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Workshop on topics at the intersection between the philosophy of language and linguistics

5-7 Jun 2017
Zuerich, Switzerland

Conference on topics at the intersection of the philosophy of language and 
linguistics

The Institute of Philosophy at the University of Zurich is organizing a 
workshop on topics at the intersection between the philosophy of language 
and linguistics. The workshop will take place at the University of Zurich 
from Monday, June 5, till Wednesday, June 7, 2017. Invited speakers will 
be Angelika Kratzer (Amherst), John MacFarlane (Berkeley) and Maribel 
Romero (Konstanz).

Successful applicants will receive a travel subsidy of 400 CHF (speakers) or 
200 CHF (commentators).

Presentations should be suitable for a 90 minute slot divided equally 
between presentation and discussion, started off by a 10 minute 
commentary. Suitable topics may be anything at the intersection of the 
philosophy of language and linguistics. They include but are not limited 
to:

- the syntax and semantics of that-clauses
- the semantics/pragmatics interface
- quantification in natural language
- modals
- conditionals
- questions under discussion
- presuppositions
- implicatures
- dynamic semantics
- situation semantics
- theories of propositions
- context sensitivity
- assessment relativity

Speakers:

In order to apply, please submit the following three separate documents, 
preferably as pdf files: 1) a cover sheet stating your name and 
affiliation, 2) a short abstract of no more than 150 words, and a list of 
3 to 5 keywords, 3) a long abstract of about 1000 words. Please email your 
application to the following address: zurichphilosophyconference@gmail.com 
<zurichphilosophyconference@gmail.com> Please make your abstracts suitable 
for blind review. The deadline for submission of abstracts is March 17, 
2017. We aim to inform applicants by April 16. Please also keep in mind 
that in case of successful application, a commentator will be assigned to 
you, which means that your paper will have to be available by May 22nd at 
the latest.

Commentators:

In order to apply, please send a CV, a brief statement of interest, 
indicating how your research relates to the topic of the conference, and a 
list of topics you would be comfortable commenting on to the following 
email address: zurichphilosophycommentators@gmail.com 
<zurichphilosophycommentators@gmail.com> The deadline for receiving your 
application is April 2, 2017. We aim to notify candidates by April 21.

The workshop is funded by the Marie Gretler Stiftung. In case you have any 
questions, please contact Alex Steinberg at 
alexander[dot]steinberg[at]uzh[dot]ch We're very much looking forward to 
receiving your applications!

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