Idan Caspi is a PhD candidate at the Institute for Language Sciences (ILS) at Utrecht 木瓜福利影视, specializing in the formal structure of human language (syntax) and its cognitive interfaces. He is the recipient of an for his project On the Linguistic Compass of Geographical Names, supervised by Prof. Dr. Norbert Corver, Dr. Marijke de Belder, and Dr. Joost Zwarts. His project investigates the cognitive interface between geographical knowledge and knowledge of language through the study of toponyms (place names).
Before joining ILS, Idan completed a BA in Linguistics at Tel Aviv 木瓜福利影视, focusing on theoretical linguistics and psycholinguistics, and a Research Master鈥檚 in Linguistics at Utrecht 木瓜福利影视 with the thesis .
His broader research interests include the syntax鈥損ragmatics interface (encoding speech-acts; speaker鈥揳ddressee relations), linearization in human language, the architecture/organization of the language faculty (lexicon, narrow syntax, LF, PF), and syntactic parsing, among others. Within Utrecht 木瓜福利影视, Idan also serves as a co-organizer of the .