Dr. Jakub Dotlacil

Associate Professor
Language, logic and information
Assistant Professor
Linguistics
j.dotlacil@uu.nl

Publications

2024

Scholarly publications

Lacina, R., & Dotlacil, J. (2024). Grammaticality illusions in Czech: A speeded acceptability study of agreement attraction. In Proceedings of the 46th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society UC Merced. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/86945505
https://research-portal.uu.nl/ws/files/251576207/eScholarship_UC_item_86945505.pdf
Schmitz, T., Winkowski, J., Hoeks, M., Nouwen, R., & Dotlacil, J. (2024). Semantic accessibility and interference in pronoun resolution. Glossa Psycholinguistics, 3(1), 1-58. Article 1. https://doi.org/10.5070/G60111424
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/437725/eScholarship_UC_item_0bv8k263.pdf?sequence=1
Esselink, L., Roelofsen, F., Dotlacil, J., Mende-Gillings, S., de Meulder, M., Sijm, N., & Smeijers, A. (2024). Exploring automatic text-to-sign translation in a healthcare setting. Universal Access in the Information Society, 23(1), 35-57. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10209-023-01042-6
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/437854/s10209-023-01042-6.pdf?sequence=1
Winkowski, J., Dotlacil, J., & Nouwen, R. (2024). Searching for Semantic Distance Effects. Glossa Psycholinguistics, 3(1). https://doi.org/10.5070/G60111681
https://research-portal.uu.nl/ws/files/251576758/eScholarship_UC_item_4128807s.pdf

2023

Scholarly publications

Lacina, R., & Dotlacil, J. (2023). Czech number agreement attraction: Modifying attractors with relative clauses. Poster session presented at Architectures and Mechanisms for Language Processing.
Roelofsen, F., & Dotlacil, J. (2023). Dynamic inquisitive semantics—looking ahead and looking back. Theoretical Linguistics, 49(3-4), 319-337. https://doi.org/10.1515/tl-2023-2017
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/435381/10.1515_tl-2023-2017.pdf?sequence=1
Roelofsen, F., & Dotlacil, J. (2023). Wh-questions in dynamic inquisitive semantics. Theoretical Linguistics, 49(1-2). https://doi.org/10.1515/tl-2023-2001
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/435380/10.1515_tl-2023-2001.pdf?sequence=1
Chromý, J., Lacina, R., & Dotlacil, J. (2023). Number Agreement Attraction in Czech Comprehension: Negligible Facilitation Effects. Open Mind, 2023/7, 802-836. https://doi.org/10.1162/opmi_a_00107
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/435379/opmi_a_00107.pdf?sequence=1

2022

Scholarly publications

Schmitz, T., Dotlacil, J., & Nouwen, R. (2022). Semantic accessibility in presupposition resolution.
https://research-portal.uu.nl/ws/files/147324080/AMLaP2022_Tijn_def.pdf
Chromý, J., & Dotlacil, J. (2022). Čtení vlastním tempem: kritické představení metody. Časopis pro moderní filologii, 104(2), 177-193. https://doi.org/10.14712/23366591.2022.2.2
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/426488/acs.inorgchem.1c03011.pdf?sequence=1
Cremers, A., Coppock, E., Dotlacil, J., & Roelofsen, F. (2022). Ignorance implicatures of modified numerals. Linguistics and Philosophy, 45(3), 683-740. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10988-021-09336-9
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/424355/s10988_021_09336_9.pdf?sequence=1

2021

Scholarly publications

Schmitz, T., Dotlacil, J., & Nouwen, R. (2021). Are Negative Quantifiers Accessible?.
Dotlacil, J. (2021). Semantic Approaches to Number. In P. Cabredo Hofherr, & J. Doetjes (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Grammatical Number Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198795858.013.2
https://research-portal.uu.nl/ws/files/233995278/303217186.pdf
Dotlacil, J., & Roelofsen, F. (2021). A dynamic semantics of single-wh and multiple-wh questions. In Proceedings of SALT 30 (Vol. 30, pp. 376-395). (Semantics and Linguistic Theory). Linguistic Society of America. https://doi.org/10.3765/salt.v30i0.4839
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/420274/4839_8783_2_PB.pdf?sequence=1
Dotlacil, J., & de Haan, P. (2021). Parsing Model and a Rational Theory of Memory. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 1-17. Article 657705. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.657705
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/416221/fpsyg_12_657705.pdf?sequence=1
Brasoveanu, A., & Dotlacil, J. (2021). Reinforcement Learning for Production-Based Cognitive Models. Topics in Cognitive Science, 13(3), 467-487. https://doi.org/10.1111/tops.12546
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/419030/Topics_in_Cognitive_Science_2021_Brasoveanu_Reinforcement_Learning_for_Production_Based_Cognitive_Models.pdf?sequence=1
Dotlacil, J., & Brasoveanu, A. (2021). The representation and processing of distributivity and collectivity: ambiguity vs. underspecification. Glossa, 6(1), 1-22. https://doi.org/10.5334/gjgl.1131
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/416220/download_2_.pdf?sequence=1

