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 24-July-2009-ViC-2009-Vagueness-in-Communication-B
 ordeaux-France
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SUMMARY:ViC 2009: Vagueness in Communication, Bord
 eaux, France
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20090720
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20090724
LOCATION:Bordeaux, France
DESCRIPTION:Although vagueness has long since been
  an important topic in philosophy, logic and lingu
 istics, some recent advances have made the functio
 ns of vagueness in natural language communication 
 an exciting and timely research area. This renewed
  interest has a distinct cross-disciplinary charac
 ter and has spawned many new research questions. W
 hile the classical instruments of dealing with vag
 ueness have not been significantly extended, new a
 pproaches investigate questions like context-sensi
 tivity of vagueness, the sharpening of vague predi
 cates in context, and the modeling of precision le
 vels with expressions like 'roughly' or 'like'. On
  a more fundamental level, the question why there 
 is vagueness to begin with, what role vagueness se
 rves in human communication, has been addressed. G
 ame-theoretic methods have been employed that show
  that being vague or imprecise can be beneficial f
 or communication even if the speaker could truthfu
 lly use more precise terms (de Jaegher 2003). Furt
 hermore, the important role of vagueness became ev
 ident in a number of empirical domains beyond obvi
 ous examples such as the language of diplomacy.   
 The ViC-2009 workshop is part of the European Summ
 er School on Logic, Language and Information (ESSL
 LI 2009), and is organised as an event of the VAAG
  project of the ESF Eurocore LogicCC. It aims to p
 rovide a forum for researchers (including advanced
  PhD students) to present and discuss their work w
 ith colleagues and researchers who work in the bro
 ad subject of the disciplines relevant for particl
 es and modal adverbs, as represented in ESSLLI.   
 For more information, see http://www.fit.fraunhofe
 r.de/~hcschmitz/esslli2009/ or contact Rick Nouwen
  at rnouwen at gmail.com.   Authors are invited to
  submit an anonymous, extended abstract. Deadline 
 for submissions is Febuary 15, 2009.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<div>\n      <p>\n   
      Although vagueness has long since been an imp
 ortant topic in\n        philosophy, logic and lin
 guistics, some recent advances have\n        made 
 the functions of vagueness in natural language\n  
       communication an exciting and timely researc
 h area. This\n        renewed interest has a disti
 nct cross-disciplinary character\n        and has 
 spawned many new research questions.  While the\n 
        classical instruments of dealing with vague
 ness have not been\n        significantly extended
 , new approaches investigate questions\n        li
 ke context-sensitivity of vagueness, the sharpenin
 g of vague\n        predicates in context, and the
  modeling of precision levels\n        with expres
 sions like 'roughly' or 'like'.  On a more\n      
   fundamental level, the question why there is vag
 ueness to\n        begin with, what role vagueness
  serves in human communication,\n        has been 
 addressed. Game-theoretic methods have been employ
 ed\n        that show that being vague or imprecis
 e can be beneficial for\n        communication eve
 n if the speaker could truthfully use more\n      
   precise terms (de Jaegher 2003). Furthermore, th
 e important\n        role of vagueness became evid
 ent in a number of empirical\n        domains beyo
 nd obvious examples such as the language of\n     
    diplomacy.\n      </p>\n\n      <p>The ViC-2009
  workshop\n        is part of the European Summer 
 School on Logic, Language and \n        Informatio
 n (ESSLLI 2009),\n        and is organised as an e
 vent of the VAAG project of the ESF Eurocore \n   
      LogicCC.\n        It aims to provide a forum 
 for researchers (including advanced\n        PhD s
 tudents) to present and discuss their work with\n 
        colleagues and researchers who work in the 
 broad subject of\n        the disciplines relevant
  for particles and modal adverbs, as\n        repr
 esented in ESSLLI.\n      </p>\n    \n      \n    
   <p>For more information, see\n        <a target=
 "_blank" href="http://www.fit.fraunhofer.de/~hcsch
 mitz/esslli2009/">http://www.fit.fraunhofer.de/~hc
 schmitz/esslli2009/</a>\n        or contact Rick N
 ouwen at <a class="email">rnouwen <span class="at"
 >at</span> gmail.com</a>.\n      </p>\n    </div><
 div>\n      <p>Authors are invited to submit an an
 onymous, extended abstract.\n        Deadline for 
 submissions is Febuary 15, 2009.\n      </p>\n    
   </div>
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