SemanticsBabble
Winter 2016
 


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.

WHEN: Thursday 3-4pm

WHERE: AP&M 4218

CONTACT: Ivano Caponigro

 
Dates
Babbling about
Material
1/11
  • Organizational meeting
 
1/21
  • Jesse Harris
    How do focus sensitive particles mark their scope? A empirical comparison of 'even' and 'only'
1/28  
2/4
2/11 AVAILABLE  
2/18
  • Gary Patterson
    Inter-comment coherence relations in internet forum discussions
 
2/25
  • Qi Cheng
    How Cantonese speakers distinguish between additive and distributive operators in L2 Mandarin
 
3/3  

3/7
Monday
3-4 pm

  • Open House SemBabble:
    - Ivano's brief intro to SemBabble and the work on semantics and its interfaces in the Ling Dept and other depts
    - each Babbler will briefly introduce themselves, their research interests, and why they find SemBabble useful/interesting
    - an almond poppy seed coffee cake will be served
 
     
     
     

 
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Previous SemanticsBabbles:
 

(last update: 03/07/2016 )