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! -- [LOGIC] mailing list http://www.dvmlg.de/mailingliste.html Archive: http://www.illc.uva.nl/LogicList/ provided by a collaboration of the DVMLG, the Maths Departments in Bonn and Hamburg, and the ILLC at the Universiteit van Amsterdam