Alexis Wellwood

  • Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Linguistics, Affiliated faculty to the Cognitive Science Program
  • USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences

Expertise Summary

Expert in word meaning, semantics, linguistic framing, and literal and implied meaning.

Expertise

  • Semantics
  • Meaning
  • Words
  • Sentence meaning
  • Language understanding
  • Cognitive science
  • Philosophy of language
  • Philosophy of mind

Languages

  • English
  • Spanish

Additional Information

  • Principal Investigator on an NSF-funded grant project
  • Director of the Dornsife Meaning Laboratory