Andreas Walker Education Work experience Publications (peer

Andreas Walker
Education
2013 – current
PhD in Linguistics, University of Konstanz
09/2015 – 12/2015
Visiting scholar, University of California, Santa Cruz
08/2014
European Summer School in Logic, Language and Information (ESSLLI)
University of Tübingen, Aug 11–22
2010 – 2013
M.A. Linguistics, University of Konstanz
Thesis: Soft Presupposition Triggers
2007 – 2010
B.A. Literature-Art-Media, University of Konstanz
Thesis: Digitalisierung mittelalterlicher Handschriften
Work experience
2013 – current
Researcher, University of Konstanz
2011 – 2012
Graduate Library Trainee, University of Essex
2009 – 2011
Student assistant, Library of the University of Konstanz
2009
2 month library internship, University of Konstanz
2008 - 2013
Student assistant, University of Konstanz
Department of Linguistics
Publications (peer reviewed)
to appear
Walker, A. & M. Romero. High and low readings in indicative donkeys. To appear in
Proceedings of Sinn und Bedeutung 20.
2015
Walker, A. & M. Romero. Counterfactual donkeys. A strict conditional analysis. In
Proceedings of Semantics and Linguistic Theory 25, 288–307.
2014
Walker, A. A D-type theory solution to the proportion problem. In de Haan, R. (ed.)
Proceedings of the ESSLLI 2014 Student Session, 165–176.
2012
Walker, A. Focus, uniqueness and soft presupposition triggers. In Aloni et al. (eds.) Logic,
Language and Meaning. Proceedings of the 18th Amsterdam Colloquium, 460–469.
Other publications
2013
Walker, A. Soft Presupposition Triggers. MA Thesis, University of Konstanz.
2010
Walker, A. Digitalisierung mittelalterlicher Handschriften. Am Beispiel des Codex
Sangallensis 18. BA Thesis, University of Konstanz.
Presentations
2015
“High and low readings in counterfactuals”, talk at the Syntax & Semantics Circle,
University of California, Santa Cruz. December 4.
2015
“Two ways to catch a (counterfactual) donkey”, talk at the Syntax & Semantics Circle,
University of California, Berkeley. October 30.
2015
“Counterfactual donkeys and the modal horizon”, talk at Sinn und Bedeutung 20, University
of Tübingen. September 9 – 12.
2015
“Counterfactual donkeys: a strict conditional analysis”, poster at Semantics and Linguistic
Theory 25, University of California, Stanford. May 15 – 17.
2014
“A D-type theory solution to the proportion problem”, talk at the ESSLLI 2014 Student
Session, University of Tübingen. August 11 – 22.
2011
“Focus, uniqueness and soft presupposition triggers”, talk at the 18th Amsterdam Colloquium,
University of Amsterdam. December 19 – 21.
Teaching
Co-taught
Winter 2014/15
Linguistic Methods: An Introduction, University of Konstanz
Three sessions on propositional logic
Primary instructor: Prof. Dr. Bettina Braun
Teaching assistant
2008 – 2015
Pragmatics I
Primary instructor: Prof. Dr. Brian Leahy
Semántica del Español
Primary instructor: Prof. Dr. Maribel Romero
Semantics I
Primary instructor: Dr. Doris Penka
Semantics I
Primary instructor: Prof. Dr. Maribel Romero
Semantics III: Introduction to formal semantics for MA and LA
Primary instructor: Prof. Dr. Maribel Romero
Scholarships and Awards
2015 – current
Dissertation scholarship, German National Academic Foundation
2014
Springer Best Presentation Award, ESSLLI Student Session 2014
2013
VEUK e.V. prize in Linguistics (for the MA degree)
2007 – 2013
Scholarship, German National Academic Foundation
2012
Rothaus AG study prize (for the BA thesis)
2006
Scheffel prize
Service
2016 – current
PhD student representative, faculty council of the linguistics department
2015
Reviewer, Theoria. An International Journal for Theory, History and Foundations of Science
2013
Student representative, job search committee for a W1 position in Pragmatics, Linguistics
Department, University of Konstanz
2012 – current
Student representative, senate committee for IT and library services (AKI)
2012 – 2013
Student representative, faculty council of the linguistics department
2011
Student representative, job search committee for a W1 position in Art History,
literature department
2010 – 2011
Student representative, senate committee for IT an library services (AKI)
2008 – 2010
Student representative, various committees of the literature department
2000 – current
Various positions with the Bund der Pfadfinderinnen und Pfadfinder e.V. (German Scout
Association), leading teams and training team leaders