[CogSci] Workshop "The meaning of numerals" March 2019

[Christoph Hesse]

The workshop "The meaning of numerals: cognitive, experimental, and
semantic perspectives" will take place in Berlin at Leibniz-Centre for
General Linguistics (ZAS) March 27-28, 2019.

The meaning of numerals is a much researched topic in experimental
pragmatics (e.g. Breheny 2008; Cummins, Sauerland, Solt 2012), cognitive
science (e.g. Dehaene 2011), and theoretical semantics and pragmatics
(e.g. Horn 1989; Krifka 1999; Fox & Hackl 2006; Kennedy 2015; Rothstein
2017). This workshop primarily targets contributions that enhance our
understanding of numerals by combining insights and methods from several
of these research fields. In particular, the imprecise use of numerical
expressions (10km away) and vague expectations raised by modified numerals
(more than 100 people came) call for such combined approaches. The topic
also fits well with the more recent interest in probabilistic models that
try to account for vague expectation raised by numerical expressions (e.g.
Kao, Wu, Bergen, Goodman 2014). Topics of the workshop include, but are
not limited to, the following issues:
Vagueness, roundness, and the approximate number system
Pragmatic and semantic explanations of number interpretations
Acquisition of number sense and numerical meaning
Bayesian and neural models of numerical meanings
Meaning of numerals in compositional semantics
Comparatives, approximators, and other linguistic modifiers of numerical
expressions
Typology of number systems and their modifiers

Submission Guidelines:
All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another
journal or conference. Submissions should be in the form of:
Anonymous 2-page abstracts (including references) describing the content
of your talk.
Submissions should be in pdf format. Stylesheets for Word, Latex, and
Pages can be found on the workshop website:
http://meaningofnumerals.christophhesse.com

Invited Speakers:
Lisa Bylinina (Leiden University)
Chris Cummins (University of Edinburgh)
Véronique Izard (CNRS & Université Paris Descartes)

Organizing committee:
Anton Benz
Stephanie Solt
Paul Egré
Christoph Hesse

Venue:
The workshop "The meaning of numerals: cognitive, experimental, and
semantic perspectives" will take place in Berlin at Leibniz-Centre for
General Linguistics (ZAS) March 27-28, 2019.

Contact:
All questions about submissions should be emailed to Christoph Hesse
<hesse at leibniz-zas.de>.

Sponsors:
Leibniz-Centre for General Linguistics
Leibniz Association
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
xPrag