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Dr. Rick Nouwen

Associate Professor 
Humanities
Department of Languages, Literature and Communication
Linguistics
Linguistics
 
Humanities
Institute for Language Sciences
Language, logic and information
Language, logic and information
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Kamer 2.12
3512 JK Utrecht

Dr. Rick Nouwen

Associate Professor
Linguistics
Language, logic and information
+31 30 253 8313
r.w.f.nouwen@uu.nl
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Profile CV Publications Activities Prizes Research Teaching Contact
Research areas

Highlighted publications

Nouwen, R. W. F. (2003). Complement Anaphora and Interpretation. Journal of Semantics, 20(1), 73-113. http://www3.oup.co.uk/semant/hdb/Volume_20/Issue_01/
Geurts, B., & Nouwen, R. W. F. (2007). At least et al.: the semantics of scalar modifiers. Language, 83(3), 533-559.
Nouwen, R. W. F. (2010). Two kinds of modified numerals. Semantics and Pragmatics, 3(3), 1-41.
Nouwen, R. W. F., & Bylinina, E. G. (2018). On "zero" and semantic plurality. Glossa, 3(1).
Janssen, C. P., Nouwen, R. W. F., Overvliet, K. E., Adriaans, F. W., Stuit, S. M., Deoskar, T., & Harvey, B. M. (2020). Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary teaching in the Utrecht AI program: Why and how? IEEE Pervasive Computing, 19(2), 63-68. https://doi.org/10.1109/MPRV.2020.2977741
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/396531/Multidisciplinary_and_Interdisciplinary_Teaching_in_the_Utrecht_AI_Program_Why_and_How.pdf?sequence=2
Nouwen, R. W. F., Brasoveanu, A., van Eijck, J., & Visser, A. (2016). Dynamic Semantics. In Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Schmitz, T., Dotlacil, J., Nouwen, R., Winkowski, J., & Hoeks, M. (2024). Semantic accessibility and interference in pronoun resolution. Glossa Psycholinguistics, 3(1), 1-58. Article 1. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0bv8k263
Nouwen, R. (2024). The semantics and probabilistic pragmatics of deadjectival intensifiers. Semantics and Pragmatics, 17(2), 1-40. Article 1. https://doi.org/10.3765/sp.17.2

Publications

2024

Scholarly publications

Nouwen, R. (2024). The semantics and probabilistic pragmatics of deadjectival intensifiers. Semantics and Pragmatics, 17(2), 1-40. Article 1. https://doi.org/10.3765/sp.17.2
Schmitz, T., Dotlacil, J., Nouwen, R., Winkowski, J., & Hoeks, M. (2024). Semantic accessibility and interference in pronoun resolution. Glossa Psycholinguistics, 3(1), 1-58. Article 1. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0bv8k263

2023

Scholarly publications

Winkowski, J., Dotlacil, J., & Nouwen, R. (2023). Searching for Semantic Distance Effects. Manuscript submitted for publication.

2022

Scholarly publications

Schmitz, T., Dotlacil, J., & Nouwen, R. (2022). Semantic accessibility in presupposition resolution.
Nouwen, R. (2022). Unknown numbers. In N. Gotzner, & U. Sauerland (Eds.), Measurements, Numerals and Scales: Essays in Honour of Stephanie Solt (pp. 231–246). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-73323-0_12
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/426126/978_3_030_73323_0_12_1_.pdf?sequence=1

2021

Scholarly publications

Schmitz, T., Dotlacil, J., & Nouwen, R. (2021). Are Negative Quantifiers Accessible?.

