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/2011/newsitem/3725/8-1 2-August-2011-ESSLLI-2011-workshop-Proper-Use-of-Q uantification-in-Ordinary-Language-PUQOL-Ljubljana -Slovenia DTSTAMP:20101217T000000 SUMMARY:ESSLLI-2011 workshop 'Proper Use of Quanti fication in Ordinary Language' (PUQOL), Ljubljana, Slovenia DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20110808 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20110812 LOCATION:Ljubljana, Slovenia DESCRIPTION:In Generalized Quantifier Theory (GQT) and Discourse Representation Theory (DRT), many q uantifiers are semantically identical to one anoth er: most and more than half; at least three, more than two and three; and about 100 and some 100. Ev en when there is no identity, the meanings of quan tifiers overlap, and many quantifiers could be use d truthfully to describe the same situation. Never theless, the choice of a specific quantifier by a speaker has semantic and pragmatic consequences, a nd listeners are sensitive to the subtleties of a speaker's choice. The goal of a theory of quantifi er use is an account of how speakers choose one of the many true quantifiers and how listeners inter pret a speaker's choice. The PUQOL workshop aims t o bring together current research within semantics , logic, pragmatics, and cognitive science that ad dresses quantifier use within the perspective of m odel theoretic semantics and pragmatics. PUQOL w ill take place as part of the 23rd European Summer School in Logic, Language and Information (ESSLLI 2011). For more information, see http://www.zas .gwz-berlin.de/workshop_puqol.html Abstracts are invited for 30-minute talks (including discussion) on any topic relating to the theme of quantifier use. Submission deadline: February 15, 2011 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
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In Ge neralized Quantifier Theory (GQT) and Discourse\n Representation Theory (DRT), many quantifiers are semantically\n identical to one another: most and more than half; at least\n three, m ore than two and three; and about 100 and some 100 . Even\n when there is no identity, the meani ngs of quantifiers overlap,\n and many quanti fiers could be used truthfully to describe the\n same situation. Nevertheless, the choice of a specific\n quantifier by a speaker has seman tic and pragmatic consequences,\n and listene rs are sensitive to the subtleties of a speaker's\ n choice. The goal of a theory of quantifier use is an account of\n how speakers choose on e of the many true quantifiers and how\n list eners interpret a speaker's choice. The PUQOL wor kshop aims\n to bring together current resear ch within semantics, logic,\n pragmatics, and cognitive science that addresses quantifier use\n within the perspective of model theoretic se mantics and\n pragmatics.\n

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PUQOL will take place as part of the 23rd Europ ean Summer\n School in Logic, Language and In formation (ESSLLI 2011).\n

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For more information, see\n http://www.zas.gwz-berlin.de/ workshop_puqol.html\n

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Abstracts are invited for 30-minute t alks (including\n discussion) on any topic re lating to the theme of quantifier\n use. Sub mission deadline: February 15, 2011\n

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