765/salt.v18i0.2500 [details]
2007
- Aloni, M. (2007). Expressing ignorance or indifference: modal implicatures in bi-directional OT. In B. D. ten Cate, & H. W. Zeevat (Eds.), Logic, Language, and Computation: 6th International Tbilisi Symposium on Logic, Language, and Computation,TbiLLC 2005 Batumi, Georgia, September 12-16, 2005 : revised selected papers (pp. 1-20). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 4363), (Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-75144-1_1 [details]
- Aloni, M. (2007). Free choice, modals, and imperatives. Natural Language Semantics, 15(1), 65-94. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11050-007-9010-2 [details]
- Aloni, M., Beaver, D., Clark, B., & van Rooij, R. (2007). The dynamics of topic and focus. In M. Aloni, A. Butler, & P. Dekker (Eds.), Questions in dynamic semantics (pp. 123-145). (Current research in the semantics/pragmatics interface; No. 17). Amsterdam: Elsevier.
- Aloni, M., Butler, A., & Hindsill, D. (2007). Nuclear accent, focus, and Bidirectional OT. In M. Aloni, A. Butler, & P. Dekker (Eds.), Questions in dynamic semantics (pp. 253-268). (Current research in the semantics/pragmatics interface; No. 17). Amsterdam: Elsevier.
- Dekker, P., Aloni, M., & Butler, A. (2007). The semantics and pragmatics of questions. In M. Aloni, A. Butler, & P. Dekker (Eds.), Questions in dynamic semantics (pp. 1-40). (Current research in the semantics/pragmatics interface; No. 17). Amsterdam: Elsevier.
2005
- Aloni, M. (2005). A Formal Treatment of the Pragmatics of Questions and Attitudes. Linguistics and Philosophy, 28(5), 505-539. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10988-005-1160-4 [details]
- Aloni, M. (2005). Individual Concepts in Modal Predicate Logic. Journal of Philosophical Logic, 34(1), 1-64. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10992-004-4065-8 [details]
- Aloni, M. (2005). Utility and Implicatures of Imperatives. In Proceedings of DIALOR'05 Nancy. [details]
- Aloni, M., & van Rooy, R. A. M. (2005). Free Choice Items and Alternatives. In Proceedings of KNAW Colloquium "Cognitive Foundations of Interpretation" Amsterdam: KNAW. [details]
2003
- Aloni, M. (2003). Free choice in modal contexts. In Arbeitspapiere des Fachbereichs Sprachwissenschaft (pp. 25-37). University of Konstanz. [details]
- Aloni, M. (2003). On choice-offering imperatives. In P. J. E. Dekker, & R. A. M. van Rooij (Eds.), Proceedings of the 14th Amsterdam Colloquium (pp. 57-62). Amsterdam: ILLC. [details]
2002
- Aloni, M. (2002). Questions under cover. In D. Barker-Plummer, D. Beaver, J. van Benthem, & P. Scotto de Luzio (Eds.), Words, Proofs, and Diagrams (pp. 167-191). Stanford: CSLI. [details]
- Aloni, M., & van Rooij, R. A. M. (2002). The dynamics of questions and focus. In B. Jackson (Ed.), SALT 12 CLC Publications. [details]
- Aloni, M., & van Rooij, R. A. M. (2002). Topical domain restriction. In D. de Jongh, M. Nilsenová, & H. Zeevat (Eds.), Proceedings of Tbilisi symposium Tbilisi. [details]
2000
- Aloni, M. (2000). Conceptual covers in dynamic semantics. In P. Blackburn, & J. Seligman (Eds.), Logic, Language and Computation, Vol. III Stanford, CA: CSLI. [details]
1999
- Aloni, M., Beaver, D. I., & Clark, B. (1999). Focus and topic sensitive operators. In P. J. E. Dekker (Ed.), Proceedings of the 12th Amsterdam Colloquium (Vol. 55). Amsterdam: ILLC. [details]
2016
- Aloni, M., & Dekker, P. (Eds.) (2016). The Cambridge Handbook of Formal Semantics. (Cambridge Handbooks in Language and Linguistics). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139236157 [details]
2013
- Aloni, M., Franke, M., & Roelofsen, F. (Eds.) (2013). Proceedings of the 19th Amsterdam Colloquium. ILLC, University of Amsterdam. http://events.illc.uva.nl/AC/AC2013/uploaded_files/inlineitem/proceedings.pdf [details]
- Franke, M., Aloni, M. D., & Roelofsen, F. (2013). The dynamic, inquisitive, and visionary life of phi, phi?, and might phi: A Festschrift for Jeroen Groenendijk, Martin Stokhof, and Frank Veltman. ILLC. http://festschriften.illc.uva.nl/Festschrift-JMF/
2012
- Aloni, M., Kimmelman, V., Roelofsen, F., Sassoon, G. W., Schulz, K., & Westera, M. (2012). Logic, language and meaning: 18th Amsterdam Colloquium, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, December 19-21 2011: revised selected papers. (Lecture notes in computer science; Vol. 7218), (FoLLI Publications on Logic, Language and Information). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31482-7 [details]
2010
- Aloni, M., Bastiaanse, H., de Jager, T., & Schulz, K. (2010). Preface. In M. Aloni, H. Bastiaanse, T. de Jager, & K. Schulz (Eds.), Logic, Language and Meaning: 17th Amsterdam Colloquium, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, December 16-18, 2009 : revised selected papers (pp. VI). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 6042), (Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence), (FoLLI Publications on Logic, Language and Information). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-14287-1 [details]
- Aloni, M., Bastiaanse, H., de Jager, T., & Schulz, K. (Eds.) (2010). Logic, language and meaning: 17th Amsterdam Colloquium, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, December 16-18, 2009 : revised selected papers. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 6042), (Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence), (FoLLI Publications on Logic, Language and Information). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-14287-1 [details]
2007
- Aloni, M. (2007). Free choice and exhaustification: an account of subtrigging effects. In E. Puig-Waldmüller (Ed.), Proceedings of Sinn un Bedeutung 11 (pp. 16-30). Universitat Pompeu Fabra.
