12-16 Mar 2009
Szrenica, Poland
10th SZKLARSKA POREBA WORKSHOP The Roots of Pragmasemantics March 12-16, 2009 http://amor.rz.hu-berlin.de/~h0998dgh/Sklarska/Workshop%2010/index.html ANNOUNCEMENT AND FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS This is to announce the tenth edition of the workshop that takes linguists, philosophers and logicians to the ski slopes. It will be held March 12-16 2009, on the mountaintop Szrenica, Poland (the same location as every year). SUBMISSIONS We invite authors to submit a one-page abstract to Nina Gierasimczuk before January 15th, for a talk of between 30 minutes (including discussion). The theme of this years workshop is *Learning* -- as usual this 'hot topic' should not exclude submissions on other subjects, but talks relating typical Szklarska Poreba concerns to learning are especially welcome. We prefer new and original ideas, even if the material is not fully ripe and the presentation still tentative. ESPECIALLY RELEVANT TOPICS * Models of language acquisition * Pragmatics and language acquisition * Formal complexity of language learning * Learning and formal semantics * Learning in computational linguistics * Logical analysis of learning process * Strategies for learning, game-theoretical perspective TRADITIONAL THEMES * Fossilization theory * Lexical pragmatics * Experimental pragmatics * The architecture of the syntax/semantics interface * Diachronic aspects of syntax * Quantum cognition * Language and computation * Grammaticalization studies * Information structure and prosody * Licensing of polarity elements, quantification, etc. * The evolution of communication and language * Language typology * Evolutionary foundations of general pragmatic principles. INVITED SPEAKERS Paul Boersma Wojciech Buszkowski Damir & Malgorzata E. Cavar Markus Kracht REGISTRATION You can register by sending an email to Nina Gierasimczuk (nina.gierasimczuk@gmail.com). -Early skiing request- It may be possible to hire cross-country skis, however we need to know in advance how many people would be interested and (crucially) how big their feet are. If you are interested please let Nina know when you register. THE HERMANN LOTZE PRIZE The International Szklarska Poreba Center for Experimental Philosophy & Pragmasemantics will award its first Lotze Medal in 2009. The Medal is given in honour of Rudolf Herman Lotze (see: http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/hermann-lotze/). It is awarded annually on occasion of the Szklaska Poreba conference on the roots of pragmasemantics, to scientists who have made significant contributions to experimental philosophy and pragmasemantics. The internal consistency, coherence and significance of the nominee's research programme is important, not the uniformity with current mainstream paradigms. For further information, please visit: http://www.hlotze.com/ and write to prize@hlotze.com ORGANISERS AND PROGRAMME COMMITTEE * Nina Gierasimczuk (chair) [nina.gierasimczuk@gmail.com] * Reinhard Blutner (accommodation) [blutner@uva.nl] * Henk Zeevat (finances) [henk.zeevat@uva.nl] * Anton Benz (social programme) [benz@zas.gwz-berlin.de] * Hans-Martin Grtner [gaertner@zas.gwz-berlin.de] * Lena Kurzen (extracurricularia) [L.M.Kurzen@uva.nl] * Jakub Szymanik (local organizer) [J.Szymanik@uva.nl]