2020

Scholarly publications

Nouwen, R. W. F., Berghoff, R., Bylinina, E. G., & McNabb, Y. (2020). Degree modification across categories in Afrikaans. Language Variation and Change, 20(1), 102-135. https://doi.org/10.1075/lv.17004.ber
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/409591/lv.17004.ber.pdf?sequence=1
Nouwen, R. W. F., & Bylinina, E. G. (2020). Numeral Semantics. Language & Linguistics Compass, 14(8). https://doi.org/10.1111/lnc3.12390
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

Professional publications

Janssen, C. P., Nouwen, R. W. F., Overvliet, K. E., Adriaans, F. W., Stuit, S. M., Deoskar, T., & Harvey, B. M. (2020). Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary teaching in the Utrecht AI program: Why and how? IEEE Pervasive Computing, 19(2), 63-68. https://doi.org/10.1109/MPRV.2020.2977741
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/396531/Multidisciplinary_and_Interdisciplinary_Teaching_in_the_Utrecht_AI_Program_Why_and_How.pdf?sequence=2

2019

Scholarly publications

Nouwen, R. W. F. (2019). Scalar vagueness regulation and locative reference. Snippets, 37, 74. Article 29. https://doi.org/10.7358/snip-2019-037-nouw

2018

Scholarly publications

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
Nouwen, R. W. F., & Alexandropoulou, S. (2018). Experimental work on the Semantics and Pragmatics of Modified Numerals. In Handbook of Experimental Semantics and Pragmatics Oxford University Press.
Nouwen, R. W. F. (2018). A note on positive and negative evaluative adjectives. In A coat of many colours: Festschrift for Dany Jaspers
Nouwen, R. W. F. (2018). Free choice and distribution over disjunction: the case of free choice ability. Semantics and Pragmatics, 11(4).
Nouwen, R. W. F., & Bylinina, E. G. (2018). On "zero" and semantic plurality. Glossa, 3(1).

2017

Scholarly publications

Nouwen, R. W. F. (2017). Nothing to add. In Festschrift for Jan van Eijck
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/373728/jan.pdf?sequence=1
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
Nouwen, R. W. F. (2017). The scope of nominals in comparatives. Semantics and Pragmatics, 10, Article 15. https://doi.org/10.3765/sp.10.15

2016

Scholarly publications

McNabb, Y., Alexandropoulou, S., Blok, D., Bimpikou, S., & Nouwen, R. W. F. (2016). The likelihood of upper-bound construals among numeral modifiers. Proceedings of Sinn und Bedeutung , 20. https://ojs.ub.uni-konstanz.de/sub/index.php/sub/article/view/277
Nouwen, R. W. F., Brasoveanu, A., van Eijck, J., & Visser, A. (2016). Dynamic Semantics. In Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
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
Dotlacil, J., & Nouwen, R. W. F. (2016). The comparative and degree pluralities. Natural Language Semantics, 24(1), 45–78. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11050-015-9119-7
Nouwen, R. W. F. (2016). Plurality. In M. Aloni (Ed.), Cambridge Handbook of Semantics Cambridge University Press.

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

Nouwen, R., & Chernilovskaya, A. (2015). Two types of wh-exclamatives. Linguistic Variation Yearbook, 15(2), 201-224. https://doi.org/10.1075/lv.15.2.03nou
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
Nouwen, R. W. F., & Chernilovskaya, A. (2015). Two types of exclamatives. Linguistic Variation Yearbook, 15(2), 201-224. https://doi.org/10.1075/lv.15.2
Nouwen, R. W. F. (2015). Presuppositions of superlatives with neg-raisers. Snippets, 30(2), 7-8. Article 2. https://doi.org/10.7358/snip-2015-030-nouw
Blok, D., Alexandropoulou, S., McNabb, Y., Bimpikou, S., & Nouwen, R. W. F. (2015). The extent of upper-bound construals among different modified numerals. Unpublished. In MXPRAG
Nouwen, R. W. F. (2015). Modified numerals: the epistemic effect. In L. Alonso-Ovalle, & P. Menendez-Benito (Eds.), Epistemic Indefinites: Exploring Modality Beyond the Verbal Domain (pp. 244-266). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199665297.003.0011

