The Construction of Meaning workshop has been in existence as an informal study group holding discussion meetings, presentations of ongoing student and faculty work and guest lectures for several years. Over the years it has gained considerable momentum, with a growing number of students, faculty, and visitors participating and a diversification of interests that has often attracted audiences from other Stanford departments and several nearby institutions. Since the academic year 1999/2000, the workshop has been sponsored by the Stanford Humanities Center and funded by a grant from the Mellon Foundation. We gratefully acknowledge their support, which has allowed an expansion of the workshop's activities; it has allowed us to host several events with invited speakers and to hold a day-long Semantics Fest in March of every year.