Cory Bill


Cory Bill

I obtained my PhD in Cognitive Science from Macquarie University, Sydney in 2018. Currently, I am a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Leibniz-Centre General Linguistics (ZAS), Berlin.

I conduct experiment-based research into the structure (syntax) and meaning (semantics/pragmatics) of human language. In conducting such research, I have used a variety of methods (e.g., Truth Value Judgment Task, Eye-Tracking), and investigated a variety of languages (e.g., German, Mandarin), age-groups (e.g., Adults, 4-5 y/o Children), and populations (e.g., people with Aphasia, Autism).

The set of linguistic phenomena I have investigated includes: implicatures, presuppositions, negation, and epistemic modality.

This work has produced novel insights into what language is, how it is processed in the mind, and how an understanding of it is acquired by children.

My Curriculum vitae.