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<p class="U-2-MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;">Please circulate! </span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;">*****</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;">Workshop on formal semantics and pragmatics of sign languages </span></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;">at the Amsterdam Colloquium. </span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;">*****</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;">Over the last 60 years sign languages (SL) have received considerable attention from linguists, including formal linguists. However, to date formal semantics and pragmatics has barely
been applied to SL. The few available studies suggest that SL data can have serious theoretical consequences. For instance, role shift appears to be an instantiation of context shift, but the form it takes in SL may challenge the concept of context shift as applied to spoken languages. This workshop aims to bring together researchers interested in formal semantics and pragmatics and how this works out in SL. It will emphasize the importance of applying independently motivated formal approaches to the study of sign languages.</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;">Invited speaker: Philippe Schlenker (Institut Jean-Nicod, Paris and New York University)</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;">Organizers: Vadim Kimmelman, Roland Pfau, Anne Baker. </span></span><br /><span
style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;">The workshop is a part of the Amsterdam Colloquium. It will consist of the talk given by the invited speaker and 4 regular presentations. The deadline for submissions is Septermber 1 2011 (also see below). </span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;">For any questions concerning the workshop contact Vadim Kimmelman (v.kimmelman at <a href="redirect.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fuva.nl;href=1" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0a83bf;">uva.nl</span></a>, vadimkmm at <a href="redirect.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Frambler.ru;href=1" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0a83bf;">rambler.ru</span></a>). </span></span><br /><strong><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span
style="font-size: small;">_____________________________________</span></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></strong><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span><strong><span> </span> </strong>18th Amsterdam Colloquium</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;">19/21 December 2011</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span>Invited Speakers</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;">• Irene Heim (MIT)</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;">• Donka Farkas (University of California, Santa Cruz)</span></span><br /><span
style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;">• Seth Yalcin (University of California, Berkeley)</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;">• Chung-chieh Shan (Rutgers University)</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span>Workshop on formal semantics and pragmatics of sign languages</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;">• Philippe Schlenker (Institut Jean-Nicod, Paris and New York University)</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span>Workshop on inquisitiveness</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span
style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;">• Manfred Krifka (Humboldt University, Berlin)</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span>Workshop on semantic evidence</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;">• Richard Breheny (University College London)</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;">• Bart Geurts (University of Nijmegen)</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;">Abstracts are due September 1, 2011. For submission
details:</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica;" lang="NL"><a href="redirect.cgi?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwebmail.uva.nl%2Fowa%2Fredir.aspx%3FC%3Dc5866374f48f490e8b160e16eeaa4d70%26URL%3Dhttp%253a%252f%252fwww.illc.uva.nl%252fAC%252fAC2011%252f;href=1" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #606420; font-size: small;">http://www.illc.uva.nl/AC/AC2011/</span></span></a></span><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;">Organizing Committee 18th Amsterdam Colloquium</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;">ILLC / Department of Philosophy, University of Amsterdam</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;">Science Park 904, 1098 XH
Amsterdam, The Netherlands</span></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica;" lang="NL">tel: +31 20 5254537, fax: +31 20 5255206, mailto: <a href="redirect.cgi?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwebmail.uva.nl%2Fowa%2Fredir.aspx%3FC%3Dc5866374f48f490e8b160e16eeaa4d70%26URL%3Dmailto%253am.d.aloni%2540uva.nl;href=1" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000ff;">m.d.aloni@uva.nl</span></a></span></span></p><p> </p>
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