LINGUIST List 17.952

Wed Mar 29 2006

Confs: Semantics/Groningen, Netherlands

Editor for this issue: Kevin Burrows <kevinlinguistlist.org>


Directory         1.    John Nerbonne, Theory and Evidence in Semantics: Symposium in Honor of David Dowty


Message 1: Theory and Evidence in Semantics: Symposium in Honor of David Dowty
Date: 27-Mar-2006
From: John Nerbonne <j.nerbonnerug.nl>
Subject: Theory and Evidence in Semantics: Symposium in Honor of David Dowty



Theory and Evidence in Semantics: Symposium in Honor of David Dowty Short Title: TES:SHDD


Date: 01-Jun-2006 - 01-Jun-2006 Location: Groningen, Netherlands Contact: John Nerbonne Contact Email: < click here to access email > Meeting URL: http://www.let.rug.nl/alfa/tes/

Linguistic Field(s): Semantics

Meeting Description:

The symposium, reflecting on the relation between theory and evidence in semantics, honors David Dowty's many contributions.

David Dowty has contributed extensively and creatively to many areas in grammatical theory for over thirty years, including especially tense and temporal reference; inherent verbal aspect (Aktionsarten); categorial grammar, Montague grammar, and phrase-structure grammars; semantic compositionality; quantificational adverbials; the theory of grammatical relations and relation-changing rules, the logical status of thematic roles, and the relation between grammatical licensing and surface realisation. This symposium honors him and these many contributions.