Daphna Heller (Ph.D. Rutgers University, 2005) is Associate Professor of Linguistics. Her research examines issues in semantics and pragmatics from the perspective of cognitive science; specifically, how language is produced and interpreted in real time, within the rich context of a conversation. She directs the Toronto Language Processing Lab (TLPL), which conducts interactive conversational studies, some using eye-tracking. Dr. Heller has collaborated with linguists, psychologists and computer scientists, and her work has been published in venues across a broad range of fields, including Linguistics and Philosophy, Journal of Semantics, Cognition and Cognitive Science.
Sessions in which Daphna Heller participates
Friday 29 May, 2026
Theme : Linguistic perspectives on reasoning and decision-making
- Introduction
- Conversation without common ground
- Mental states, questions and the Multiple Perspectives Theory of communication
- What's in common ground? Studies on the omission and inclusion of redundant information
- Common Ground, Acceptance, and Conversation Plans
- Panel of the session
- Poster session
ReferencesHeller, D. and Brown-Schmidt, S. (2023), The Multiple Perspectives Theory of Mental States in Communication. Cognitive Science, 47: e13322. https://doi.org/10.1111/cogs.13322Daphna Heller, Sarah Brown-Schmidt; Mental states are the essence of pragmatics: questions, answers and the Multiple Perspectives Theory of communication. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci