Sinn98

SINN UND BEDEUTUNG 1998

3rd annual meeting of the GESELLSCHAFT FÜR SEMANTIK
('Association for Semantics')

December 11 - 13, 1998, University of Leipzig

The third annual meeting of the GESELLSCHAFT FÜR SEMANTIK ('Association for Semantics') will be held at the University of Leipzig, between December 11 - 13, 1998. The main purpose of the conference, SINN UND BEDEUTUNG 1998, is to provide a forum for presenting work in progress and receiving feedback from other members of the semantics community. Papers describing research contributions on any aspect of semantics are welcome for discussion. Conference languages will be German and English. Continuously updated information about the conference, kindly sponsored by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft and the Ramada Hotel Garni Leipzig (with special offers), can be found at this website.

Contents of the website:

Conference program

Abstracts

Conference blackboard

Accommodation

Registration office

Warming Up

Contact

Gottlob Frege (1848 - 1925)

INVITED SPEAKERS:

Peter Gärdenfors (Lund University, Cognitive Science Kungshuset, Lund):
Concept Combination - A Geometrical Model

Manfred Krifka (University of Texas, Department of Linguistics, Austin):
For a Structured Account of Questions and Answers

Alice ter Meulen (University of Groningen, Center for Language and Cognition, Groningen):
Three Degrees of Dynamic Involvement: The Case of Temporal Reasoning

SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS:

All researchers in the area, but especially Ph.D. students and young researchers, are invited to submit an abstract for a 30-minute contributed talk (plus 15 minutes for discussion) on any topic in semantic theory. Abstracts (in English or German) should be no more than 1500 words (excluding references), but not less than 1000 words long.

* DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS: SEPTEMBER 15, 1998 *

Authors should send 3 anonymous copies, plus 1 additional copy including the author's name, affiliation and e-mail address. Please use the following address:

"SINN UND BEDEUTUNG 1998"
Universität Leipzig
Institut für Sprach- und Übersetzungswissenschaft
Abteilung Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft
Augustusplatz 9
D-04109 Leipzig
Germany

Submissions by e-mail will be also accepted but only as plain text (no attachments!). Fax submissions will not be accepted.

All contributions will be reviewed by at least three members of the program committee. Criteria for selection will include clarity, originality, and significance of results.

PROGRAM COMMITTEE:

Josef Bayer (University of Jena)
Johannes Dölling (University of Leipzig)
Gerhard Heyer (University of Leipzig)
Ewald Lang (Humboldt University Berlin)
Ingolf Max (University of Leipzig)
Susan Olsen (University of Leipzig)
Peter Staudacher (University of Potsdam)
Anita Steube (University of Leipzig)
Heinrich Wansing (University of Leipzig)

The conference program and short versions of the abstracts (to be submitted by the accepted speakers, see below) will be made available at this website by November 20, 1998.

DATES TO NOTE:

Deadline for abstracts: September 15, 1998
Notification of acceptance: November 1, 1998
Deadline for short versions of the abstracts: November 10, 1998
Conference program: November 20, 1998
Conference: December 11 - 13, 1998

CONTACT:

Fax:

Phone:

E-mail:

sinn98@rz.uni-leipzig.de

In order to have an idea of the number of participants we can expect, we would like to ask you for early registration by e-mail with the form below.

THE ORGANIZERS:

Anita Steube, Susan Olsen, Johannes Dölling, Holden Härtl, Andreas Späth, James Witt

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Last updated: Nov 27, 1998