Cory Bill
Journal Papers
- Driemel, I., Hein, J., Bill, C., Gonzalez, A., Ilić, I., Jeretič, P. & van Alem, A. (2023). Negative concord without Agree: Insights from German, Dutch and English child language. Languages, 8(3), 179. https://doi.org/10.3390/languages8030179
- Bill, C., Pagliarini, E., Romoli, J., Tieu, L. & Crain, S. (2021). Children's interpretation of sentences containing multiple scalar terms. Journal of Semantics, 38(4), 601-637. https://doi.org/10.1093/jos/ffab016
- An, S., Bill, C. & Yang, Q. (2020). Comprehension of the presupposition trigger Ye "Also" by Mandarin-speaking preschoolers with and without Autism Spectrum Disorders. Frontiers in Psychology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.570453
- Tieu, L., Bill, C., Romoli, J. & Crain, S. (2020). Testing theories of plural meanings. Cognition, 205, 104307. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2020.104307
- Bill, C., Romoli, J. & Schwarz, S. (2018). Processing presuppositions and implicatures: Similarities and differences. Frontiers in Communication, 33, 1-22. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcomm.2018.00044
- Pagliarini, E., Bill, C., Romoli, J., Tieu, L. & Crain, S. (2018). On children's variable success with scalar inferences: Insights from disjunction in the scope of a universal quantifier. Cognition, 178, 178-192. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2018.04.020
- Bill, C., Romoli, J., Schwarz, F. & Crain, S. (2016). Scalar implicatures vs. presuppositions: The view from acquisition. TOPOI special issue: Presuppositions: Philosophy, Linguistics and Psychology, 57-71. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11245-014-9276-1
Conference Proceedings
- Bill, C., Gonzalez, A., Driemel, I. & Makharoblidze, T.. (2022). As complex as they appear: Children's comprehension of conjunctive expressions in Georgian. In proceedings of Amsterdam Colloquium 23.
- Bill, C. & Koev, T. (2022). Really: Ambiguity and question bias. In proceedings of Sinn und Bedeutung 26, 130-148. https://doi.org/10.18148/sub/2022.v26i0.992
- Koev, T., Bill, C., & Mohammadi, M. (2021). Believe is strong but subjective: Experimental evidence from hedging. In proceedings of Sinn und Bedeutung 25, 497-514. https://doi.org/10.18148/sub/2021.v25i0.950
- Bill, C. & Koev, T. (2021). Verum accent IS VERUM, but not always focus. In proceedings of the 2021 Annual Meeting of the Linguistic Society of America, 188-202.
- Chen, S. Y., Kobayashi, F. H., Koring, L., Bill, C., Rosenstein, L. & Hackl, M. (2020). Comprehending and: The acquisition of English conjunction in child language. In proceedings of the 44th annual Boston University Conference on Language Development, 91-104.
- Tieu, L., Bill, C. & Romoli, J. (2019). Homogeneity or implicature: An experimental investigation of free choice. In proceedings of Semantics and Linguistics Theory (SALT) 29, 706-726. http://dx.doi.org/10.3765/salt.v29i0.4631
- Giblin, I., Jiawei, Shi., Zhou, P., Bill, C. & Crain, S. (2019). The spontaneous eMERGEnce of recursion in child language In proceedings of the 43rd annual Boston University Conference on Language Development, 270-285.
- Zehr, J., Bill, C., Tieu, L., Romoli, J. & Schwarz, F. (2016). Presupposition projection from the scope of none: Universal, existential, or both? In proceedings of Semantics and Linguistics Theory (SALT) 26, 754-774. https://dx.doi.org/10.3765/salt.v26i0.3837
- Kennedy, L., Bill, C., Schwarz, F., Crain, S., Folli, R. & Romoli, J. (2015). Scalar implicatures and presuppositions: The view from Broca's aphasia. In proceedings North East Linguistics Society (NELS) 45. Amherst, MA: Graduate Linguistic Student Association (GLSA)
- Schwarz, F., Romoli, J. & Bill, C. (2015). Scalar implicatures in processing: Slowly accepting the truth (literally). In proceedings of Sinn und Bedeutung (SuB) 19, Georg August University, Göttingen.
- Zehr, J., Bill, C., Tieu, L., Romoli, J., & Florian, S. (2015). Experimental evidence for existential projection from 'none'. In proceedings of Amsterdam Colloquium 20, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam
- Tieu, L., Bill, C., Romoli, J. & Crain, S. (2014). Plurality inferences are scalar implicatures: Evidence from acquisition. In proceedings of Semantics and Linguistic Theory (SALT) 24, New York University, New York.
- Bill, C., Romoli, J., Schwarz, F. & Crain, S. (2015). Presuppositions vs. scalar implicatures in acquisition. In proceedings of PLC 38, UPenn, Philadelphia.
