I am a fourth year PhD student (graduating 2027) in Linguistics at the University of Maryland. My advisors are Jeff Lidz and Alexander Williams.

My work so far has focused on:

• Syntax and semantics
  I am especially interested in quantification, ellipsis, and degree constructions. I have also been interested in event semantics, tense and modality, and questions.

• 'Internalist' experimental semantics
  I run psychophysical experiments to investigate how we understand quantifiers, building on what is known in the cognitive science of vision and number.

• Comparative Indic linguistics
  Specifically, I look at the morphosyntax and semantics of Gujarati and Hindi. Here I have worked on questions, ellipsis, auxiliaries, and tense and modality.

Before coming to Maryland, I read Philosophy and Linguistics BA, at St. Hugh's College, Oxford (2019-2022), for which I was awarded a Congratulatory First. My advisor during my undergraduate degree was Matt Husband.

The best way to reach me is by email:

mpshah at umd dot edu

If I don't reply within a few days, please feel free to remind me!