Other output

McNabb, Y., Alexandropoulou, S., Nouwen, R. W. F., Bimpikou, S., & Blok, D. (2015). The degree of upper bound in modified numerals. Paper presented at 27th European Summer School in Logic, Language and Information (ESSLLI 2015), Barcelona, Spain.
Blok, D., Alexandropoulou, S., Nouwen, R. W. F., Bimpikou, S., & McNabb, Y. (2015). The degree of upper-bound construals among different modified numerals: A crosslinguistic and experimental investigation. Poster session presented at Sinn und Bedeutung, Tübingen, Germany.
Blok, D., Alexandropoulou, S., McNabb, Y., Nouwen, R. W. F., & Bimpikou, S. (2015). The likelihood of upper-bound construals among different modified numerals. Poster session presented at XPRAG, Chicago, United States.

2014

Scholarly publications

Nouwen, R. (2014). A note on the projection of appositives. In E. McCready, K. Yabushita, & K. Yoshimoto (Eds.), Formal approaches to semantics and pragmatics: Japanese and beyond (pp. 205-222). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-8813-7_10

2013

Scholarly publications

Nouwen, R. W. F. (2013). Best nogal aardige middenmoters: de semantiek van graadadverbia van het midden-bereik. Nederlandse taalkunde, 18(2), 204-214.

2012

Scholarly publications

Aguilar Guevara, A., Chernilovskaya, A., & Nouwen, R. W. F. (2012). Proceedings of Sinn und Bedeutung 16. MIT Working Papers in Linguistics.

2011

Scholarly publications

Nouwen, R. W. F. (2011). Degree modifiers and monotonicity. In P. Egré, & N. Klinedinst (Eds.), Vagueness and Language Use Palgrave McMillan.
Kamoen, N., Holleman, B. C., Nouwen, R. W. F., Sanders, T. J. M., & van den Bergh, H. H. (2011). Absolutely relative or relatively absolute? The linguistic behavior of gradable adjectives and degree modifiers. Journal of Pragmatics, 43(15), 3639-3892. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pragma.2011.05.017
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/258826/JOP.pdf?sequence=1
Nouwen, R. W. F., van Rooij, R., Sauerland, U., & Schmitz, H. C. (2011). Introduction. In R. W. F. Nouwen, R. van Rooij, U. Sauerland, & H. C. Schmitz (Eds.), Vagueness and Communication Springer.
Nouwen, R. W. F., & Elenbaas, M. (2011). Linguistics in the Netherlands 2011. Benjamins.
Chernilovskaya, A., & Nouwen, R. W. F. (2011). On wh-exclamatives and noteworthiness. In M. Aloni, V. Kimmelman, F. Roelofsen, G. Sassoon, K. Schulz, & M. Westera (Eds.), Logic, Language, and Meaning: 18th Amsterdam Colloquium Revised Selected Papers (pp. 271-280). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31482-7_28
Nouwen, R. W. F., van Rooij, R., Sauerland, U., & Schmitz, H. C. (2011). Vagueness and Communication. Springer.

2010

Scholarly publications

Nouwen, R. W. F. (2010). What's in a quantifier? In M. Everaert, T. Lentz, H. de Mulder, O. Nilsen, & A. Zondervan (Eds.), The Linguistic Enterprise (pp. 235-256). Benjamins.
Nouwen, R. W. F. (2010). Two puzzles of requirement. In M. Aloni, H. Bastiaanse, T. de Jager, & K. Schulz (Eds.), Logic, Language and Meaning: 17th Amsterdam Colloquium Springer.
Nouwen, R. W. F. (2010). Two kinds of modified numerals. Semantics and Pragmatics, 3(3), 1-41.
van Kampen, N. J., & Nouwen, R. W. F. (Eds.) (2010). Linguistics in the Netherlands 2010. (Linguistics in the Netherlands; Vol. 27). John Benjamins. https://doi.org/10.1075/avt.27

Other output

Nouwen, R. W. F. (2010). A quantificational characterisation of the locative/directional distinction in space and time. Paper presented at STALDAC: Space and Time across Languages, Disciplines and Cultures, Cambridge, United Kingdom.

