17.1421, Confs: Cognitive Science/Semantics/Brussels, Belgium

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Subject: 17.1421, Confs: Cognitive Science/Semantics/Brussels, Belgium

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Date: 04-May-2006
From: Mikhail Kissine < mkissine at ulb.ac.be >
Subject: Utterance Interpretation and Cognitive Models 

	
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Date: Mon, 08 May 2006 16:54:25
From: Mikhail Kissine < mkissine at ulb.ac.be >
Subject: Utterance Interpretation and Cognitive Models 
 



Utterance Interpretation and Cognitive Models 

Date: 23-Jun-2006 - 24-Jun-2006 
Location: Brussels, Belgium 
Contact: Mikhail Kissine 
Contact Email: mkissine at ulb.ac.be 

Linguistic Field(s): Cognitive Science; Philosophy of Language; Pragmatics; Semantics 

Meeting Description: 

Among the central issues in the philosophy of language, the determination of the content conveyed by sentences on the occasion of their utterance is certainly one that is of major importance to linguists and cognitive scientists. Over the years, a modicum of agreement has emerged as to what aspects of utterance meaning pertain to the most pragmatic layers of interpretation. The focus of the debate has now moved to issues like the literal, truth-conditional or propositional content of utterances: is it entirely a matter for semantics to deal with, or does pragmatics affect that content (and, if so, to what extent)? Around these issues, several major positions have emerged, ranging from so-called 'radical contextualism' (pragmatics massively impacts on truth-conditional content) to equally radical 'semantic minimalism' (there is no such pragmatic impact), through 'moderate contextualism' and 'truth relativism'.

While the debate is still raging, we have thought it useful take a step back and look at how the various theories fit, or can be made to fit, into general models of cognition. We have gone on the assumption that compatibility with a plausible cognitive framework is a legitimate goal for linguistic inquiry. In other words, we endorse the view that theories of language (and language use) should be prepared to commit themselves to any conception of the human mind with which they are compatible.

We hope that the Brussels workshop will offer an opportunity for language scholars to present their views on the mechanisms underpinning the interpretation of (certain aspects of) utterances. Our expectation is that putting these issues in the light of broader psychological assumptions should clarify the debate about the semantics/pragmatics distinction and provide a fresh perspective for the evaluation of the different schools of thought that attempt to answer the tough question: how much of the meaning of expressions must be accounted for by semantics, and how much by pragmatics?

The following keynote speakers have confirmed their participation:
Herman Cappelen (University of Oslo)
Marc Dominicy (Université Libre De Bruxelles)
François Recanati (Institut Jean Nicod, CNRS Paris)
Deirdre Wilson (University College London) 

UTTERANCE INTERPRETATION 
& COGNITIVE MODELS 
Brussels, 23-24 June 2006

Provisional program

FRIDAY, JUNE 23

9.30-10.30		
Keynote lecture:
DEIRDRE WILSON (University College London)
TBA

10.45-11.25		
ELISABETTA LALUMERA (Università degli studi di Bologna)
More than words

11.25-12.05	        
MATTHIAS WEISGERBER & WILHELM GEUDER (Universität Konstanz)
Conceptual models and utterance interpretation: a case study from movement verbs

14.15-15.15		
Keynote lecture:
MARC DOMINICY (Université Libre de Bruxelles)
Evocation and the typology of concepts

15.30-16.10		
GALIT W. SASSOON (Tel Aviv University)
Category structure, context, and truth conditions

16.10-16.50		
PETER BOSCH (University of Osnabrueck)
Predicate indexicality

17.05-17.55		
MARK JARY (Roehampton University)
Interpreting explicit performatives: a cognitive perspective

17.45-18.25		
CLAUDIA GRAF (Johann Wolfgang-Goethe Universität Frankfurt)
All raising declaratives are attributive? A reply to Gunlogson

SATURDAY, JUNE 24

10.00-11.00		
Kenynote lecture:
FRANÇOIS RECANATI (Institut Jean Nicod)
 Pragmatics and logical form

11.15-11.55		
BART GEURTS & NAUSICAA POUSCOULOUS (University of Nijmegen & Institut Jean Nicod)
Local implicatures?

11.55-12.35	        
IRA NOVECK & CORALIE CHEVALIER (Institut des Sciences Cognitives, Lyon)
Semantic and then pragmatic influences in enriching the meaning of 'and'

14.45-15.45	        
Keynote lecture:
HERMAN CAPPELEN (University of Oslo)
Relativism, pluralism, and semantic blindness

16.00-16.40		
MARINA TERKOURAFI (University of Cambridge)
What use is 'what is said'?

16.40-17.20		
FERNANDO MARTÍNEZ-MANRIQUE & AGUSTÍN VICENTE (Universidad de Granada &Universidad de Valladolid)
On the testability of minimalist theories

17.20-18.00		
STEFANO PREDELLI (University of Nottingham)
Communicated content and logical relations. The explanatory role of the   
semantics/pragmatics distinction
 
contact person: mkissine at ulb.ac.be





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