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Rick Nouwen is an Associate Professor at Utrecht University, specializing in the intersection of language, meaning, and communication. His research focuses on how linguistic communication occurs between humans, as well as between humans and machines. Nouwen's work is rooted in linguistic disciplines such as semantics and pragmatics, with connections to philosophy of language, cognitive science, and artificial intelligence. He has explored various topics including rhetorical figures, processing of anaphoric relations, and the vagueness and intensification in natural language. He has been the editor-in-chief of the Journal Semantics from 2013 to 2021 and currently heads the advisory board for the journal. Nouwen coordinates the research master in Linguistics and lectures in Bachelor and Master programs for Artificial Intelligence. He is the principal investigator for several projects funded by NWO and ERC, focusing on pragmatic processes and discourse, and he leads a research group at the Language and Information Research Institute.
Utrecht University • Utrecht
Teaching and conducting research in areas related to linguistics, semantics, and pragmatics.
Department of Psychology