BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:ILLC Website X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/Amsterdam BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Amsterdam X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Amsterdam BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:19700329T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:19701025T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/NewsandEvents/Archives/2014/newsitem/5464/18- 22-August-2014-Workshop-on-Models-in-Formal-Semant ics-and-Pragmatics-Tübingen-Germany DTSTAMP:20131231T000000 SUMMARY:Workshop on Models in Formal Semantics and Pragmatics, Tübingen, Germany DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140818 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140822 LOCATION:Tübingen, Germany DESCRIPTION:The field of natural-language semantic s and pragmatics has undergone a shift away from d efining or even mentioning models. Indeed, some sc holars find their use redundant at best, harmful a t worst. A generation of young semanticists got th eir first encounters with the formal theory throug h Heim and Kratzer's textbook, which does not ment ion models at all. There is little open discussion on these developments, but much anecdotal evidenc e that people have strong opinions about them. Thi s ESSLII-2014 workshop will give the debate a publ ic forum. For more information, see http://homep ages.uconn.edu/~stk12004/Models_ESSLLI2014/. Th e workshop has room for eight submitted papers of 30 minutes each, including discussion. Abstracts m ust be submitted by February 15, 2014. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
The field of natural-language semantics and pragmatic s has undergone a shift away from defining or even mentioning models. Indeed, some scholars find the ir use redundant at best, harmful at worst. A gene ration of young semanticists got their first encou nters with the formal theory through Heim and Krat zer's textbook, which does not mention models at a ll. There is little open discussion on these devel opments, but much anecdotal evidence that people h ave strong opinions about them. This ESSLII-2014 w orkshop will give the debate a public forum.
\n \n \n\n For more informat ion, see http://ho mepages.uconn.edu/~stk12004/Models_ESSLLI2014/ .\n
\n The w orkshop has room for eight submitted papers of 30 minutes each, including discussion. \n Abst racts must be submitted by February 15, 2014.\n
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