Easter 2024 

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

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

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

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

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

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

Lent 2024 

Michaelmas 2024 

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

Guest speaker: Andrew Peet (Umea University, Sweden)

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

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

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

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

Talk:  Weissman, B (2024). 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)

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

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

Guest speakers: TBC

Easter 2024 

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

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

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

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

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

Guest speaker: Professor Kasia M. Jaszczolt (University of Cambridge).

Lent 2024 

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

Paper. Witek, M. 2022. ‘An Austinian alternative to the Gricean perspective on meaning and communication’. Journal of Pragmatics 201: 60-75.

Guest speakers: Maciej Witek 

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

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

Guest speakers: Diana Mazzarella 

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

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

Guest speakers: Roberto Graci and Alessandro Capone 

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

Paper.  Hansen, M. & Terkourafi, M. 2023. ‘We need to talk about Hearer's Meaning!’. Journal of Pragmatics 208: 99-114. 

Guest speakers: Maj-Britt Mosegaard Hansen and Marina Terkourafi 

Michaelmas 2023

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

Paper. 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: Alon Fishman and Mira Ariel 

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

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

Guest speakers: Antje Rumberg and Sven Lauer 

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

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

Guest speakers: David Liebesman and Ofra Magidor (tbc)

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

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

Guest speaker: Laura Caponetto