Talk by Roland Hinterhölzl – Thursday 30th 4-6pm

We are happy to announce a talk by Roland Hinterhölzl  (Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia) next Thursday at the Semantics Colloquium. Please find an abstract below. Title: A situation-based approach to (pro)nominal reference Room: IG 4.301 Date: January 30th Time: 4pm - 6pm Abstract: I will argue that nominal expressions relate an individual and a situation. In particular, I will discuss the interpretation of weak, strong and anaphoric or referential DPs and argue that the interpretation of their situation argument crucially depends on the presuppositions imposed by their determiner, with the default being (in the absence of a presupposition) that the situation argument is identified with the event denoted by the verb. ...
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FEAM Workshop, January 31-February 1

We are happy to announce the Workshop on Formal and Experimental Approaches to ADJECTIVAL MODIFICATION on January 31-February 1, 2020. Please mark your calendars, spread the word to the interested students & colleagues and don’t forget to register! For further information and registration please visit the Workshop Website: https://sites.google.com/view/feamfrankfurt/. Program: program_FEAM   You are cordially invited!...
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Talk by Alassane Kiemtoré, Monday 20th 4-6 pm

We are very happy to announce the next last talk of this semester’s Syntax Colloquium, which will take place on Monday, January 20, 4 – 6 pm in IG 4.301.   Alassane Kiemtoré (Stuttgart) will talk about „Contrast and Logophoricity: reflections on the use of the emphatic pronoun ale in Jula“. Abstract: Abstract.Frankfurt.Alassane Kiemtoré   You are cordially invited!...
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