LINGUIST List 14.3555

Mon Dec 22 2003

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  • djamal benslimane, 6th International Conference on Flexible Query Answering Systems
  • Bart Geurts, Implicature and Conversational Meaning

    Message 1: 6th International Conference on Flexible Query Answering Systems

    Date: 16-Dec-2003
    From: djamal benslimane <djamal.benslimaneiuta.univ-lyon1.fr>
    Subject: 6th International Conference on Flexible Query Answering Systems


    6th International Conference on Flexible Query Answering Systems 24-Jun-2004 - 26-Jun-2004 Lyon, France

    The FQAS 2004 website is now open for submission of abstracts and papers: http://www.fqas2004.org

    IMPORTANT DATES

    Abstract submission: December 28, 2003 Paper submission: January 4, 2004 Notification: February 18, 2004 Camera ready submission: March 20, 2004

    A selected number of FQAS 2004 accepted papers will be expanded and revised for possible inclusion in Journal of Intelligent Information Systems by Kluwer, Information Processing & Management by Elsevier, and Journal of Logic, Language and Information by Kluwer.

    Djamal Benslimane Pr. Djamal BENSLIMANE Laboratoire LIRIS IUT A Informatique Universit� Claude Bernard Lyon 1 B�timent Nautibus 8, boulevard Niels Bohr 69622 Villeurbanne cedex France

    Email: djamal.benslimaneiuta.univ-lyon1.fr

    Message 2: Implicature and Conversational Meaning

    Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 16:55:25 +0100
    From: Bart Geurts <bart.geurtsphil.kun.nl>
    Subject: Implicature and Conversational Meaning


    CALL FOR PAPERS

    Implicature and Conversational Meaning http://www.phil.kun.nl/implicatures

    16-Aug-2004 - 20Aug-2004 Nancy, France

    Organised as part of the European Summer School on Logic, Language and Information

    ESSLLI 2004 (http://esslli2004.loria.fr/) 9-20 August, 2004 in Nancy

    Workshop Organizers: Bart Geurts (bart.geurtsphil.kun.nl) Rob van der Sandt (robphil.kun.nl)

    Workshop Purpose: The central notion that dominated linguistic pragmatics since the early seventies is Grice's notion of conversational implicature. It is based on the insight that, by means of general principles of rational communication, we may convey more with the use of a sentence than just its conventional meaning. What is actually conveyed depends on the utterance situation, the linguistic context, and the goals and preferences of the interlocutors. Hence, what is actually meant may deviate in various ways from what is literally said. Over the last few years there is a renewed interest in Gricean pragmatics from different theoretical perspectives. This comprises work in a dynamic framework, non-monotonic reasoning, and optimality and game theoretic approaches. The workshop aims to provide a forum for advanced PhD students and researchers to present and discuss their work with colleagues and researchers who work in the broad subject areas represented at ESSLLI.

    Submission details: Authors are invited to submit a 2-page abstract before March 5, 2004. The following formats are accepted: pdf, (plain) latex, and rtf. Please send your submission electronically to: bart.geurtsphil.kun.nl

    Submissions will be reviewed by the workshop's programme committee, which consists of Reinhard Blutner (Amsterdam), Gennaro Chierchia (Milan), Larry Horn (Yale), Francois Recanati (Paris), and the organisers.

    Local Arrangements: All workshop participants are required to register for ESSLLI. The registration fee for authors presenting a paper will be the same as the early student/workshop speaker registration fee.

    Important Dates: Submissions: March 5, 2004 Notification: April 19, 2004 ESSLLI early registration: May 1, 2004 Preliminary programme: April 23, 2004 Final programme: June 25, 2004 Workshop: August 16-20, 2004