Hi!

你好 (hello), my name is Yifan Wu, written as 吴怡凡 in Chinese. I’m a second-year Ph.D. student in Linguistics at Cornell University, where I spend most of my time thinking about how we use and interpret language in real-time. My research interests include psycholinguistics, computational linguistics, and semantics/pragmatics. Right now, I am particularly interested in questions revolving around imprecision, scalar inferences, and adaptation. I am also interested in applying computational methods to better understand incremental themes. If any of this sounds interesting, feel free to check out my work in the Publications and Talks & Presentations tabs above!

I am a member of the Linguistic Meaning (LiMe) Lab under Prof. Helena Aparicio and the Computational Psycholinguistics Discussion Group (C.Psyd) under Prof. Marten van Schijndel.

You can contact me at yw2578@cornell.edu if you would like to chat!

Recently, I’ve taken up skiing ⛷️ and crocheting 🧶 as new hobbies!