Workshops: Scalar Meaning

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Workshop on Scalar Meaning

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Syntax, Semantics and Pragmatics at Chicago
Department of Linguistics

University of Chicago
May 19-20, 2006

All talks will be held in Classics 110 (formerly Classics 10).

Friday, May 19

8.30-9.00	Coffee
9.00-10.00	Adverbials of Degree, Range and Amount Roger Schwarzschild, Rutgers University
10.00-10.20	Break
10.20-11.20	Atelicity and Measure Phrases: Licensing Measure Phrase Modification across AP, PP and VP Marcin Morzycki, Michigan State University
11.20-12.20	Commentary Peter Lasersohn, University of Illinois
12.20-2.00	Lunch
2.00-3.00	Paths and Scalar Change Mark Gawron, San Diego State University
3.00-4.00	Scale Closure and Telicity Yoad Winter, Technion University
4.00-4.20	Break
4.20-5.20	Commentary Stephen Wechsler, University of Texas
5.20-6.00	General discussion

Saturday, May 20

8.30-9.00	Coffee
9.00-10.00	Scale Structure: Processing Minimum Standard and Maximum Standard Scalar Adjectives Lyn Frazier, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
10.00-10.20	Break
10.20-11.20	Vagueness, Imprecision and Scale Structure Chris Kennedy, University of Chicago
11.20-12.20	Commentary Louise McNally, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
12.20-2.00	Lunch
2.00-3.00	Comparative Semantics for Quantification: Evidence from Verification Studies using "Self-Paced Counting" Martin Hackl, Pomona College
3.00-4.00	Comparatives without Degrees Friederike Moltmann, Institut d'Histoire et de Philosophie des Sciences et des Techniques
4.00-4.20	Break
4.20-5.20	Commentary Chris Barker, University of California, San Diego
5.20-6.00	General discussion
6.30	Dinner Classics Cafe (back room)