32.723, Summer Schools: Anaphora and Presuppositions / Germany

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LINGUIST List: Vol-32-723. Fri Feb 26 2021. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 32.723, Summer Schools:  Anaphora and Presuppositions / Germany

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Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2021 16:17:25
From: Clemens Mayr [clemens.steiner-mayr at uni-goettingen.de]
Subject: Anaphora and Presuppositions / Germany

Anaphora and Presuppositions

Host Institution: University of Göttingen, Germany
Website: https://www.uni-goettingen.de/de/621647.html

Dates: 30-Aug-2021 - 04-Sep-2021
Location: Göttingen, Lower Saxony, Germany

Focus: Four renowned researchers from outside Göttingen each teach one four-day-long course  (Monday to Thursday) on anaphora and presuppositions with local faculty providing comments and input for discussion. The language of instruction is English. There are both theoretical and experimental courses covering the topic from cross-linguistic and cross-modular perspectives. On Friday and Saturday an international workshop on the topic will take place. For this workshop an open call will be issued. The students accepted to the fall school are encouraged to submit abstracts for the workshop. They are guaranteed a poster presentation as a minimum. Moreover, the fall school will feature a social and cultural program. The faculty for the fall school includes:

Cornelia Ebert (University of Frankfurt)
Gurmeet Kaur (University of Göttingen)
Clemens Mayr (University of Göttingen)
Hazel Pearson (Queen Mary)
Jacopo Romoli (Ulster University)
Markus Steinbach (University of Göttingen)
Yasutada Sudo (University College London)
Hedde Zeijlstra (University of Göttingen)
Minimum Education Level: BA

Special Qualifications:
Students with at least a BA in linguistics or a closely related field can apply; background in formal semantics/pragmatics is an asset.

Description:
The fall school brings together research on two broad empirical phenomena:
anaphora and presuppositions. At one point, these phenomena were seen to be
subject to similar constraints and therefore necessitate parallel accounts, in
particular in the literature on DRT/dynamic semantics. This view has lost some
of its appeal over the years due to the observation that certain fundamental
assumptions found in the literature are not fully explanatory. Because of
these diverging paths in accounting for the properties of the two kinds of
phenomena, the mentioned parallelisms between them have not been satisfyingly
treated. Recently, the debate how closely anaphora and presuppositions are
related has therefore resurfaced.

Linguistic Field(s): Linguistic Theories
                      Pragmatics
                      Psycholinguistics
                      Semantics

Tuition Explanation: There are no participation fees for this fall school.

Financial Aid: Applications accepted until 21-Mar-2021
International students will be accommodated in single rooms at Leine-Hotel close to the town center. Their accommodation costs are fully covered. Moreover, there is the possibility for (partial) reimbursement of travel costs for international students.

Financial Aid Instructions:
Each international applicant will be considered for financial aid.

Registration: Open until 21-Mar-2021

Contact Person: Jessica Fenske-Schöbitz
                Email: jessica.fenske at uni-goettingen.de

Apply by Email: jessica.fenske at uni-goettingen.de

Registration Instructions:
Send a short, at most one-page CV and a half page describing why you would
like to be part of this fall school (preferably in one document) by March 21,
2021 to the email address provided. Applicants will be notified of acceptance
in the first half of April 2021.

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