28.687, Calls: Cog Sci, Gen Ling, Pragmatics, Semantics, Syntax/Germany

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Subject: 28.687, Calls: Cog Sci, Gen Ling, Pragmatics, Semantics, Syntax/Germany

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Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2017 19:03:58
From: Viviana Haase [viviana.haase at rub.de]
Subject: Negation and Negativity in Natural Language

 
Full Title: Negation and Negativity in Natural Language 
Short Title: NNNL17 

Date: 27-Apr-2017 - 29-Apr-2017
Location: Bochum, North Rhine Westfalia, Germany 
Contact Person: Viviana Haase
Meeting Email: nnnl17 at rub.de
Web Site: http://www.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/phil-lang/Negation.html 

Linguistic Field(s): Cognitive Science; General Linguistics; Pragmatics; Semantics; Syntax 

Call Deadline: 15-Feb-2017 

Meeting Description:

Negation and negativity are key features of human languages. While negation is
a phenomenon of semantic opposition, negativity addresses a broader spectrum
of phenomena. The investigation of the form and meaning of negation and
negativity in natural language is at the heart of many debates in philosophy,
linguistics, logic and psychology. The aim of this interdisciplinary workshop
is to bring together the various perspectives of negation and negativity and
thereby force the interdisciplinary research on negation and negativity in
natural language.

Topics that may be addressed but are not limited to:

- Comprehension of sentential negation with or without context
- Mental representation of negation and negated concepts
- The syntax-semantics interface of negated sentences
- Compositionality of negation
- Negation in formal semantics
- Negation in logic
- Negativity and negative polarity items
- Non-semantic aspects: negation in morphology, syntax and phonology
- Pragmatics of negation and negativity

Plenary Talks by:

Rachel Giora (Tel Aviv University)
Viviana Haase (Ruhr University Bochum)
Laurence Horn (Yale University)
Barbara Kaup (University Tübingen)
João Marcos (Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte)
Peter Öhl (University Wuppertal)
Maria Spychalska (University Cologne)
Heinrich Wansing (Ruhr University Bochum
Markus Werning (Ruhr University Bochum)


2nd Call for Papers:

We invite authors to submit an abstract of max. 500 words excluding references
in PDF format for a talk of ca. 35 min (including discussion) or for a poster.
Up to one extra page for figures is allowed.

Please use the EasyChair platform for the submission of abstracts:
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=nnnl17

Extended submission deadline: 15 February 2017
Notification of acceptance: End of February 2017

Contact: nnnl17 at rub.de

The five best PhD student submissions can get a refund of travel costs up to
100€.

Childcare can be provided, if you are interested in this option please contact
us.

More information including a list of keynote speakers can be found under:
http://www.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/phil-lang/Negation.html




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