2009

Scholarly publications

Nouwen, R. W. F. (2009). Two puzzles of requirements. In M. Aloni, & K. Schulz (Eds.), Pre-proceedings of the Amsterdam Colloquium 2009
Nouwen, R. W. F. (2009). Two kinds of modified numerals. In T. Solstad, & A. Riester (Eds.), Proceedings of Sinn und Bedeutung 13

2008

Scholarly publications

Nouwen, R. W. F. (2008). Directional numeral quantifiers: the case of up to. In T. Friedman, & S. Ito (Eds.), Proceedings of Semantics and Linguistic Theory XVIII CLC Publications.
Nouwen, R. W. F. (2008). Upper-bounded no more: the exhaustive interpretation of non-strict comparison. Natural Language Semantics, 16(4), 271-295.
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

Nouwen, R. W. F. (2007). On dependent pronouns and dynamic semantics. Journal of Philosophical Logic, 36(2), 123-154.
Nouwen, R. W. F. (2007). On Appositives and Dynamic Binding. Research on Language and Computation, 5(1), 87-102.
Geurts, B., & Nouwen, R. W. F. (2007). At least et al.: the semantics of scalar modifiers. Language, 83(3), 533-559.

2006

Scholarly publications

Nouwen, R. W. F. (2006). Remarks on the polar orientation of 'almost'. In J. van de Weijer, & B. Los (Eds.), Linguistics in The Netherlands (pp. 162-173). John Benjamins.

2005

Scholarly publications

Nouwen, R. W. F. (2005). Review: Semantics/Pragmatics: Bultinck (2005). Linguist List, 16.3586. http://linguistlist.org/issues/16/16-3586.html
Nouwen, R. W. F. (2005). Review: Pragmatics/Psycholing: Noveck & Sperber (2004). Linguist List, 16.1518. http://linguistlist.org/issues/16/16-1518.html
Nouwen, R. W. F. (2005). Monotone Amazement. In P. Dekker, & M. Franke (Eds.), Proceedings of the Fifteenth Amsterdam Colloquium (pp. 167-172). ILLC.

2004

Professional publications

Everaert, M. B. H., Dimitriadis, A., & Nouwen, R. W. F. (Accepted/In press). Third Annual Report Language Typology Resiurces Centre HPRI-CT-2001-40028. Landelijke Onderzoekschool Taalwetenschap.
Everaert, M. B. H., Dimitriadis, A., & Nouwen, R. W. F. (Accepted/In press). Final report Language Typology Resources Centre HPRI-CT-2001-40028. Landelijke Onderzoekschool Taalwetenschap.

2003

Scholarly publications

Nouwen, R. W. F. (2003). Complement Anaphora and Interpretation. Journal of Semantics, 20(1), 73-113. http://www3.oup.co.uk/semant/hdb/Volume_20/Issue_01/
Nouwen, R. W. F. (2003). Plural pronominal anaphora in context: dynamic aspects of quantification. [Doctoral thesis 1 (Research UU / Graduation UU), Utrecht University]. LOT. https://dspace.library.uu.nl/handle/1874/630

2001

Scholarly publications

Nouwen, R. W. F. (2001). A plural resolution logic. In K. Striegnitz (Ed.), Proceedings of the sixth ESSLLI student session (pp. 227-238). ESSLLI 13.
Nouwen, R. W. F. (2001). Complement set reference. In M. Steedman, & I. Kruijff-Korbayova (Eds.), Information Structure, Discourse Structure and Discourse Semantics, Workshop Proceedings (pp. 115-127). ESSLI 13.

1999

Scholarly publications

Nouwen, R. W. F. (1999). DPL with control elements. In P. Dekker (Ed.), Proceedings of the Twelfth Amsterdam Colloqium (pp. 193-198). Institute for Logic Language and Computation, UvA.

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