Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Visiting and Research Positions
(2013-Present) Chancellor's Fellow, LEL, University of Edinburgh
(2011-2013) Research Associate, SFB 673, Faculty of Linguistics and Literary Studies, Bielefeld University
Teaching
2015-: Statistics and Experimental Design (LASC10033), University of Edinburgh
2015-2016: Experimental Pragmatics (LASC10087 / LASC11126), University of Edinburgh
2014: Psycholinguistics (LASC10035 / LASC11038), University of Edinburgh
2013: (with J. P. de Ruiter) Course on Computational Approaches to the Pragmatics Problem, ESSLLI 2013, Düsseldorf
2013: Course on Introductory Statistics with R, Bielefeld University
2012-13: (with J. P. de Ruiter) Course on Experimental Pragmatics, Bielefeld University
2011: Supervising for Pembroke-King's Programme, University of Cambridge
2010-11: Supervising for Linguistics Tripos (Structures and Meanings), University of Cambridge
Qualifications
(2001-05) BA Hons (1st Class) Trinity College, University of Cambridge
(2007-08) MPhil, English and Applied Linguistics (distinction), RCEAL, University of Cambridge
(2008-11) PhD, RCEAL, University of Cambridge
Websites
Education/Academic qualification
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Cambridge
Award Date: 1 Jan 2005
English and Applied Linguistics, Master of Philosophy (MPhil), University of Cambridge
2007 → 2008
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Comparing morphosyntactic and semantic-pragmatic competence in Polish-English bilinguals: Towards language-neutral assessment
Miękisz, A., Cummins, C., Öztürk, Ö., Haman, E. & Katsos, N., 2026, In: Applied Psycholinguistics. 47, p. 1-18 18 p., e23.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Why the small mug? Modifier-informed reasoning in reference interpretation
Cheuk, K., Rohde, H. & Cummins, C., 2026. 56 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Other › peer-review
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Noncooperative communication
Cummins, C., Feb 2025, In: Annual Review of Linguistics. 11, p. 35-52Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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From semantic structure to conventionalization: Exploring scalar diversity in quantifier scales
Katzir, N. & Cummins, C., 2025, In: International Review of Pragmatics. 17, 1, p. 122-152 31 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Redundant scalar implicatures
Alhuwayshil, A. H., Cummins, C. & Rohde, H., 2025. 3 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review
Open Access
Activities
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Psychic linguistics?
Cummins, C. (Assessor)
Oct 2023Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Inferences about implicatures
Cummins, C. (Assessor)
Jan 2023Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Lies, damned lies, and argumentative expressions of quantity
Cummins, C. (Assessor)
Dec 2022Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Multimodality Talk Series
Zhao, S. (Invited speaker) & Cummins, C. (Assessor)
Dec 2022Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Emotionality is not tied to the native language in bilinguals
Sorace, A. (Speaker) & Cummins, C. (Speaker)
31 Aug 2022Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
Projects
- 9 Finished
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Pragmatic priming in children: from comprehension to production
Rees, A. (Principal Investigator) & Cummins, C. (Co-investigator)
1/11/19 → 31/08/22
Project: Research
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Pragmatic priming in children: from comprehension to production
Rees, A. (Principal Investigator) & Cummins, C. (Co-investigator)
1/11/19 → 7/04/23
Project: Research
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SPRINT: Speech Prosody in Interaction: The form and function of intonation in human communication
Cummins, C. (Principal Investigator)
1/10/19 → 30/09/24
Project: Research
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SPRINT: Speech Prosody in Interaction: The form and function of intonation in human communication
Cummins, C. (Principal Investigator)
1/10/19 → 30/06/25
Project: Research
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PPLS Small Project Grant: “Language of lifesaving” invited symposium for big-data grant planning
Cummins, C. (Principal Investigator)
29/05/19 → 29/05/19
Project: University Awarded Project Funding
Datasets
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Verbal risk descriptors in patient information leaflets: Communicating risk of Covid-19 vaccination side-effects
Rothacker, N. (Creator) & Cummins, C. (Creator), Edinburgh DataShare, 22 Oct 2021
DOI: 10.7488/ds/3154
Dataset
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Pragmatics of contrastive stress: experimental recordings
Rohde, H. (Creator) & Cummins, C. (Creator), Edinburgh DataShare, 21 Oct 2015
DOI: 10.7488/ds/315, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01779
Dataset
Press/Media
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How to decode the word 'alright' as a tourist in the UK
12/07/26
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
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Chris Cummins offers expert analysis of family law
30/09/16
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment