Lucas Champollion

Associate professor of linguistics at NYU. Researching nat.lg. semantics. Teaching semantics and language technology. Co-developer of

[Lucas Champollion @champoll]

Register now for the 2nd conference on truthmaker semantics and related approaches, starting tomorrow on Zoom and in Munich: https://t.co/MBS8G8gBwX

[Lucas Champollion @champoll]

Advances in Truthmaker Semantics 2 conference, Munich, July 28–30, 2025.

The aim of the conference is to share recent advances in truthmaker semantics and related approaches, as well as to strengthen the intellectual ties within the community.
https://t.co/MBS8G8gBwX

[Lucas Champollion @champoll]

Just published open-access in the Journal of Semantics: Bernard and Champollion, "Negative events and compositional semantics". https://t.co/kKlJ7TIgZ8

[Lucas Champollion @champoll]

I'll be at LMU Munich on sabbatical from NYU for the academic year 2024-25. I'm grateful to the Humboldt foundation (@AvHStiftung), the Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy (@LMU_MCMP), @nyuling, and @NYUGSAS for supporting my leave.

[NYU Arts & Science @ArtsandScience]

NYU A&S linguist @champoll was called for semantics expertise in a Supreme Court deportation case. He led a team from @Stanford and @ucdavis reviewing an immigration statute where the words “not” and “or” combine for “a textbook case of ambiguity.” https://t.co/PohYWE6a3P

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The Spring 2022 edition of "Invitation to Formal Semantics" (née "Semantics Boot Camp") is now available:
https://t.co/nzQP539bFj
It's still imperfect, so Liz Coppock @drcopp and I remain grateful for any feedback you may have. Thanks for the great comments we have received.

[Lucas Champollion @champoll]

The Fall 2021 edition of "Invitation to Formal Semantics" (née "Semantics Boot Camp") is now available:
https://t.co/nzQP539bFj
It's still imperfect, so Liz Coppock @drcopp and I remain grateful for any feedback you may have. Thanks for all of the great comments we have received.

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Lecture notes for my online ESSLLI course "Advanced mereology for linguists", 7/26-7/30. This course develops a unified theory of cross-categorial similarities involving the count-mass, singular-plural, telic-atelic, and collective-distributive oppositions https://t.co/X9QTVwrNrS

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Sharing course materials for undergrad intro to semantics by @maria_esipova, @nadine_theiler & myself. Field-tested in various settings: with & w/o recitations, 10-14 weeks. Based on Portner's book. Problem sets now optimized for online submission/grading. https://t.co/uC0lNi0RPb

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On Tue 7/21 1pm EST I’ll be presenting joint work with @dyln_b and @rhenderson “Donkeys under Discussion” (paper https://t.co/LnYkbebqGR, slides https://t.co/eKlM5mfFAf). Live talk and recording at https://t.co/eakPm0dWck. Thanks @abralin_oficial, @LingSocAm & others for hosting!

[Lucas Champollion @champoll]

Masha Esipova and I are making our teaching materials available for an undergrad intro to semantics that's based on Paul Portner's textbook. I'll keep using and updating these materials over the years to come. Comments and feedback welcome! https://t.co/uC0lNi0RPb

[Gretchen McCulloch now at @gretchenmcc.bsky.social @GretchenAMcC]

THERE'S A VERSE TWO NOW
https://t.co/yX7NQOvrsx

[Gretchen McCulloch now at @gretchenmcc.bsky.social @GretchenAMcC]

This is a wug, a novel word.
It's new to you (it's not a bird)
You don't already know its plural, do ya?
And now you see another one.
There are two of them, two that come.
Two ___ you say, such grammar, hallelujah!

[Lucas Champollion @champoll]

Donkey semantics: alive and kicking since 1325! https://t.co/CHJl9RQEyv

[Lucas Champollion @champoll]

@aaronsteven @SimonCharlow I'm also very interested in what you'll come up with! In my L&P paper the θ roles are where I put the complexity and they're a bit ad hoc. It's great you're refactoring things. Your approach might also help make progress on the issues described in https://t.co/nLVhgA2X75 Sect 3

[Lucas Champollion @champoll]

Looking forward to talking about questions and presuppositions in inquisitive semantics (jww/ Ivano Ciardelli and Floris Roelofsen) at the InqBnB2 workshop (https://t.co/hChclCZO4G) in Amsterdam tomorrow!

PDF handout https://t.co/c5uBRqjUPS

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It was a pleasure to talk to the LSA! https://t.co/cyBGJg93kv

[Linguistic Society of America @LingSocAm]

Aug17 Member Spotlight: Semanticist @champoll on mereology, truthmaker semantics, and the importance of open access https://t.co/WKEX3nHoFs

[Lucas Champollion @champoll]

#ESSLLI Would anyone staying at the Adagio like to join me for dinner nearby today? Come meet me at the lobby in half an hour (8:15-8:30pm).