SemanticsBabble
Winter 2014
 


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: Friday 2:15-3:30 pm

WHERE: AP&M 4218

CONTACT: Ivano Caponigro, Jonathan Cohen

 
Dates
Babbling about
Material
1/10
  • Organizational meeting
 
1/17
  • Gwen
    It's a modal superlative, of all things
 
1/24 NO MEETING  
1/31
  • Andreas Blume (Arizona)
    Higher-order uncertainty about language
    [i.e., why Lewis and others' worries about the role of common knowledge for felicitous language use are misplaced without conflict of interest]
2/7
  • Special meeting time for the OPEN HOUSE:
    3-3:55 pm
    Babblers introduce themselves to prospective students
    +
    babbling about "Aggressively Non-D-Linked" Wh-Phrases
2/14
  • Gary
    Strategic Conversation
2/21
  • Dave
    What is "Between 2 and 5"?
2/28 NO MEETING  
3/7 NO MEETING  
3/14
  • Gwen
    On at least, at most and between
 
     
In the Spring:    
4/4
4/18  

5/9

 
     

 
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(last update: 03/05/2014 )