LINGUIST List 23.1158: Confs: Philosophy of Lang, Psycholing/USA

LINGUIST List 23.1158
Wed Mar 07 2012 Confs: Philosophy of Lang, Psycholing/USA Editor for this issue: Amy Brunett <brunettlinguistlist.org>
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Date: 07-Mar-2012 From: Alexis Wellwood <wellwoodumd.edu> Subject: Philosophy & Linguistics Colloquium: Events E-mail this message to a friend Philosophy & Linguistics Colloquium: Events Short Title: PHLINC Date: 31-Mar-2012 - 01-Apr-2012 Location: College Park, MD, USA Contact: Alexis Wellwood Contact Email: phlingumd.edu Meeting URL: http://phling.umd.edu/symposia.html Linguistic Field(s): Philosophy of Language; Psycholinguistics Meeting Description: PHLING, a graduate student research group in philosophy and linguistics at the University of Maryland, is hosting its first interdisciplinary research symposium, PHLINC (Philosophy & Linguistics Colloquium) on //events//. We hope to bring together young researchers working on events in philosophy, linguistics and psychology. We aim to relate the discussion of events in these fields, bringing into conversation the work in ontology, logic, semantics, and perception. We will also have two invited speakers: Achille Varzi, of Columbia University, and Paul Pietroski, of the University of Maryland. Registration is free for all who wish to attend. To view the abstracts, register, and get directions on getting to College Park, visit the PHLINC website: http://phling.umd.edu/symposia.html Saturday Mar. 31 9-10 Breakfast & registration 10-10:45 Brendan Ritchie & Chris Vogel, Maryland. Introduction, and: ''Speaking of (and seeing) events.'' 10:45-11:30 Brent Strickland & Brian Scholl, Yale. ''Visual perception involves 'event type' representations: The case of containment vs. occlusion.'' 11:30-11:45 Break 11:45-12:30 Lilia Rissman, Kyle Rawlins, & Barbara Landau, Johns Hopkins. ''Event participants and verbal semantic structure.'' 12:30-1:15 Joshua Hartshorne, Timothy O'Donnell, Yasutada Sudo, Miki Uruwashi, & Jesse Snedeker, Harvard. ''Linking event structure to language: Linguistic universals and variation.'' 1:15-3 Lunch (on your own) 3-4:15 Invited talk: Achille Varzi, Columbia. TBA. 4:15-5 Discussion 6 Dinner party Queensbury house Sunday Apr. 1 9:30-10 Breakfast 10-10:45 Robert Rovetto, University at Buffalo. ''Processing events: toward a specialization of temporally-extended entities.'' 10:45-11:30 Ashley Atkins, Princeton. ''Making progress.'' 11:30-11:45 Break 11:45-12:30 Kaeli Ward, UCLA. ''Durativity in Chechen pluractionality.'' 12:30-1:15 Curt Anderson, Michigan State. ''Dimensions of comparison determine telicity in verbal comparatives.'' 1:15-3 Lunch (on your own) 3-4:15 Invited talk: Paul Pietroski, Maryland. ''Event variables and framing effects'' 4:15-5 Discussion This Year the LINGUIST List hopes to raise $67,000. This money will go to help keep the List running by supporting all of our Student Editors for the coming year. See below for donation instructions, and don't forget to check out Fund Drive 2012 site! http://linguistlist.org/fund-drive/2012/ There are many ways to donate to LINGUIST! You can donate right now using our secure credit card form at https://linguistlist.org/donation/donate/donate1.cfm Alternatively you can also pledge right now and pay later. To do so, go to: https://linguistlist.org/donation/pledge/pledge1.cfm For all information on donating and pledging, including information on how to donate by check, money order, or wire transfer, please visit: http://linguistlist.org/donation/ The LINGUIST List is under the umbrella of Eastern Michigan University and as such can receive donations through the EMU Foundation, which is a registered 501(c) Non Profit organization. Our Federal Tax number is 38-6005986. These donations can be offset against your federal and sometimes your state tax return (U.S. tax payers only). For more information visit the IRS Web-Site, or contact your financial advisor. Many companies also offer a gift matching program, such that they will match any gift you make to a non-profit organization. Normally this entails your contacting your human resources department and sending us a form that the EMU Foundation fills in and returns to your employer. This is generally a simple administrative procedure that doubles the value of your gift to LINGUIST, without costing you an extra penny. Please take a moment to check if your company operates such a program. Thank you very much for your support of LINGUIST! Read more issues\|LINGUIST home page\|Top of issue

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