21.2258, Confs: Philosophy of Lang, Semantics, Pragmatics/Italy

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Subject: 21.2258, Confs: Philosophy of Lang, Semantics, Pragmatics/Italy

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Date: 18-May-2010
From: Salvatore Pistoia-Reda < pistoia.reda at unisi.it >
Subject: Session of Study: At the Semantics/Pragmatics Interface
 

	
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Date: Tue, 18 May 2010 16:03:53
From: Salvatore Pistoia-Reda [pistoia.reda at unisi.it]
Subject: Session of Study: At the Semantics/Pragmatics Interface

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Session of Study: At the Semantics/Pragmatics Interface 

Date: 21-Jun-2010 - 24-Jun-2010 
Location: University of Siena, Italy 
Contact: Salvatore Pistoia-Reda 
Contact Email: pistoia.reda at unisi.it 
Meeting URL: http://spr.altervista.org/site/Implicatures10/Implicatures10.html 

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

Meeting Description: 

The goal of this session of study is to provide participants with an exposure to
recent linguistic and philosophical literature on implicatures. Experimental
data, as well as game-theoretical modeling and theoretical characterization
concerning scalar implicatures, will be discussed by leading figures in the
fields of linguistics and philosophy of language. 

Uli Sauerland (Center for General Linguistics, Berlin)

June 21 
10:00-12:00 and 15:00-17:00 
Aula Cantucci - Santa Chiara College, via Valdimontone,1: Current Work on
Implicatures: An Overview

June 22
10:00-12:00 and 15:00-17:00 
Aula Cantucci - Santa Chiara College, via Valdimontone, 1: Quality and Quantity 
 
Benjamin Spector (Institut Jean Nicod, Paris)

June 23 
10:00-12:00 and 15:00-17:00 
Aula Cantucci - Santa Chiara College, via Valdimontone, 1: The Grammatical
Approach to Scalar Implicatures: Arguments and Counterarguments

June 24 
10:00-12:00 and 15:00-17:00 
Aula Cantucci - Santa Chiara College, via Valdimontone, 1: Exhaustification,
Focus and Economy

Please, check the website for lectures' abstracts and full texts.





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