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Stanford Semantics and Pragmatics Workshop 2001/2002:

THE CONSTRUCTION OF MEANING

Winter Quarter Schedule:






Ivan Sag, Stanford University
Friday, January 18th, 15:30
"In Situ Interrogatives" 
(based on joint work with Jonathan Ginzburg)
 Abstract
MJH 126

Leonard Talmy, State University of New York, Buffalo
Thursday, February 14, 17:30
"The Representation of Spatial Structure in Spoken and Signed Languages"
 Abstract
MJH 126

Barbara Partee, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and Vladimir Borschev, VINITI, Russian Academy of Sciences, and University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Friday, February 22, 15:30
"Possessives, Relational Nouns, and the Argument-Modifier Distinction"
 Abstract
MJH 126

SALT Practice Talks
Monday, March 4, 15:00-17:00

Judith Tonhauser
"A Dynamic Semantic Account of the Temporal Interpretation of Noun Phrases"
David Beaver and Brady Clark
"Monotonicity and Focus Sensitivity"
MJH 126

Robyn Carston, University College London 
Tuesday, March 5, 17:30
"Concept Construction in Understanding Utterances"
MJH 126

Third Annual Stanford Semantics Fest
A one-day local mini-conference.
  schedule
March 15, 9:00-17:00 
Cordura 100
 
 


This workshop is sponsored by the Stanford Humanities Center, and funded by a grant
from the Mellon Foundation. 
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