Full Title: Sinn und Bedetung 30
Short Title: SuB30

Date: 23-Sep-2025 - 27-Sep-2025
Location: Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany
Contact Person: Lennart Fritzsche
Meeting Email: [email protected]
Web Site: https://vicom.info/sub30/

Linguistic Field(s): Philosophy of Language; Pragmatics; Psycholinguistics; Semantics

Call Deadline: 28-Feb-2025

Meeting Description:

*Sinn und Bedeutung 30* will take place at Goethe University Frankfurt from September 23-27, 2025. The conference is jointly organized by the Institute of Linguistics, the Institute of English and American Studies, and the Institute of Philosophy. It will feature a three-day main session (Sept. 24-26) and two one-day special sessions. Special Session I is titled *Beyond Descriptive Meaning: The Semantics and Pragmatics of Demonstrations* (LingDem) (Sept. 23) and will be held in cooperation with the Priority Program ViCom. Special Session II will be held in cooperation with the CRC NegLab and is titled *Philosophical and Linguistic Approaches to Negation* (PhilLingNeg) (Sept. 27). We are pleased to announce that we can offer **interpretation between English and American Sign Language / International Sign** for Special Session I (LingDem). A call in International Sign will be available soon.

**Conference website:** https://vicom.info/sub30/
**Submission platform:** https://openreview.net/group?id=SuB/2025/Conference
**Email:** [email protected]

**Invited speakers (main session):**
• Magdalena Kaufmann (University of Connecticut)
• Orin Percus (University of Nantes)
• Julia Zakkou (University of Düsseldorf)

**Invited speakers (special sessions):**

*Beyond Descriptive Meaning: The Semantics and Pragmatics of Demonstrations* (LingDem)
• Floris Roelofsen (University of Amsterdam)
• Website: https://vicom.info/sub30-lingdem/

*Philosophical and Linguistic Approaches to Negation* (PhilLingNeg)
• Elena Herburger (Georgetown University)
• Website: https://vicom.info/sub30-phillingneg/

**Important dates**
• February 28, 2025: Submission deadline
• May 16, 2025: Notification
• June 2, 2025: Registration opens
• September 23, 2025: Special Session LingDem
• September 24-26, 2025: Main session
• September 27, 2025: Special Session PhilLingNeg

Call for Papers:

**Call for abstracts**

We welcome abstract submissions for talks or posters on topics related to natural language semantics, pragmatics, the syntax-semantics interface, philosophy of language, and psycho-/neurolinguistic studies related to meaning. We especially encourage contributions that incorporate experimental evidence, although all submissions should aim to advance a formal model of natural language semantics and pragmatics. We welcome abstract submissions for talks or posters on topics related to natural language semantics, pragmatics, the syntax-semantics interface, philosophy of language, and psycho-/neurolinguistic studies related to meaning. We especially encourage contributions that incorporate experimental evidence, although all submissions should aim to advance a formal model of natural language semantics and pragmatics.

Abstracts must present original research that has neither been published nor accepted for publication at the time of submission. Each individual may submit a maximum of one abstract as a sole author and one as a co-author (or two as a co-author) for both the main and special sessions combined. Abstracts submitted for the special session will also be considered for the main session.

Authors should indicate whether they would like their abstract to be considered for a talk, a poster, or both.

Submissions should be anonymous and should not include any identifying information.

Abstracts should be formatted to fit within two pages (letter size or A4 paper, with 2.54 cm or 1-inch margins on all sides, 12-point Times New Roman font). An additional third page may be included exclusively for references (mandatory), large figures or tables, and lines corresponding to glosses and translations in non-English examples. Examples, whether glossed or not, should be integrated into the main text rather than collected at the end.

Abstracts must be submitted in PDF format via OpenReview by Friday, February 28, 2025 (23:59 Central European Standard Time): https://openreview.net/group?id=SuB/2025/Conference

*Note that you will first need to create an author profile at OpenReview and it may take some time before your account gets fully activated and ready for submission. Please make sure to do so as soon as possible in order to ensure that your account is active before the submission deadline.*