Mal Shah

I'm a first-year PhD student in Linguistics at the University of Maryland, where I am advised by Jeff Lidz and Alexander Williams. I work mostly on syntax and its interface with semantics, with a focus on event- and argument-structure, as well as how linguistic meaning interacts with cognition at large in quantification. Besides that, I maintain an interest in the philosophy of language, especially in 'meaning internalism'. I help organize Maryland's Syntax Lab.

Before coming to Maryland, I studied at St. Hugh's College, Oxford (2019-2022), where I was advised by Matt Husband. I read Philosophy and Linguistics BA, for which I was awarded a Congratulatory First Class.

The best way to reach me is by email: mpshah at umd dot edu.

You can also find me on Twitter with the handle @compositiomal. I would have preferred the handle "compositiomality" for the true rhyme allowed by the stress-shifting 'ity' affix; alas, this is too many characters for the system.