christopher piñón

who am i

I am a (postdoctoral) researcher at the Research Institute for Linguistics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (in Hungarian: MTA Nyelvtudományi Intézet) in Budapest.

I also teach two courses in linguistics per semester at the Institute of Germanic Studies (in German: Germanistisches Institut) at Péter Pázmány Catholic University (in Hungarian: Péter Pázmány Katolikus Egyetem) in Piliscsaba (which is around 25 km from Budapest).

research interests

These include aspect (aspectuality, aspectual composition), adverbial modification, agentivity, modality, and ontologies for natural language semantics (in particular, the nature and role of events and actions).

how to contact me

Postal address: Research Institute for Linguistics
Hungarian Academy of Sciences
1068 Budapest
Benczúr u. 33.
Hungary
Telephone: (+36 1) 321 4830 ext. 163 (work; mainly on Tuesdays and Thursdays)
(+36 1) 322 9297 (fax)
(+36 1) 322 5505 (home)
Email address: pinon AT sdf HYPHEN eu DOT org

papers

I have a separate cover page for various papers.

linux-related technical notes

I have another cover page for various technical notes that I've written.

useful links for file handling

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These two sites allow you to create PDF files from PostScript files for free online, using ghostscript. Babinszki world is probably preferable, because it's free of advertisements. However, for a long-term solution, I would recommend simply installing ghostscript on your own machine.

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christopher piñón (pinon AT sdf HYPHEN eu DOT org)
last updated on 24 aug 07

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