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Easter 2024听

Friday,听 9th May 2025 (14:00-15:00 UK time)

Talk: Kalomoiros, A. & Schwarz, F. Presupposition Projection From 'and' vs. 'or': Experimental Data听and听Theoretical Implications.听Journal of Semantics 41 (3-4).

Guest speaker: Alexandros Kalomoiros (Institute for Linguistics, Heinrich Heine Unversitat, Dusseldorf)

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Friday,听6th June 2025 (14:00-15:00 UK time)

Talk:听 Mehu, M. & Sweeting, S. Automatic behaviour analysis reveals links between facial expression听and听speech acts' illocutionary point, strength,听and听valence.听Journal of听Pragmatics听241.听41-60.

Guest speakers: Marc Mehu (Department of Psychology, Webster Vienna Private University, Vienna)

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Lent 2024听

Michaelmas 2024听

Friday, 18th October 2024听(14:00-16:00 UK time)

Guest speaker: Andrew Peet (Umea University, Sweden)

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Friday, 1st November 2024听(14:00-16:00 UK time)

Talk: Erk, K. & Herbelot, A. (2023). How to marry a star: probabilistic constraints for meaning in context.听Journal of Semantics 40听(4), 549-583.听

Guest speakers: Katrin Erk (University of Texas at Austin) and Aurelie Herbelot (University of Trento)

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Friday, 15th November 2024听(14:00-16:00 UK time)

Talk:听 Weissman, B (2024).听Can an emoji be a lie? The links between emoji meaning, commitment, and lying. Journal of Pragmatics 219, 12-29

Guest speaker: Ben Weissman (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)

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Friday, 29th November 29th听(14:00-16:00 UK time)

Talk: Rahman, A., & Liu, Z. (2023). The cognitive psychological distinction between levels of meaning.听Language Sciences 100, 1- 21.听

Guest speakers: TBC

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Easter 2024听

Friday, May 17th, 2024 (14:00-16:00 UK time)

Talk.听Rapport in interpreter-mediated police interviews with victims. A discourse-pragmatic analysis.

Guest speakers:听Dr Maria Gomez Bedoya (University of East Anglia).

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Friday, May 31st, 2024 (14:00-16:00 UK time)

Talk.听Metasemantics, metapragmatics, and philosophical foundations of meaning: The case of humanism.

Guest speaker:听Professor Kasia M. Jaszczolt (海角社区).

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Lent 2024听

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Friday, January 26th, 2024 (14:00-16:00 UK time)听

Paper. Witek, M. 2022. 鈥楢n Austinian听alternative to the Gricean perspective on meaning and communication鈥�. Journal of Pragmatics 201: 60-75.

Guest speakers: Maciej Witek听

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Friday, February 9th, 2024 (14:00-16:00 UK time)

Paper. Mazzarella, D. 2021. 鈥淚 didn't mean to suggest anything like that!鈥�: Deniability and context reconstruction. Mind and Language鈥� 38 (1):218-236.

Guest speakers: Diana Mazzarella听

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Friday, February 23rd, 2024 (14:00-16:00 UK time)

Paper. Graci, R. & Capone, A. 2023. 鈥楶erspectives on the semantics/pragmatics debate: insights from aphasia research. Frontiers in Psychology 14:1-20.

Guest speakers: Roberto Graci and Alessandro Capone听

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Friday, March 8th, 2024 (14:00-16:00 UK time)

Paper.听 Hansen, M. & Terkourafi, M. 2023. 鈥榃e need to talk about Hearer's Meaning!鈥�. Journal of Pragmatics 208: 99-114.听

Guest speakers: Maj-Britt Mosegaard Hansen and Marina Terkourafi听

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Michaelmas 2023

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Friday, October 13th, 2023 (14:00-15:30 UK time)听

Paper.听Fishman, A., Asherov, D., Katzir, N., & Ariel, M. 2023. 'Discourse context cannot make 'or' inclusive (only experimental task can)'. Journal of Pragmatics 217: 7-16.

Guest speakers:听Alon Fishman and Mira Ariel听

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Friday, October 27th, 2023听(15:00-16:30 UK time)听

Paper.听Rumberg, A., Lauer, S. 2023. 'What if, and when? Conditionals, tense, and branching time'. Linguist and Philos 46: 533-565.

Guest speakers:听Antje Rumberg and Sven Lauer听

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Friday, November 10th, 2023听(14:00-16:00 UK time)听

Paper. Liebesman, D., Magidor, O.'Copredication and Meaning Transfer'. Journal of Semantics 40: 69-91.

Guest speakers:听David Liebesman and Ofra Magidor听(tbc)

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Friday, November 24th, 2023听(14:30-16:00 UK time)听

Paper.听Caponetto, L. 2023.听'The Pragmatic Structure of Refusal'. Synthese 201: 1-18.

Guest speaker:听Laura Caponetto