Sigrid Beck Explained

Sigrid Beck
Alma Mater:	University of Tübingen (PhD)
Discipline:	Linguistics
Sub Discipline:	Semantics
Doctoral Advisor:	Arnim von Stechow
Website:	Tübingen faculty page

Sigrid Beck is a linguist and professor in the Department of English at the University of Tübingen. She researches semantics, in particular on areas including questions, plurals, and focus.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Biography

Beck earned her PhD in linguistics at the University of Tübingen in 1996 with a dissertation entitled, "Wh-constructions and Transparent Logical Form." She has worked at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, the University of Connecticut, Universität Potsdam, and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in before taking up her current position at the University of Tübingen.

Awards

In 2022, Beck was elected to the Academia Europaea.

Selected publications

• Beck . Sigrid . Intervention Effects Follow from Focus Interpretation* . Natural Language Semantics . 1 March 2006 . 14 . 1 . 1–56 . 10.1007/s11050-005-4532-y . 44269046 . 19 May 2023 . en . 1572-865X.
• Beck . Sigrid . Quantified structures as barriers for LF movement . Natural Language Semantics . 1 January 1996 . 4 . 1 . 1–56 . 10.1007/BF00263536 . 122961166 . 19 May 2023 . en . 1572-865X.
• Beck . Sigrid . Johnson . Kyle . Double Objects Again . Linguistic Inquiry . January 2004 . 35 . 1 . 97–123 . 10.1162/002438904322793356 . 18749803 . 19 May 2023 . 0024-3892.
• Beck . Sigrid . Rullmann . Hotze . A Flexible Approach to Exhaustivity in Questions . Natural Language Semantics . 1 September 1999 . 7 . 3 . 249–298 . 10.1023/A:1008373224343 . 118685556 . 19 May 2023 . en . 1572-865X.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Prof. Dr. Sigrid Beck - Universität Tübingen . uni-tuebingen.de . 19 May 2023.
2. Web site: Academy of Europe: Beck Sigrid . www.ae-info.org . 19 May 2023.
3. Web site: Sigrid Beck Semantic Scholar . 2023-05-19 . www.semanticscholar.org . en.