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LTT: K. Stanton
March 12, 2021 @ 11:00 am - 12:30 pm EST
Kate Stanton, University of Pittsburgh
Contrastive Coordination and Multiphase Semantics
This will be an online lecture held via Zoom, and pre-registration is required. Please register here: https://pitt.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_G6NZukgfS_WIKiMtu0CfBw
ABSTRACT: A common assumption in linguistics and philosophy is that semantic interpretation, i.e. conventional assignment of meaning to structure, is monophasic, i.e. features in speaker meaning recovery only once. This talk argues that it can be multiphasic; it can feature both in assigning a first pass interpretation, and in later constraining pragmatic adjustments to meaning in context. I present evidence of multiphase semantic interpretation from a crosslinguistically robust contrastive coordination pattern (John, a linguist?! Him, Sanjay Singhania?!) with focus on it’s behaviour in Hindi-Urdu (John aur linguist?! Yeh aur Sanjay Singhania?!). I conclude by suggesting that multiphase semantic interpretation requires a reconceptualization of the structure of semantic competence.
Details
- Date:
- March 12, 2021
- Time:
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11:00 am - 12:30 pm EST
- Event Categories:
- Lunchtime Talks, Lunchtime Talks 2020-21
Venue
- Online Lecture