Appel: Genericity: Interpreation and Uses (Conference I)

[Thierry Hamon]

Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:04:24 +0100
From: David NICOLAS <dnicolas at gmx.net>
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CFP: Genericity: Interpreation and Uses (Conference I)

May 11-12-13, 2009
ENS (Ecole Normale Supérieure)
Paris - France
http://www.genericity.ens.fr

Invited Speakers
Nicholas Asher (IRIT / University of Texas at Austin)
Ariel Cohen (Ben Gurion University)
Francis Corblin (Université Paris Sorbonne)
Veneeta Dayal (Rutgers University)
Carmen Dobrovie-Sorin (CNRS / Paris VII)
Manfred Krifka (ZAS Berlin)
Christopher Piñón (Université Lille III)

Call for Papers

Since the publication of the collective work 'The Generic Book'
(Carlson & Pelletier (ed.), 1995), research on genericity has
developed in various directions. The principal merit of 'The Generic
Book' was to establish a unified terminology, which paved the way for
very detailed and specific studies, whose results are intended to be
cumulative.  Since then, much of the research has focused on
syntactic, semantic and pragmatic issues and important advances have
been made in each of these fields and at their interfaces. The goal of
the conference is to bring together theoreticians of different
horizons articulating linguistic issues with logical and philosophical
ones.  The conference welcomes papers on different languages clearly
articulating empirical and formal issues, including but not limited to
the following topics:

- ILP SLP distinction
- Kind terms
- Generic Determiners
- Generic Quantification
- Focus
- Frequency Adverbs
- GEN / HAB distinction
- Dispositions
- Tense and Aspect in generic sentences
- Free choiceness and genericity
- Genericity and modality

Selection Committee
Nicholas Asher (CNRS/Austin Texas)
Claire Beyssade (Institut Jean Nicod CNRS/ENS/EHESS)
Ariel Cohen (Ben-Gurion University)
Francis Corblin (Paris IV Sorbonne)
Veneeta Dayal (Rutgers University)
Carmen Dobrovie-Sorin (LLF Paris VII)
Brenda Laca (Université Paris VIII)
Alda Mari (Institut Jean Nicod CNRS/ENS/EHESS)
David Nicolas (Institut Jean Nicod CNRS/ENS/EHESS)
Christopher Piñón (Université Lille III)
Benjamin Spector (Institut Jean Nicod CNRS/ENS/EHESS)
Isidora Stojanovic (Institut Jean Nicod CNRS/ENS/EHESS)

Organization Committee
Claire Beyssade (Institut Jean Nicod CNRS/ENS/EHESS)
Alda Mari – Chair - (Institut Jean Nicod CNRS/ENS/EHESS)
David Nicolas (Institut Jean Nicod CNRS/ENS/EHESS)

Abstract Submission
Anonymous abstracts in pdf format not exceeding 2 pages with standard
1 inch margins on all sides, including examples, figures and
references, are to be sent to GenerictyConference at gmail.com

One single authored and a co-authored abstract can be
submitted. Please include in the body of the mail the following
information:

- Author(s)
- Title of the abstract
- Affiliation(s)
- E-mail Address

Important Dates
Submission Deadline: January 31st
Notification: March 1st

Sponsors
This conference opens the ANR Project ‘Genius: 
Genericity Interpretation and Uses’.

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