Experiments in Linguistic Meaning 1

The first Experiments in Linguistic Meaning (ELM 1) is being held online from September 16 through 18, hosted by the University of Pennsylvania. This new conference investigates experimental approaches to theoretical semantics and pragmatics.

• Suzi Lima (faculty) is giving an invited talk: "Defining atoms: a view from Brazilian languages."

And several alumni are involved with presentations:

• Ailís Cournane (Ph.D. 2015, now at New York University) with Anouk Dieuleveut (University of Maryland) and Valentine Hacquard (University of Maryland): "Finding the force: A novel word learning experiment with modals."
• Naomi Francis (MA 2014 and recent faculty, now at the University of Oslo) with Leo Rosenstein (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Martin Hackl (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), and Shuli Jones (Massachusetts Institute of Technology): "On the acquisition of either and too."
• Giuseppe Ricciardi (MA 2016, now at Harvard University)with Rachel A. Ryskin (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) and Ted Gibson (Massachusetts Institute of Technology): "Epistemic 'must p' is literally a strong statement."