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    • Ions in Electrically Conductive and Insulating Metal-Organic-Frameworks: Transport and Energy Storage 

      Su, Alice Yue (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2025-09)
      Ion transport in metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) is attracting increasing attention since ions can be easily incorporated into porous MOF structures as guest species, promising a variety of possible applications. While ...

    • Plurals of politeness and the morphosyntax of number 

      Sinha, Yash (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2025-09)
      Many languages use plural pronouns to address (and refer to) single individuals with politeness or honorification. In some languages, these plurals of politeness (PoPs) show mixed agreement, triggering plural agreement on ...

    • Oddness under Discussion 

      Hénot-Mortier, Adèle (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2025-09)
      At a broad level, this dissertation's main claim is that many cases of pragmatic oddness do not stem from assertions alone, but rather from their interaction with the questions they implicitly evoke. Felicitous assertions, ...