02 March 2014

UMass at SALT 24

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