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/2020/newsitem/12078/27 -November-2020-Meaning-Logic-and-Cognition-MLC-Sem inar-Iris-van-de-Pol DTSTAMP:20201123T135953 SUMMARY:Meaning, Logic, and Cognition (MLC) Semina r, Iris van de Pol ATTENDEE;ROLE=Speaker:Iris van de Pol DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20201127T160000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20201127T173000 LOCATION:Online, via Zoom DESCRIPTION:Despite wide variation among natural l anguages, there are linguistic properties universa l to a large collection of languages. An important challenge is to explain why these linguistic univ ersals hold. In this talk we look at semantic univ ersals in the domain of quantifiers, related to th e properties of monotonicity, quantity and conserv ativity. We investigate whether these semantic uni versals could be explained by differences in quant ifier complexity. We present a large-scale study ( work in progress) of quantifiers and their complex ity, in which we examine whether the quantifier pr operties of monotonicity, quantity, and conservati vity can be predicted by quantifier complexity / s implicity. We look at two measures of complexity: compressibility (by a lossless compression algorit hm) and minimal expression length within a logical grammar. To join the meeting, please click https ://uva-live.zoom.us/j/87833660729. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\n
Despite wide v ariation among natural languages, there are lingui stic properties universal to a large collection of languages. An important challenge is to explain w hy these linguistic universals hold. In this talk we look at semantic universals in the domain of qu antifiers, related to the properties of monotonici ty, quantity and conservativity. We investigate wh ether these semantic universals could be explained by differences in quantifier complexity. We prese nt a large-scale study (work in progress) of quant ifiers and their complexity, in which we examine w hether the quantifier properties of monotonicity, quantity, and conservativity can be predicted by q uantifier complexity / simplicity. We look at two measures of complexity: compressibility (by a loss less compression algorithm) and minimal expression length within a logical grammar.
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URL:http://projects.illc.uva.nl/LoLa/MLC-Seminar/e vent/35165/Iris-van-de-Pol-Explaining-semantic-uni versals-by-quantifier-complexity CONTACT:Dean McHugh at d.m.mchugh at uva.nl END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR