SemanticsBabble
Spring 2013
 


WHAT:
A weekly informal discussion group on theoretical and experimental aspects of semantics and related areas such as its interface with syntax, pragmatics, and philosophy of language. Open to any students and faculty. Supported by a grant from the UCSD Center for Humanties.

WHEN: Tuesday 12-1:30 pm

WHERE: AP&M 4218

CONTACT: Ivano Caponigro, Jonathan Cohen

 
Dates
Babbling about
Material
4/2
  • Organizational meeting
 
4/9 NO MEETING  
4/16
  • Daphna Heller (University of Toronto)
    Beyond demonstratives: direct reference in perceptually-grounded descriptions
    [abstract]
 
4/23
  • Gwen
    Focusing on Unlikely Accented Nominals: Context, Alternatives and Implied Expectations
 
4/24
Wed, 1:30-4:20
  • Stephen Crain (Macquarie University)
    On the acquisition of "only" and focus
    Guest lecture at LIGN 232/PSYC 235 in collaboration with SemBabble
 
4/30
  • Andy & Jonathan
    Failure-Free Extrasemantic Content
 
5/7
  • Dave
    On dual
5/14
  • Dave
    On the appearance and disappearance of ignorance implicatures
5/21
  • Gary
    More on scalar implicatures: evidence from experimental work and Bayesian modeling
5/28
  • Patrick
    Three recent approaches to Biscuit Conditionals
 
6/4
  • Gwen
    It can't even take high scope, but it's not an NPI
 

6/11
Tue, Finals week
11:15 am

 

     

 
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(last update: 06/04/2013 )