Moving Beyond Truth Conditions: The Computation of Meaning
May 8-9, Benjamin Banneker Room, Stamp Student Union, University of Maryland: College Park

Schedule

Friday 5/8

8:45 - 9:10Breakfast
Session 1: Presuppositions
9:10 - 10:10Philippe SchlenkerFrom Implicatures to Presuppositions: New Debates on the Semantics/Pragmatics Interface
10:10 - 10:20Break
10:20 - 11:20Daniel RothschildExplaining Presupposition Projection
11:20 - 12:20Emmanuel Chemla
12:20 - 1:40Lunch
Session 2: Implicatures
1:40 - 2:40Ira NoveckPragmatic Enrichment
2:40 - 2:50Break
2:50 - 3:50Dan GrodnerSome Reasons to Doubt that ‘Some’ (and Probably All) Scalar Inferences are Delayed
3:50 - 4:30Discussion
Party
From 5:30 onwards there will be dinner and a party chez Colin Phillips and Andrea Zukowski.

Saturday 5/9

Session 3: Numerosity
8:45 - 9:10Breakfast
9:10 - 10:10Paul Pietroski & Jeff LidzThe Verificational Thickness of Meaning: Number, Semantics and Psychology
10:10 - 10:20Break
10:20 - 11:20Julien MusolinoThe linguistic representation of number: integrating formal and developmental perspectives
Session 4: Events and Argument Structure
11:20 - 12:20Matt HusbandThe Computation of Telicity
12:20 - 1:40Lunch
1:40 - 2:40Anna PapafragouSpace in Language and Thought
2:40 - 2:50Break
2:50 - 3:50Liina PylkkänenThe Anterior Midline Field: Progress Report
3:50 - 4:30Discussion
4:30 - 5:30Break