The schedule for the annual Semantics and Linguistic Theory conference has been released, and UMass is well represented. The conference will take place at NYU on May 30-April 1, and is preceded by a conference on “Formal Semantics Beyond Spoken Language.” The following UMass papers are on the schedule.
“Interpreting DP-modifying modal adverbs,” by Elizabeth Bogal-Allbritten.
“All notional mass nouns are count nouns in Yudja” by Suzi Lima.
“Presuppositions are fast, whether hard or soft — evidence from the visual world paradigm,” by alumnus Florian Schwarz.
And UMass posters include:
“The Grammar of discourse: the case of ‘then’,” by alumna Maria Biezma.
“Indexicals and the long-distance reflexive ‘caki,” by Yangsook Park
“Is `more possible’ more possible in German?,” by alumna Aynat Rubinstein and Elena Herburger.
with poster alternate:
“Extreme modality,” by Paul Portner and alumna Aynat Rubinstein
