Research

As a linguist, I am interested in semantics and the syntax-semantics interface. More specifically, I investigate the meaning of tense, aspect, and modality. A belief that is woven into my work is the importance of cross-linguistic insights for semantic theory. Along with my native language (English), much of my thinking is informed by my fieldwork on Khalkha Mongolian and Paraguayan Guaraní, and I have the ongoing privilege of collecting semantic data in collaboration with native speakers.

(2025) Knick, Emily. Future reference and covert modality in Khalkha Mongolian. Proceedings of the Linguistic Society of America, 10(1), 5936. [proceedings]

(accepted) Knick, Emily* and Sharf, Eli*. On focus and the perfect aspect. Talk at Sinn und Bedeutung 30, Frankfurt, Germany.