David Ian Beaver | |
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Education | University of Edinburgh |
Occupation(s) | Linguist Professor |
Notable work | Presupposition and Assertion in Dynamic Semantics |
David Ian Beaver is a professor of linguistics and philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin, where he also directs the cognitive science program and serves as Graduate Studies Advisor of the Human Dimensions of Organizations Master's program.[1][2][3] His work concerns the semantics and pragmatics of natural language, including, in particular, research on presupposition, anaphora, topic and focus.[4]