28.4447, Calls: Gen Ling, Morphology, Pragmatics, Semantics, Syntax/India

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Subject: 28.4447, Calls: Gen Ling, Morphology, Pragmatics, Semantics, Syntax/India

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Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2017 12:20:35
From: Renuka Ozarkar [hi.renuka at linguistics.mu.ac.in]
Subject: Topics in the Interface between Syntax, Semantics and Pragmatics

 
Full Title: Topics in the Interface between Syntax, Semantics and Pragmatics: Asserting, Asking and Answering 

Date: 03-Jan-2018 - 13-Jan-2018
Location: University of Mumbai, Maharashtra, India 
Contact Person: Avinash Pandey
Meeting Email: avinash at linguistics.mu.ac.in
Web Site: http://www.gian.iitkgp.ac.in//files/brochures/BR1507267401Dr_Pandey_Brochure_2017.pdf 

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

Call Deadline: 15-Nov-2017 

Meeting Description:

The Department of Linguistics, University of Mumbai has organized a Lecture
Series on ''Topics in the interface between Syntax, Semantics and Pragmatics:
Asserting, Asking and Answering'' under the GIAN programme. In this Lecture
Series, Prof. Veneeta Dayal, Department of Linguistics, Rutgers University,
USA will be delivering lectures. Over the ten days, several topics such as
Syntax-Semantics-Pragmatics Interface and cross-linguistic variation, Logical
Form, Number morphology and interpretation, Complementation, Scope-marking,
Wh-movement, Weak islands and Pied-piping, Pair-list reading, Long-distance
lists, Mention-all and Mention-some answers, role of prosody in interpretation
and various kinds of questions and their form and meanings will be covered. 

The Lecture-Series has two dictinct but related foci: 

a. Even though the primary language from which data and motivation for
theoretical claims is provided is English, effort is made to place the core
insights within a broader cross-linguistic framework. For this reason, in this
Lecture Series data from South Asian languages will be presented. Participants
will be encouraged to test hypotheses and predictions in their own languages. 

b. The second focus has to do with the syntax-semantics map. The syntactic
framework adopted in this lecture series utilizes the level of syntax known as
Logical Form. A model-theoretic, truth-conditional semantics interprets these
disambiguated structures. 

The Lecture Series will also involve class presentations by the participants
in which they will present their attempts at implementing the concepts
discussed in the lectures to the data from their languages. Evaluation of the
participants will be made on the basis of these presentations. 

For the Fee-structure and other details, please visit the url:
http://www.gian.iitkgp.ac.in//files/brochures/BR1507267401Dr_Pandey_Brochure_2
017.pdf


Call for Papers:

All aspiring participants must submit a statement of purpose for participating
in this Lecture Series in utmost 800-1000 words (excluding the references).
This statement must be submitted by e-mail to avinash at linguistics.mu.ac.in on
or before 15 of November, 2017. The selected participants will be intimated on
or before 20 of November, 2017.




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