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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  <p>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.</p>\n\n  <p>To j
 oin the meeting, please click <a href="https://uva
 -live.zoom.us/j/87833660729" target="_blank">https
 ://uva-live.zoom.us/j/87833660729</a>.</p>\n
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
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