2020

Scholarly publications

Brasoveanu, A., & Dotlacil, J. (2020). Donkey anaphora: Farmers and bishops. In The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Semantics https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118788516.sem017
Brasoveanu, A., & Dotlacil, J. (2020). Learning Processing Models. Poster session presented at 33rd Annual CUNY Human Sentence Processing Conference, Amherst, United States.
Dotlacil, J. (2020). How distance and interference affects the resolution of presuppositional antecedents. Paper presented at Processing Presuppositions: Theoretical and Methodological Approaches.
Brasoveanu, A., & Dotlacil, J. (2020). Production-based Cognitive Models as a Test Suite for Reinforcement Learning Algorithms. In Proceedings of the Workshop on Cognitive Modeling and Computational Linguistics (pp. 28-37). Association for Computational Linguistics. https://doi.org/10.18653/v1/2020.cmcl-1.3
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/414830/2020.cmcl_1.3.pdf?sequence=1
Brasoveanu, A., & Dotlacil, J. (2020). Reinforcement Learning for Production-based Cognitive Models. In Proceedings of ICCM 2020
de Koster, A., Spenader, J., Dotlacil, J., & Hendriks, P. (2020). A Multiple Cue Explanation of Collective Interpretations with each. In Proceedings of the 44th Annual Boston University Conference on Language Development (pp. 252-265). Cascadilla Press.
Brasoveanu, A., & Dotlacil, J. (2020). Computational Cognitive Modeling and Linguistic Theory. (Language, Cognition, and Mind). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-31846-8
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/415364/2020_Book_ComputationalCognitiveModeling.pdf?sequence=1
Schmitz, T. P. A., Nouwen, R. W. F., & Dotlacil, J. (2020). Interference in presupposition processing. Poster session presented at Architectures and Mechanisms for Language Processing, Moscow, Russian Federation.
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/415541/AMLAP2019.pdf?sequence=1

2019

Scholarly publications

Brasoveanu, A., & Dotlacil, J. (2019). Quantification. In C. Cummins, & N. Katsos (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Experimental Semantics and Pragmatics
Dotlacil, J., & Roelofsen, F. (2019). Dynamic inquisitive semantics: Anaphora and questions. In Proceedings of Sinn und Bedeutung 23

2018

Scholarly publications

Brasoveanu, A., & Dotlacil, J. (2018). An extensible framework for mechanistic processing models: From representational linguistic theories to quantitative model comparison. In Proceedings of ICCM 2018
Dotlacil, J. (2018). Building an ACT-R Reader for Eye-Tracking Corpus Data. Topics in Cognitive Science. https://doi.org/10.1111/tops.12315
Nouwen, R. W. F., & Dotlacil, J. (2018). Cumulative comparison: experimental evidence for degree cumulation. In The semantics of gradability, vagueness and scale structure: experimental perspectives

2017

Scholarly publications

de Koster, A., Dotlacil, J., & Spenader, J. (2017). Children's Understanding of Distributivity and Adjectives of Comparison. In Proceedings of the 41st Annual Boston University Conference on Language Development
Nouwen, R., & Dotlacil, J. (2017). The scope of nominal quantifiers in comparative clauses. Semantics and Pragmatics, 10. https://doi.org/10.3765/sp.10.15
Alexandropoulou, S., Dotlacil, J., & Nouwen, R. W. F. (2017). Pragmatic effects of 'more than' and 'at least' in incremental interpretation. In Proceedings of the 27th Semantics and Linguistic Theory Conference (pp. 680-699). (Proceedings from Semantics and Linguistic Theory; Vol. 27). LSA. https://doi.org/10.3765/salt.v27i0.4186
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/373727/4186_6628_1_PB.pdf?sequence=1