Book Chapters
- Giblin, I., Zhou, P., Bill, C., Shi, J.,. & Crain, S. (2024). To acquire a recursive grammar, children start with a recursive procedure (MERGE). Multifaceted Multilingualism, Kleanthes K. Grohmann (ed.), John Benjamins, .
- Tieu, L., Bill, C., Zehr, J., Romoli, J. & Schwarz, F. (2018). Developmental insights into gappy phenomena: Comparing presupposition, implicature, homogeneity, and vagueness. Semantics in Acquisition, Trends in Language Acquisition Research (TiLAR) 24, Kristen Syrett & Sudha Arunachalam (eds.), John Benjamins, 302-324.
Conference Presentations
Talks
- Tieu, L., Bill, C. & Romoli, J. (2022). Accounting for free choice Experiments in Linguistic Meaning 2 (ELM2), The University of Pennsylvania, 18th-20th May.
- Hein, J., Bill, C., Gonzalez, Aurore., Ilić, Ovaona., Jeretič, Paloma. & Guasti, Maria Teresa. (2022). Negative concord in the acquisition of non-negative concord languages. Chicago Linguistic Society 58 (CLS58), The University of Chicago, 22nd-24th April.
- Bill, C. & Koev, T. (2021). Really: Ambiguity and question bias. Sinn und Bedeutung 26. Universität zu Köln, 8th-10th September.
- Bill, C. & Koev, T. (2021). High negation questions are always polarity focused and sometimes contain VERUM. 43rd Annual Meeting of the German Linguistics Society (DGfS). Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, 24th-26th February.
- Bill, C. & Koev, T. (2021). Question bias from polarity focus. SPAGAD Workshop: Biased Questions - Experimental results and Theoretical modelling. Leibniz-Zentrum Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft (ZAS), Berlin, 4th-5th February.
- Bill, C. & Koev, T. (2021). Verum focus IS verum, but not always focus. Linguistic Society of America (LSA) 2021 Virtual Annual Meeting, 7th-10th January.
- Koev, T., Bill, C. & Mohammadi, Maryam. (2020). Believe is strong but subjective: Experimental evidence from hedging. Sinn und Bedeutung (SuB) 25. University College London & Queen Mary University of London, 3rd-9th September.
- Tieu, L., Bill, C. & Romoli, J. (2019). Homogeneity or implicature: An experimental study of free choice. XPRAG2019. The University of Edinburgh, 19th-21st June.
- Tieu, L., Bill, C. & Romoli, J. (2019). Homogeneity or implicature: An experimental study of free choice. Semantics and Linguistic Theory (SALT) 29. University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), 17th-19th May.
- Giblin, I., Jiawei Shi., Zhou, P., Bill, C. & Crain, S. (2018). The spontaneous eMERGEnce of recursion in child language. Boston University Conference on Language Development (BUCLD) 43. Boston University, 2nd-4th November.
- Thornton, R., Kiguchi, H. & Bill, C. (2018). Scope ambiguity and scope freezing in double object sentences. Ambigo: A workshop on Ambiguity - Theory, Development, and Processing. University of Göttingen, Göttingen, 4th-6th July.
- Thornton, R., Kiguchi, H. & Bill, C. (2018). Scope ambiguity in double object sentences. Symposium on Developmental Linguistics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 21st-22nd April.
- Zehr, L., Bill, C., Tieu, L., Romoli, J. & Schwarz, F. (2015). Experimental evidence for existential projection from 'none'. Amstersam Colloquium, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, 16th-18th December.
- Bill, C., Tieu, L., Romoli, J. & Crain, S. (2015). Neg-raising in child language. Göttingen Spirit Summer School on negation, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, 18th-19th September.
- Tieu, L., Bill, C., Romoli, J. & Crain, S. (2015). Comparing plurality inferences and scalar implicatures in acquisition. European Summer School in Logic, Language and Information (ESSLLI) 2015, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, 3rd-14th August.
- Schwarz, F., Bill, C., & Romoli, J. (2015). Reluctant acceptance of the literal truth: Eye tracking in the covered box paradigm. Sinn und Bedeutung (SuB) 20, Tübingen University, Tübingen, 9th-12th September.
- Bill, C., Pagliarini, E., Romoli, J., Tieu, L. & Crain, S. (2015). Children's interpretation of sentences with multiple scalar terms. XPrag.de workshop "Experimental and crosslinguistics evidence for the distinction between implicatures and presuppositions", Zentrum für Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft (ZAS), Berlin, 1st-3rd July.
- Kennedy, L., Bill, C., Schwarz, F., Crain, S., Folli, R. & Romoli, J. (2014). Scalar implicatures vs. presuppositions: The view from Broca's aphasia. North East Linguistics Society (NELS) 45, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 31st October-2nd November.
