Event semantics and lexical semantics

The 11th Event semantics workshop took place from the 28th to the 29th of November 2014 and was hosted by the English department of the Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena. The invited speaker was Nicholas Asher (Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse). The original call for papers can be found here. The flyer for the workshop can be downloaded here.

Program

The abstracts for the contributed talks are available here. If available, the .pdf's of the presentations or handouts are linked to the corresponding titles of the talks.

Thursday 27th November
19:00-Warm-up Ratszeise Jena, Markt 1
Friday 28th November
9:00-9:30Reception/Coffee
9:30-11:00Nicholas AsherEvents in Composition
Break
11:30-12:15Julia LukassekFlexible Einbindung von Partizipanten: Eine Fallstudie zu Verben der sprachlichen Äußerung
12:15-13:00Sebastian BückingZur Semantik hypothetischer Vergleichssätze im Deutschen
Lunch
14:30-15:15Holden HärtlWerden Ereignisse in Aspektsprachen anders konzeptualisiert? Eine Studie zum Zusammenhang von Ereignisperspektivierung und Diskurszugänglichkeit
15:15-16:00Simone Alex-RufDie Komplexität von Ereignissen. Empirisches zur Zustand-Ereignis-Unterscheidung
Break
16:30-17:15Lea Kawaletz & Ingo PlagModeling nominalization in frames
17:15-18:00Daniel HoleCovert variables and theta-induced binding
19:00-Workshop dinnerHaus im Sack, Oberlauengasse 14–17
Saturday 29th November
9:30-10:15Sascha AlexeyenkoWhere Does the Event in Adjectival Manner Modification Come From?
10:15-11:00Carla UmbachAdverbial anaphoric usage of the German demonstrative 'so'
11:15-12:00Holger GauzaZur Rolle des direkten Objekts für die Positionierung von Adverbialen der Art&Weise
Break
12:30-13:15Wilhelm Geuder"Warten ist Nichtstun"?
13:15-14:00Claudia Maienborn & Johanna HerdtfelderEventive vs. stative Verursachung: Interpretationsoptionen für kausale von-PPn


Directions

Click here for a small map marking the workshop location, the Hotels Schwarzer Bär and Ibis, the train station, and the venue for the warm-up event on Thursday evening. All distances on the map are within 10 minutes walking distance. Should you arrive at Jena Westbahnhof, please follow the signs denoting the direction of the city centre. You will enter the map at the end of the arrow starting on the Westbahnhofstraße. This should take you no longer than 5 to 10 minutes.

Contact/Organizational matter

For any questions, please contact the organizer, Martin Schäfer, via email (postATmartinschaefer.info).

Financial support

Many thanks to the Ernst-Abbe-Stiftung for supporting this event financially. Note that Ernst Abbe was perhaps the most important supporter of Frege in Jena. Further financial support comes from the Gesellschaft der Freunde und Förderer der FSU Jena e. V. and the Faculty of Philosophy of the Friedrich Schiller University Jena.