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- UConn Linguistics at GLOW in AsiaThe 13th Generative Linguistics in the Old World in Asia (GLOW in Asia XIII) Online Special will be held online August 4-7, 2022, hosted by the Chinese University of Hong Kong. UConn linguistics will be well represented at the conference with a plenary talk by: Željko Bošković. On wh and subject positions and the EPP […]Posted on August 3, 2022
- Welcome to Omar AghaWe are pleased to announce that Omar Agha will be joining our department for the coming academic year. Omar is finishing up his dissertation in semantics at NYU with Lucas Champollion, having previously received a BA in linguistics and mathematics at the University of Chicago. He will teach courses in semantics/pragmatics and computational linguistics. You […]Posted on August 2, 2022
- Wang | Language Learning and DevelopmentShuyan Wang’s article “Effects of Processing Limits on Computing Scalar Implicatures: Evidence from Child English and Child Mandarin” has just appeared online ahead of its print publication in Language Learning and Development. Congratulations Shuyan!Posted on July 28, 2022
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Sep
16
Logic Colloquium: Florio, Shapiro, & Snyder: Semantics And Logic; Logic And Semantics11:15am
Logic Colloquium: Florio, Shapiro, & Snyder: Semantics And Logic; Logic And Semantics
Friday, September 16th, 2022
11:15 AM - 12:45 PM
Storrs Campus Hybrid: room t.b.a & Zoom
Join us in the Logic Colloquium for a talk by
Salvatore Florio, Stewart Shapiro, and Eric Snyder:
"Semantics and logic; logic and semantics"
Abstract:
It is widely (but not universally) held that logical consequence is determined (at least in part) by the meanings of the logical terminology. One might think that this is an empirical claim that can be tested by the usual methods of linguistic semantics. Yet most philosophers who hold views about logic like this do not engage in empirical research to test the main thesis. Sometimes the thesis is just stated, without argument, and sometimes it is argued for on a priori grounds. Moreover, many linguistic studies of words like “or”, the conditional, and the quantifiers run directly contrary to the thesis in question.
From the other direction, much of the work in linguistic semantics uses logical symbols. For example, it is typical for a semanticist to write a biconditional, in a formal language, whose left hand side has a symbol for the meaning of an expression in natural language and whose right hand side is a formula consisting of lambda-terms and other symbols from standard logic works: quantifiers ∀, ∃ and connectives ¬, →, ∧, ∨, ↔. This enterprise thus seems to presuppose that readers already understand the formal logical symbols, and the semanticist uses this understanding to shed light on the meanings of expressions in natural language. This occurs even if the natural language expressions are natural language terms corresponding to the logical ones: “or”, “not”, “forall”, and the like.
The purpose of this talk is to explore the relation between logic and the practice of empirical semantics, hoping to shed light, in some way, on both enterprises.
https://logic.uconn.edu/calendar/
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Oct
21
Conference: Conditional Thought and Talk12:00am
Conference: Conditional Thought and Talk
Friday, October 21st, 2022
12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
Storrs Campus Homer Babbidge Library, Heritage Room
Conference on Linguistics and Philosophy of Conditionals.
https://conditional.linguistics.uconn.edu/workshop-2022/Contact Information: Mitch Green (mitchell.green@uconn.edu)
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Oct
22
Conference: Conditional Thought and Talk12:00am
Conference: Conditional Thought and Talk
Saturday, October 22nd, 2022
12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
Storrs Campus Homer Babbidge Library, Heritage Room
Conference on Linguistics and Philosophy of Conditionals.
https://conditional.linguistics.uconn.edu/workshop-2022/Contact Information: Mitch Green (mitchell.green@uconn.edu)
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