Sophia Nauta is a PhD candidate the Leiden University Centre for Linguistics. She is currently researching quantity expressions cross-linguistically.

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Fields of interest

I am working on cross-linguistic semantics, with a particular interest in the mass/count distinction.

Research

My research is part of the NWO project "On the representation of quantity: how our brains shape language" (Prof. J.S. Doetjes). My research focusses on the mass/count and how quantity expressions cross-linguistically interact with this distinction. I am particularly interested in those expressions that only combine with mass nouns (e.g. Dutch 'een beetje' or French 'un peu').   For my PhD, I am collecting new cross-linguistic data to gain insight into both the variation as the universal patterns found cross-linguistically.

Grants and awards

My research is part of the NWO project "On the representation of quantity: how our brains shape language" (Prof. J.S. Doetjes)

Curriculum Vitae

2016-2019: BA in Liberal Arts and Sciences at University College Utrecht (Utrecht University)
2019-2022: ResMA in Linguistics at Leiden University
2023-present: PhD candidate at Leiden University