Episode Synopsis "Manfred Krifka on (semantic) universals, cross-linguistic insights, and "The origins of telicity""

This is the second episode of the InterFacing Language podcast. We talked to Manfred Krifka who is Professor of Linguistics at the Humboldt University of Berlin and Director of the Leibniz Centre for General Linguistics (ZAS). This podcast is run by three Master's students at Humboldt University of Berlin; Frederic Blum, Ivona Ilić, and Onur Özsoy. For any suggestions, questions, or feedback, you can write to us at [email protected].

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