Simon Charlow

Simon Charlow joins the FAS as Associate Professor of Linguistics. He specializes in formal and computational semantics with his overarching goal being to understand the relationship between linguistic form and meaning. Using tools from mathematics, logic, and computer science, he studies patterns or formal motifs that are ubiquitous but latent in models of how linguistic structure is compositionally associated with meaning. Treating these patterns as first-class objects, worthy of study in their own right, serves as a powerful engine for new theories and new predictions. He received his PhD from NYU in 2014. Before joining Yale, he was an Associate Professor at Rutgers University.