25-27 Aug 2014
Duesseldorf, Germany
*Call for Papers: CTF 2014*
*Concept Types and Frames in Language, Cognition, and Science (CTF'14)
International Interdisciplinary Conference Düsseldorf (Germany)
August 25--27, 2014*
Homepage: http://www.sfb991.uni-duesseldorf.de/ctf-2014/
The 4^th conference on "*Concept Types and Frames in Language,
Cognition, and Science*" (CTF'14) will take place on 25--27 August 2014
at the University of Düsseldorf, Germany. The conference is intended as
an interdisciplinary platform that contributes to the development of a
general theory of the structure of representation. Special focus is
given to accounts using frames understood as recursive attribute-value
structures with functional attributes. The topics range from formalisms
to describe frames and their ontological interpretation to applications
of frames in the modeling of dynamic aspects of concept formation in
science and cognition and the description of natural language semantics.
We invite submission of abstracts for 25min oral presentations (plus
10min discussion). Submission details:
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600-800 words
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Deadline: *15*^*th* *of April 2014*
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Prepare abstracts for blind review
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Indicate conference topic (see below) to which the paper contributes
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Submit via EasyChair:
https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ctf2014
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Notification of acceptance: 30 May 2014
*CONFERENCE TOPICS*
*TOPIC 1: The structure of representations in cognition*
Barsalou (1992) (re)introduced the notion of frames to describe the
structure of cognitive representations. The aim was to provide a general
format of cognitive representations rich enough to account for different
degrees of abstractness found in cognition. This section will examine
the structure of representations in cognition and evaluate the aptness
of frame theory. This topic covers, but is not limited to:
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Empirical evidence
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Alternative models of the structure of representation
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The sensory and motoric basis of cognitive representation
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Abstraction models and the structure of (abstract) concepts
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(Structure of) cognition and (structure of) language
*TOPIC 2: Attribute-value structures, type signatures, and
constructional schemas*
The logical and mathematical properties of attribute-value structures
have been intensively investigated in the 1980's and 1990's in the
context of unification-based grammar formalisms. Recent work on frame
semantics has revived the use of (generalized) attribute-value
structures with constraints as a model of semantic representation. The
focus of this section is on logical and model-theoretic properties of
attribute-value structures and frames, as well as on their specification
and implementation. This topic covers, but is not limited to:
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Extensions of attribute-value structures and their logics
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Modal-logical perspectives on attribute-value logic
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Specification and implementation of type signatures
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Category-theoretic approaches to attribute-value structures and frames
*TOPIC 3: Ontological aspects of frames*
The recursive attribute-value structure of frames provides a powerful
tool to describe particulars and universals alike. This section will
focus on the implications of frame theory for ontological debates as
well as the ontological interpretation of frames. This topic covers, but
is not limited to:
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The ontological interpretation of attributes as functions from
entities to values
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The ontological distinction between objects, values, and attributes
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The nature and ontological status of categories
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Frames as descriptions of structures in the world, linguistic
structures, or cognitive structures
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Ontological commitments of frame theory
*TOPIC 4: Lexical decomposition, constructions, and semantic composition*
Theories of the syntax-semantics interface differ with respect to the
type and amount of semantic information contributed by the lexical unit
and the morphosyntactic environment, and the status of constructions in
a cross-linguistically adequate theory of grammar. This section will be
concerned with theoretical and empirical investigations on the
interaction between (decompositional) lexical semantics, constructional
meaning, and general grammatical constraints at the syntax-semantics
interface. A special focus will be given to the role of a frame-based
semantics in the lexicon and beyond. This topic covers, but is not
limited to:
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Lexical decomposition and frame semantics
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Integration of lexical and constructional meaning
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Lexical semantics and argument realization
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Constructional schemas from a typological perspective
*TOPIC 5: Coercion, conceptual shifts, and co-composition*
A theory of semantic composition needs to be complemented by a theory of
post-compositional operations that account for prima facie
noncompositional interpretations in context. This section will focus on
types of coercion processes and the regularities of conceptual shifts
triggered by the sentential or discourse context. This topic covers, but
is not limited to:
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Nominal type shifts, e. g. shifts among sortal, individual,
relational, and functional concepts, mass-count, token-type, common
nouns-proper names, etc.
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Verbal type shifts, e.g. shifts among Vendler classes
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Metonymy and related processes
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Metaphor
*TOPIC 6: Dynamic models of verb semantics*
At least since the work of Dowty, the formal treatment of events and
changes as expressed by verbs has been a flourishing field in linguistic
semantics. Many studies in this area have been inspired by
Neo-Davidsonian formalizations of events descriptions in predicate
logic. More recent approaches propose specialized logical formalisms
specifically designed for the representation of change over time. The
focus of this section is on formal frameworks for modelling the dynamic
components of verb meaning and, in particular, on how a frame-based
semantics can be integrated with such a model. This topic covers, but is
not limited to:
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Frame-based models of actions and events
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Applications of dynamic logics to verb semantics
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Model-theoretic approaches to verb semantics
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Formal models of aspectual composition
*TOPIC 7: Typological aspects of NP semantics*
This section will focus on typological issues of nominal determination
and their interaction with nominal concept types, including
(in)definiteness, specificity, quantification, possession, countability,
and classification. The topic includes synchronic typological topics
along with issues of the historic evolution of articles and other
determiners. This topic covers, but is not limited to:
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Definiteness, indefiniteness, and specificity across languages
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Noun incorporation
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Noun classes and classifiers, mass, count, and number
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Possession across languages
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Grammaticalization of determiners
*Contact Information*
Program committee: Sebastian Löbner, Rainer Osswald, Gottfried Vosgerau
Email: _ctf14@phil.hhu.de_
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Conference Homepage: http://www.sfb991.uni-duesseldorf.de/ctf-2014/