16.1231, Confs: Semantics/Brussels, Belgium

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LINGUIST List: Vol-16-1231. Mon Apr 18 2005. ISSN: 1068 - 4875.

Subject: 16.1231, Confs: Semantics/Brussels, Belgium

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Date: 14-Apr-2005
From: Mikhail Kissine < mkissine at ulb.ac.be >
Subject: One-Day Workshop on Semantics 

	
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Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 21:23:53
From: Mikhail Kissine < mkissine at ulb.ac.be >
Subject: One-Day Workshop on Semantics 
 

One-Day Workshop on Semantics 

Date: 27-May-2005 - 27-May-2005 
Location: Brussels, Belgium 
Contact: Mikhail Kissine 
Contact Email: mkissine at ulb.ac.be 

Linguistic Field(s): Semantics 

Meeting Description: 

The workshop is a small international meeting that brings together researchers
in the field of semantics of natural languages. A more specific focus is placed
on the interplay between the semantic and pragmatic factors. 

One-Day Workshop on Semantics
27th of May 2005
Free University of Brussels,
Laboratoire de Linguistique Textuelle et de Pragmatique Cognitive

Program
 
9.45 am - 10.45 am:  Svetlana Vogeleer, Institut Libre Marie Haps / Laboratoire
de linguistique textuelle et de pragmatique cognitive, Université Libre de Bruxelles

''Generic'' plural indefinites: a comparison with generic plural definites and
singular indefinites

10.45 am - 11.00 am:  Coffee Break

11.00 am - 12.00 am:  Katarzyna M. Jaszczolt, University of Cambridge, UK

Variadic function and pragmatics-rich representation structures for
propositional attitude reports

12.00 am - 14.00 pm:  Lunch break

14.00 pm - 15.00 pm:  Philippe de Brabanter, Institut Jean-Nicod, France

Metalinguistic anaphora and givenness

15.00 pm - 16.00 pm:  Bart Geurts, University of Nijmegen, Netherlands

Scalar modifiers

16.00 pm - 16.20:  Coffee break

16.20 pm - ­17.20 pm:  Fabienne Martin, Laboratoire de linguistique textuelle et
de pragmatique cognitive, Université Libre de Bruxelles

Weak and Strong Causatives

17.20 pm - 18.20 pm:  Mikhail Kissine, Laboratoire de linguistique textuelle et
de pragmatique cognitive, Université Libre de Bruxelles

Illocutionary negation, illocutionary disjunction and conditional speech acts:
towards a presuppositional account

Venue: campus du Solbosh, avenue Héger, Building U, door B, first floor, room
UB2.141

Contact e-mail: mkissine at ulb.ac.be

The participation is free





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