Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
SUMMARY of research interests (100 words)
My overarching research interest is in how we learn about the world through language and how we communicate successfully, how is it that can people make sense of the signs and sounds an other person is making. Communication relies on more than producing and understanding words; there is a lot of meaning that we need to infer beyond what a speaker has chosen to say.
I am interested in questions about:
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how listeners make sense of the things people say?
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how speakers choose what to say?
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what processes underlie inferencing?
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what is the developmental trajectory of inferencing across the lifespan?
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how do our expectations shape communication?
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Why are you telling me this? The availability and timing of relevance inferences
Rees, A., Reksnes, V. R. S. & Rohde, H., 30/04/2026, In: Journal of Memory and Language. 148, 104741.Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review
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Aligning to what I don't say: Structural alignment and pragmatic inferencing
Rees, A., 6/09/2025.Research output: Contribution to conference - Without ISBN/ISSN › Poster › peer-review
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Does native speaker status influence comprehenders' guesses about the informativity of upcoming utterances?
Reksnes, V. R. S., Rees, A., Cummins, C. & Rohde, H., 17/09/2025.Research output: Contribution to conference - Without ISBN/ISSN › Poster › peer-review
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Producing implicatures: audience design or pragmatic priming?
Rees, A., 19/09/2025.Research output: Contribution to conference - Without ISBN/ISSN › Poster › peer-review
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Anticipating informativity in child-directed vs. adult-directed utterances
Reksnes, V. R. S., Rees, A., Cummins, C. & Rohde, H., 7/09/2024.Research output: Contribution to conference - Without ISBN/ISSN › Poster › peer-review
Activities
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Pint of Science
Rees, A. (Organiser), Haywood, K. (Speaker) & Greyling, E. (Speaker)
10/05/2026 → 12/05/2026Activity: Other activity types › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Festival/Exhibition
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ICDL Family Fun Day
Fiske, A. (Organiser), Stewart, H. (Contributor), Johns, E. (Contributor), Kaduk, K. (Contributor), Messenger, K. (Contributor), Lany, J. (Contributor), Rees, A. (Contributor), Dunn, K. (Contributor), Wang, S.-C. (Contributor), Westermann, G. (Contributor), Prenevost, M. (Contributor), Chen, X. (Contributor), Blair, L. (Contributor), O'Hanlon, B. (Contributor), Greyling, E. (Organiser), Morrison, N. (Organiser), Li, X. (Contributor), Griffiths, M. (Contributor), Smith, E. (Contributor) & Willow, H. (Contributor)
26/07/2025Activity: Other activity types › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Festival/Exhibition
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Pint of Science
Rees, A. (Organiser), Morrison, N. (Organiser), Haywood, K. (Speaker) & Greyling, E. (Speaker)
19/05/2025 → 21/05/2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Festival/Exhibition/Concert
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Scalar and Ad‑Hoc Implicatures in Second‑Language Speakers.
Mazzaggio, G. (Speaker), Rees, A. (Speaker) & Bott, L. (Speaker)
26/09/2024 → 27/09/2024Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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Pint of Science
Rees, A. (Organiser), Morrison, N. (Organiser), Haywood, K. (Organiser) & Greyling, E. (Organiser)
13/05/2024 → 15/05/2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Festival/Exhibition/Concert
Press/Media
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STEMMing the Leaky Pipeline: A “Pride in Science” special
Greyling, E., Rees, A., Mezeli, M., Grant, J. A. & Johnson, C.
27/06/25
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Newspaper Article
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Lancaster and Morecambe to host ‘Pint of Science’ festival, bringing cutting-edge research to local venues
6/05/25
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Newspaper Article