Full Title: Theoretical and Experimental Pragmatics (Th-XPRAG) workshop
Short Title: Th-XPRAG workshop

Date: 21-Feb-2024 - 21-Feb-2024
Location: Pavia, Italy
Contact Person: Luca Bischetti
Meeting Email: [email protected]
Web Site: https://sites.google.com/iusspavia.it/igg49/pre-conference-workshop

Linguistic Field(s): Pragmatics
Subject Language(s): English (eng)

Call Deadline: 10-Dec-2023

Meeting Description:

We are happy to announce the Theoretical and Experimental Pragmatics (Th-XPRAG) workshop, which will be held at the University School for Advanced Studies IUSS Pavia (Italy) on February 21, 2024 as a satellite event of the 49th edition of the Incontro di Grammatica Generativa (IGG49).
 
Th-XPRAG aims at bringing together scholars working in the fields of theoretical and experimental pragmatics, to promote the harmonization of theoretical and empirical investigation about pragmatic facts. Given its link with the IGG conference, the Th-XPRAG workshop also aims at promoting the dialogue between pragmatics and formal approaches to language.
 
The invited speaker of the Th-XPRAG workshop is Robyn Carston (University College London).
 
In addition to Robyn Carston as invited speaker, the workshop will host a number of oral and poster presentations.
 
The workshop is organized by the Neurolinguistics and Experimental Pragmatics Lab (NEP) at IUSS Pavia under the auspices of the XPRAG.it research network (http://www.xpragit.com/) and is funded by the ERC project “PROcessing MEtaphors: Neurochronometry, Acquisition and DEcay (PROMENADE)” (https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101045733).
 
Further information on the Th-XPRAG workshop, including submission procedures, can be found here: https://sites.google.com/iusspavia.it/igg49/pre-conference-workshop
 
The main event, the IGG,  is a conference that brings together contributions on theoretical aspects of syntax, semantics, morphology, and phonology within the framework of generative grammar, and has almost reached its half-a-century anniversary. The invited speakers of this year’s edition are: Ghislaine Dehaene-Lambertz; Richard S. Kayne; Cecilia Poletto; Hedde Zeijlstra. Further information on IGG49 can be found here: https://sites.google.com/iusspavia.it/igg49

Call for Papers:

The Call for Papers for the Th-XPRAG workshop is already open.
Papers are invited in the fields of theoretical and experimental pragmatics. Topics include the inferential processes supporting pragmatic competence, its status within the mind architecture, and its fragility in developmental, neurological, neurodegenerative, and psychiatric populations. Formal and computational approaches to pragmatics are also very welcome.

Deadline for submission: December 10, 2023.

Looking forward to seeing you in Pavia!
 
The Th-XPRAG Workshop Organizers
Valentina Bambini, Chiara Barattieri di San Pietro, Luca Bischetti