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 18-December-2016-Workshop-Situations-Information-a
 nd-Semantic-Content-Muenchen-Germany
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SUMMARY:Workshop "Situations, Information, and Sem
 antic Content", Muenchen, Germany
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20161216
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20161218
LOCATION:Muenchen, Germany
DESCRIPTION:The semantic content of natural langua
 ge is multiply *situated*: Whether an utterance re
 ceives one interpretation or another depends on th
 e *discourse situation* (in which the utterance ta
 kes place), on the *target situation* (which is de
 scribed by the utterance), and on the interpreting
  agents' *informational situation* (which also con
 tains the agents' background knowledge). Over the 
 past decades, work on extralinguistic context-depe
 ndence has focused on discourse situations and tar
 get situations, and has paid less attention to the
  dependence of interpretation on the agents' infor
 mational situation. However, this kind of informat
 ion-dependence plays a crucial role in the explana
 tion of a number of semantic phenomena, including 
 the behavior of epistemic/deontic modals and propo
 sitional attitude-sentences. Recent research in si
 tuated cognition has suggested an even more genera
 l scope of semantic information-dependence. The la
 tter assumes that cognition (and therefore, *all* 
 linguistic understanding) is fundamentally embedde
 d in the situational context of the cognition.   T
 his workshop aims to bring together linguists, phi
 losophers, logicians, and cognitive and computer s
 cientists to discuss the information-dependence of
  the semantic content of natural language. It cove
 rs all aspects of the interaction between situatio
 ns, information, and semantic content - both theor
 etical and experimental.   For more information, s
 ee http://www.situatedcontent2016.philosophie.uni-
 muenchen.de/ or email Kristina Liefke at SituatedC
 ontent2016 at lrz.uni-muenchen.de.    We invite su
 bmissions of extended abstracts for talks (for 30+
 10-minute presentations) or posters on any aspect 
 of semantic information-dependence. Submission dea
 dline: May 29, 2016
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<div>\n      <p>\n   
      The semantic content of natural language is m
 ultiply\n        *situated*: Whether an utterance 
 receives one interpretation\n        or another de
 pends on the *discourse situation* (in which the\n
         utterance takes place), on the *target sit
 uation* (which is\n        described by the uttera
 nce), and on the interpreting agents'\n        *in
 formational situation* (which also contains the ag
 ents'\n        background knowledge).  Over the pa
 st decades, work on\n        extralinguistic conte
 xt-dependence has focused on discourse\n        si
 tuations and target situations, and has paid less 
 attention\n        to the dependence of interpreta
 tion on the agents'\n        informational situati
 on. However, this kind of\n        information-dep
 endence plays a crucial role in the explanation\n 
        of a number of semantic phenomena, includin
 g the behavior of\n        epistemic/deontic modal
 s and propositional\n        attitude-sentences. R
 ecent research in situated cognition has\n        
 suggested an even more general scope of semantic\n
         information-dependence.  The latter assume
 s that cognition\n        (and therefore, *all* li
 nguistic understanding) is\n        fundamentally 
 embedded in the situational context of the\n      
   cognition.\n      </p>\n      <p>This workshop a
 ims to bring together linguists, philosophers,\n  
     logicians, and cognitive and computer scientis
 ts to discuss the\n      information-dependence of
  the semantic content of natural\n      language. 
 It covers all aspects of the interaction between\n
       situations, information, and semantic conten
 t - both theoretical\n      and experimental.\n   
    </p>\n    \n      \n      <p>For more informati
 on, see\n        <a target="_blank" href="http://w
 ww.situatedcontent2016.philosophie.uni-muenchen.de
 /">http://www.situatedcontent2016.philosophie.uni-
 muenchen.de/</a>\n        or email Kristina Liefke
  at\n        <a class="email">SituatedContent2016 
 <span class="at">at</span> lrz.uni-muenchen.de</a>
 .\n      </p>\n    </div><div>\n      <p>\n       
  We invite submissions of extended abstracts for t
 alks (for\n        30+10-minute presentations) or 
 posters on any aspect of\n        semantic informa
 tion-dependence.  Submission deadline: May 29,\n  
       2016\n      </p>\n      </div>
URL:/NewsandEvents/Archives/2016/newsitem/7262/16-
 18-December-2016-Workshop-Situations-Information-a
 nd-Semantic-Content-Muenchen-Germany
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