LINGUIST List 15.558

Thu Feb 12 2004

Calls: General Ling/France; Phonology/Greece

Editor for this issue: Andrea Berez <andrealinguistlist.org>

As a matter of policy, LINGUIST discourages the use of abbreviations or acronyms in conference announcements unless they are explained in the text.

To post to LINGUIST, use our convenient web form at http://linguistlist.org/LL/posttolinguist.html.

Directory

  • Bart Guerts bart.geurts, Implicature and Conversational Meaning
  • Carlos Gussenhoven c.gussenhoven, International Conference on Tone and Intonation

    Message 1: Implicature and Conversational Meaning

     Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2004 11:27:01 -0500 (EST)
    From: Bart Guerts bart.geurts <Bart>
    Subject: Implicature and Conversational Meaning


    Implicature and Conversational Meaning Date: 16-Aug-2004 - 20-Aug-2004

    Nancy, France

    Contact Name: Bart Guerts Contact email: bart.geurtsphil.kun.nl Conference URL: http://www.phil.kun.nl/implicatures

    Linguistic Subfield: General Linguistics

    Call Deadline: 05-Mar-2004

    Meeting Description: 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.

    Call for Papers:

    FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS

    Implicature and conversational meaning

    http://www.phil.kun.nl/implicatures

    16-20 August, Nancy

    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 workshopcommittee, 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

    Message 2: International Conference on Tone and Intonation

     Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2004 11:27:14 -0500 (EST)
    From: Carlos Gussenhoven c.gussenhoven <Carlos>
    Subject: International Conference on Tone and Intonation


    International Conference on Tone and Intonation

    9-Sep-2004 - 11-Sep-2004 Massaria, Santorini, Greece

    Contact name: Carlos Gussenhoven Contact email: tieconferencelet.kun.nl Conference URL: http://www.let.kun.nl/tie

    Linguistic Subfield: Phonology

    Call Deadline: 1-Mar-2004

    Meeting Description:

    The International Conference on Tone and Intonation will be held at the Santorini Image Hotel in Massaria (Santorini, Greece), 9-11 September 2004. The conference is the closing event of a three-year scientific exchange programme funded by the European Science Foundation as the Network 'Tone and Intonation in Europe' (TIE). The aim of the network has been to stimulate and coordinate research on the prosody of European languages and language varieties, with special emphasis on languages that feature lexical tone. The workshops have been devoted to tonogenesis, experimental procedures, and typology, and have attempted to embed the discussion of the European languages in a global typological perspective.

    The conference intends to close off the Network programme in the same spirit, and will thus include contributions dealing with European as well as non-European languages. While there will be a preference for papers on the interaction between intonation and lexical tone, typologically, historically and psycholinguistically oriented work, including brain imaging research, on either tone or intonation is welcomed.

    Second call for abstracts and registration announcement

    International Conference on Tone and Intonation Santorini (Greece), 9-11 September 2004 ESF Network Tone and Intonation in Europe Abstracts are invited for the International Conference on Tone and Intonation, to be held at the Santorini Image Hotel in Massaria (Santorini, Greece), 9-11 September 2004. The conference is the closing event of a three-year scientific exchange programme funded by the European Science Foundation as the Network E). The aim of the network has been to stimulate and coordinate research on the prosody of European languages and language varieties, with special emphasis on languages that feature lexical tone. The workshops have been devoted to tonogenesis, experimental procedures, and typology, and have attempted to embed the discussion of the European languages in a global typological perspective.

    The conference intends to close off the Network programme in the same spirit, and will thus include contributions dealing with European as well as non-European languages. While there will be a preference for papers on the interaction between intonation and lexical tone, typologically, historically and psycholinguistically oriented work, including brain imaging research, on either tone or intonation is welcomed.

    Abstracts should have no more than 400 words, excluding bibliographical references and illustrations, and not exceed two pages. They should either be Word-files or pdf-files and be sent as email attachments to tieconferencelet.kun.nl before 1 March 2004. Registration. To register, go to http://www.let.kun.nl/tie/defooltcon.htm and download the registration form.

    Invited speakers: G Harry van der Hulst (UConn), Larry Hyman (Berkeley), Sun-Ah Jun (UCLA), Shigeki Kaji (Tokyo U Foreign Studies), John Kingston (UMass), Bob Ladd (Edinburgh), David Odden (Ohio), Lisa Selkirk (UMass), Hubert Truckenbrodt (T

    Network coordinators: Amalia Arvaniti (UC San Diego), Gorka Elordieta (Basque Country), S), Aditi Lahiri (Constance), Tomas Riad (Stockholm), Norval Smith (Amsterdam)