Mathieu Paillé

University of Calgary

I’m a postdoctoral researcher in linguistics at the University of Calgary. I completed my PhD in 2022 as a Vanier scholar at McGill University. This fall, I will be starting a postdoctoral research position at ZAS.

In my dissertation, I show that the meaning of predicates as intuited in sentences is stronger than their lexical-conceptual meaning, and that the way this strengthening occurs has some special properties. In discussing the semantics of predication and strengthening, I also touch on the topics of additive particles, conjunction, and homogeneity.

In my spare time I enjoy studying languages, social movement organising, and time outdoors. I’m a native French speaker from a minority community in Winnipeg.

Get in touch! mathieu.paille (at) mail.mcgill.ca.

selected publications

  1. LingPhil
    An interaction between logical vocabulary and predicate meanings
    Paillé, Mathieu
    Linguistics and Philosophy 2025
  2. JoS
    Co-predications and the quantificational force of summative predicates
    Paillé, Mathieu
    Journal of Semantics 2024