2016

Scholarly publications

Alexandropoulou, S., Dotlacil, J., & Nouwen, R. W. F. (2016). At least ignorance inferences come at a processing cost: Support from eye movements. In M. Moroney, C.-R. Little, J. Collard, & D. Burgdorf (Eds.), Proceedings of Semantics and Linguistic Theory (SALT) 26 (pp. 795-813). (Semantics and Linguistic Theory; Vol. 26). https://doi.org/10.3765/salt.v26i0.3944
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/347091/ignorance.pdf?sequence=1
Koornneef, A. W., Dotlacil, J., & Sanders, T. J. M. (2016). The influence of linguistic and cognitive factors on the time course of verb-based implicit causality. The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 69(3), 455-481. https://doi.org/10.1080/17470218.2015.1055282
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/345866/verb_based.pdf?sequence=1

Other output

Alexandropoulou, S., Dotlačil, J., & Nouwen, R. W. F. (2016). Processing 'at least' in ignorance contexts is costly: Evidence from eye movements. Poster session presented at 29th Annual CUNY Conference on Human Sentence Processing, Gainesville, Florida, United States.

2015

Scholarly publications

McNabb, Y., Alexandropoulou, S., Nouwen, R. W. F., & Dotlacil, J. (2015). Pragmatic inferences with numeral modifiers: Novel experimental data. In S. D'Antonio, M. Moroney, & C. R. Little (Eds.), Proceedings of 25th Semantics and Linguistic Theory Conference (pp. 533-549) https://doi.org/10.3765/salt.v25i0.3271
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/327836/3271_4474_1_PB.pdf?sequence=1

2012

Scholarly publications

Fiorin, G., Dotlacil, J., & Pagliarini, E. (2012). The Acquisition of Distributivity in Pluralities. In A. K. Biller, E. Y. Chung, & A. E. Kimball (Eds.), BUCLD 36: Proceedings of the 36th annual Boston University Conference on Language Development (pp. 387-399). Cascadilla Press.

2010

Scholarly publications

Dotlacil, J. (2010). Anaphora and distributivity : a study of same, different, reciprocals and others. [Doctoral thesis 1 (Research UU / Graduation UU), Utrecht University]. LOT.
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/44918/dotlacil.pdf?sequence=1
Dotlacil, J. (2010). Distributivity in reciprocal sentences. In M. Aloni, & K. Schulz (Eds.), Amsterdam Colloquium 2009 Springer.

2009

Scholarly publications

Dotlacil, J. (2009). A null theory of long-distance reciprocity. In S. Lima, & K. Mullin (Eds.), Proceedings of NELS 39

2008

Scholarly publications

Dotlacil, J., & Nilsen, O. (2008). 'The others' compared to 'each other' -- Consequences for the Theory of Reciprocity. In Proceedings of SALT XVIII
Asbury, A. R., Dotlacil, J., Gehrke, B., & Nouwen, R. W. F. (2008). Syntax and Semantics of Spatial P. (Linguistik Aktuel/Linguistics Today ed.) John Benjamins.

2007

Scholarly publications

Dotlacil, J. (2007). Clitic omission in Czech as across-the-Board extraction. In M. Docekal, & P. Karlik (Eds.), Czech in Generative Grammar LINCOM.
Gehrke, B., & Dotlacil, J. (2007). Proceedings of the Second Syntax AiO meeting in Utrecht 2005. UiL OTS Working Papers 2006. http://www-uilots.let.uu.nl/research/Publications/Gehrke%20and%20%20Dotlacil%20Sam2.htm
Dotlacil, J. (2007). Why clitics cannot climb out of CP: a discourse approach. In R. Compton, & M. Goledzinowsk (Eds.), Proceedings of Formal Approaches to Slavic Linguistics: The Toronto Meeting 2006, 15 (pp. 76-94). Michigan Slavic Publications.

2005

Scholarly publications

Dotlacil, J. (2005). Non-local binding in Slavic languages and restructuring. In S. Blaho, & L. Vicente (Eds.), Proceedings of Console XIII (pp. 1-16) http://www.sole.leidenuniv.nl/index.php3?m=14&c=24