- Aloni, M., Butler, A., & Dekker, P. (2007). Questions in dynamic semantics. (Current research in the semantics/pragmatics interface; No. 17). Amsterdam: Elsevier. [details]
2001
- Aloni, M. (2001). Optimization games: An application. In Proceedings of TARK 2001 (pp. 69-82). Los Altos: Morgan Kaufmann. [details]
- Aloni, M. (2001). Pragmatics for propositional attitudes. In R. van Rooy, & M. Stokhof (Eds.), Proceedings of the Thirteenth Amsterdam Colloquium, Amsterdam, 2001 (pp. 19-24). Amsterdam: ILLC. [details]
1997
- Aloni, M. (1997). Quantification in Dynamic Semantics. In M. Stokhof, P. Dekker, & Y. Venema (Eds.), Proceedings of the Eleventh Amsterdam Colloquium (pp. 73-78). Amsterdam: ILLC/UvA. [details]
2013
- Aloni, M. (2013). Questions, identity and knowledge. Paper presented at American Philosophical Association (APA) Eastern Division Meeting, Baltimore.
Prize / grant
- Aloni, M. (2022). Nothing is Logical (NWO Open Competition).
- Aloni, M. (2007). Indefinites and beyond. Evolutionary pragmatics and typological semantics. (NWO VIDI).
- Aloni, M. (2004). Semantic Structure and Dynamics in Natural Language Interpretation (NWO VENI).
- Aloni, M. (2001). E. W. Beth Dissertation Prize.
Membership / relevant position
- Aloni, M. (2020). Beth dissertation prize committee 2020, FOLLI - Beth dissertation prize committee 2020.
- Aloni, M. (2020). NWO - SGW VENI commissie, NWO - SGW VENI commissie .
- Aloni, M. (2020-2040). Elected members of Academia Europaea, Academia Europaea.
- Aloni, M. (2020-2050). Academia Europaea. https://www.ae-info.org/ae/Member/Aloni_Maria/CV
- Aloni, M. (2017). Member of review panel for priority programme XPrag.de Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation).
- Aloni, M. (2016-2017). Review Panel for Priority Programme XPrag.de for Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation).
- Aloni, M. (2016-). VIDI commissie NWO.
- Aloni, M. (2015-). VIDI commissie NWO.
Journal editor
- Aloni, M. (editor) (2015-2050). Journal of Semantics (Journal).
- Aloni, M. (member of editorial board) (2013-2017). Review of Symbolic Logic (Journal).
- Aloni, M. (member of editorial board) (2007-2017). Semantics and Pragmatics (Journal).
Talk / presentation
- Aloni, M. (keynote speaker) (6-12-2016). FC Disjunction in State-Based Semantics, Logical Aspects of Computational Linguistics , Nancy.
- Aloni, M. (invited speaker) (20-9-2016). FC Disjunction in State-Based Semantics, Logic in Language and Conversation.
- Aloni, M. (invited speaker) & Ciardelli, I. A. (invited speaker) (13-6-2016). Imperatives in inquisitive and truth-maker semantics, Imperatives: Worlds and Beyond.
- Aloni, M. (invited speaker) (3-6-2016). Disjunctions in state-based semantics, Disjunction Days: Theoretical and experimental perspectives on the semantics and pragmatics of disjunction, Berlin.
- Aloni, M. (invited speaker) (25-5-2016). On free choice disjunction, UCL Linguistics & Philosophy Seminar, London.
- Aloni, M. (invited speaker) (5-4-2016). On identity questions, concealed questions and specificational subjects, Questions in Linguistics and Philosophy, London.
- Aloni, M. (invited speaker) (24-2-2016). Indefinites as fossils, Indefinites between Theory and Language Change (DGfS) , Konstanz.
- Aloni, M. (invited speaker) (15-12-2015). On hidden questions, Questions in Logic and Semantics, Amsterdam.
Others
- Aloni, M. (visiting researcher) (25-4-2015 - 31-5-2015). New York University (visiting an external institution).
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Aloni, M. (2023). Neglect-Zero Effects in Dynamic Semantics. In D. Deng, M. Liu, D. Westerståhl, & K. Xie (Eds.), Dynamics in Logic and Language: Third Tsinghua Interdisciplinary Workshop on Logic, Language, and Meaning, TLLM 2022, virtual event, April 1–4, 2022 : revised selected papers (pp. 1-24). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 13524), (FoLLI Publications on Logic, Language and Information). Springer.