- Schwarz, F., Romoli, J. & Bill, C. (2014). Scalar implicature processing: Slowly accepting the truth (literally). Sinn und Bedeutung (SuB) 19, Georg August University, Göttingen, 15th-17th September.
- Kennedy, L., Tieu, L., Bill, C., Folli, R., Sevdali, C., Crain, S. & Romoli, J. (2014). Broca's aphasia and plurality inferences. Linguistics Association of Great Britain (LAGB) 2014, University of Oxford, Cambridge, 1st-5th September.
- Bill, C., Romoli, J., Schwarz, F. & Crain, S. (2014). Presuppositions vs. scalar implicatures in acquisition. Penn Linguistics Conference (PLC) 38, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 28th-30th March.
Posters
- Bill, C.,Gonzalez, A., Driemel, I., Makharoblidze, T. (2023). As complex as they appear: Children's comprehension of conjunctive expressions in Georgian. The 53rd Annual Meeting of the North East Linguistic Society (NELS 53), University of Göttingen, Göttingen, 12th-14th January.
- Bill, C.,Gonzalez, A., Driemel, I., Makharoblidze, T. (2022). As complex as they appear: Children's comprehension of conjunctive expressions in Georgian. The 23rd Amsterdam Colloquium (AC2022), University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, 19th-21st December.
- Hein, J., Bill, C., Driemel, I., Gonzalez, A., Ilić, I., & Jeretič, P. (2022). Negative concord in the acquisition of non-negative concord languages. The 15th biennual conference on Generative Approaches to Language Acquisition (GALA 2022), Goethe University, Frankfurt, 22nd-24th September.
- Bill, C., Pagliarini, E., Romoli, J., Tieu, L., & Crain, S. (2021). Children's interpretations of Every...some sentences. The 9th bi-annual conference on Generative Approaches to Language Acquisition - North America (GALANA 2021), University of Iceland, Reyjavík, 7th-9th May.
- Bill, C., Pagliarini, E., Romoli, J., Tieu, L., & Crain, S. (2020). Children's interpretations of Every...some sentences. Boston University Conference on Language Development (BUCLD) 45, Boston University, Boston, 5th-8th November.
- Chen, S. Y., Kobayashi, F. H., Koring, L., Bill, C., Rosenstein, L. & Hackl, M. (2020). Comprehension of conjunction by English-speaking adults and children. CUNY Human Sentence Processing Conference 33, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 19th-21st March.
- Bill, C., Yatsushiro, K. & Sauerland, U. (2019). Asymmetries in children's negative determiner production. Boston University Conference on Language Development (BUCLD) 44, Boston University, Boston, 7th-10th November.
- Koring, L., Bill, C., Thornton, R. & Crain, S. (2019). Disjointness in child language. Generative Approaches to Language Acquisition (GALA) 14, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, 12th-14th September.
- Bill, C., Pagliarini, E., Romoli, J., Tieu, L. & Crain, S. (2015). Children's interpretation of sentences with multiple scalar terms. Sinn und Bedeutung (SuB) 20, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, 9th-12th September.
- Tieu, L., Bill, C., Romoli, J. & Crain, S. (2014). Plurality inferences are scalar implicatures: Evidence from acquisition. Semantics and Linguistic Theory (SALT) 24, New York University, New York, 30th May-1st June.
- Bill, C., Romoli, J., Schwarz, F. & Crain, S. (2014). Indirect scalar implicatures are neither scalar implicatures nor presuppositions (or both). CUNY Conference on Human Sentence Processing 27, Ohio State University, Columbus, 13th-15th March.
PhD Dissertation
- Bill, C. (2017). Children take only some sentences literally: Investigating children's variable performance with scalar inferences. Macquarie University.
Unpublished Manuscripts
- Bill, C. & Koev, T. Question Bias.
- Tieu, L., Bill, C., Romoli, J. An experimental investigation of implicature and homogeneity approaches to free choice.
- Sauerland, U., Bassi, I., Bill, C., Bimpeh, A., Hirsch, A., Jeretič, P., Meyer, M., Nicolae, A., Yatsushiro, K. & Alexiadou, A. An algebra of thought that predicts key aspects of language structure.
- Hein, J., Bill, C., Driemel, I., Gonzalez, A., Ilić, I. & Jeretič, P. Negative conchord in the acquisition of English and German: Some results from a corpus study.
- Bill, C. & Koev, T. Question bias from polarity focus.
- Bill, C. & Koev, T. Bias in tag questions.
- Shasha, A., Bill, C., & Chen, L. The role of Theory of Mind in scalar implicatures: Evidence from Mandarin-speaking preschoolers with Autism Spectrum Disorder.
- Kennedy, L., Bill, C., Romoli, J. & Schwarz, F. Success beyond syntax: Implicatures and Broca's aphasia.