LINGUIST List 14.2796

Thu Oct 16 2003

Calls: Semantics/Germany; Sociolinguistics/Iceland

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  • benz, Games and Decisions in Pragmatics
  • wise_linguist, Language Policy and Standardization

    Message 1: Games and Decisions in Pragmatics

     Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2003 07:08:52 +0000
    From: benz <benzsitkom.sdu.dk>
    Subject: Games and Decisions in Pragmatics


    Games and Decisions in Pragmatics Short Title: GDP

    Date: 24-OCT-03 - 25-OCT-03 Location: Berlin, Germany Contact: Anton Benz Contact Email: benzzas.gwz-berlin.de Meeting URL: http://www.anton-benz.de/gdp/gdp.html

    Linguistic Sub-field: Semantics, Pragmatics

    Call Deadline: 01-SEP-03

    Meeting Description:

    The workshop aims at discussing possibilities and limits of game and decision theory in linguistics. Game and Decision Theory (GDT) are widely used frameworks for modelling rational interacting agents. They are natural candidates if we look for a foundation of linguistic pragmatics. Recently there has been some progress in applying game and decision theory to problems related e.g. to bidirectional optimality theory (OT), Griceian pragmatics and extensions of dynamic semantics (questions, presuppositions). This conference offers an opportunity for discussing possibilities and limits of game and decision theory in linguistics.

    If you intend to participate, please send an e-mail in advance to the organisers.

    Speakers:

    Nicholas Allott: Game theory, communication and radical pragmatics

    Nicholas Asher: tba

    Anton Benz: Learning, Partial Blocking, and the Optimisation of Language Use

    Gerhard Jaeger: The Evolution of Weak Bidirectional OT

    Roger Kibble: Trust and Discourse Structure in a Communication Game

    Prashant Parikh: Speaker Meaning and Conversational Implicatures

    Robert van Rooy: Costly Signalling and conventional meaning: Punishing Deception and Rewarding Underspecification

    Madison Williams: Focal Point Based Equilibrium Selection and the Horn Strategies

    Program: http://www.anton-benz.de/gdp/programme.html

    Organization:

    Hosted by the ZAS Berlin

    Organised by Anton Benz and the Optimality Theory Project at ZAS Contact: benzzas.gwz-berlin.de

    Message 2: Language Policy and Standardization

     Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2003 11:07:45 +0000
    From: wise_linguist <wise_linguistyahoo.fr>
    Subject: Language Policy and Standardization


    Language Policy and Standardization Date: 04-OCT-03 - 04-OCT-03 Location: Reykjavik, Iceland Contact: Ari P�ll Kristinsson Contact Email: aripkismal.hi.is Meeting URL: http://www.ismal.hi.is/Radstefna2003ENS.html

    Linguistic Sub-field: Sociolinguistics Call Deadline: 30-Mar-2004

    Meeting Description:

    Conference on Language Policy and Standardization, Reykjavik, 4 Oct 2003. Arranged by The Icelandic Language Council. Among invited speakers: Ulrich Ammon, Deborah Cameron and Lars Vik�r.

    Language Planning and Language Management in Algeria: a Sociolinguistic Approach