LINGUIST List 22.2009 Tue May 10 2011 Calls: Semantics, Pragmatics, Syntax, Discourse Analysis/Netherlands Editor for this issue: Alison Zaharee <alisonlinguistlist.org> LINGUIST is pleased to announce the launch of an exciting new feature: Easy Abstracts! Easy Abs is a free abstract submission and review facility designed to help conference organizers and reviewers accept and process abstracts online. Just go to: http://www.linguistlist.org/confcustom, and begin your conference customization process today! With Easy Abstracts, submission and review will be as easy as 1-2-3! Directory         1.     Anna Chernilovskaya , Workshop on Degree Semantics and its Interfaces Message 1: Workshop on Degree Semantics and its Interfaces Date: 10-May-2011 From: Anna Chernilovskaya <a.chernilovskayauu.nl> Subject: Workshop on Degree Semantics and its Interfaces E-mail this message to a friend Full Title: Workshop on Degree Semantics and its Interfaces Date: 05-Sep-2011 - 05-Sep-2011 Location: Utrecht, Netherlands Contact Person: Anna Chernilovskaya Meeting Email: < click here to access email > Web Site: http://www.hum.uu.nl/sub16/satellite.html Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis; Pragmatics; Semantics; Syntax Call Deadline: 20-May-2011 Meeting Description: The semantics of degree is one of the core topics of formal semantics. The goal of this workshop is to shed light on this topic by inviting contributions focusing on one of the many interfaces with the semantics of gradability and degree. We invite submissions for presentations for a one-day workshop on degree semantics and its interfaces, organised as a satellite event to Sinn und Bedeutung 16 at Utrecht University. The workshop will take place on September 5, 2011, right before Sinn und Bedeutung. Final Call for Papers: Topics include but are not limited to: - Syntactic aspects of degree constructions and their relation to meaning (e.g. the syntax of comparison, the distribution of degree modifiers) - Degree and discourse (e.g. degree anaphora, rhetorical aspects of intensification) - Pragmatics of degrees (e.g. exclamation and speech act theory, expressiveness in degree constructions, pragmatic constraints on degree, the role of context-dependence) - Interface of degree semantics and intonation, in particular the relation between intonation and degree intensification - Syntactico-semantic generalisations of cross-linguistic variation in the domain of degree, especially the study of degree-related phenomena in understudied languages Important Dates: - Deadline for abstract submission: May 20 - Notification of acceptance: June 3 - Workshop dates: September 5 Abstract Submission: - Abstracts should be anonymous, in the form of a PDF file and should be at most 2 pages long. - Abstracts should be sent to the following email address: degreesatsubgmail.com For more information: - Email contact: degreesatsubgmail.com Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 10-May-2011       About LINGUIST    |   Contact Us       While the LINGUIST List makes every effort to ensure the linguistic relevance of sites listed on its pages, it cannot vouch for their contents.