SLUGS AT CUSP

On the weekend of November 9th, graduate students Lisa Hofmann and Jack Duff took part in the twelfth annual meeting of California Universities Semantics and Pragmatics (CUSP) at the University of Southern California, organized by recent UCSC alumnus Deniz Rudin (USC). The weekend was filled with interesting talks and helpful comments.

Lisa presented a talk on Sunday morning titled “The anaphoric potential of indefinites under negation and disjunction.”

Jack also presented a talk on Sunday morning, titled “To flip a judge: Predicates of personal taste in a commitment-based discourse model.”

Lisa Hofmann presenting her talk at CUSP on Nov. 10.

Lisa Hofmann presenting her talk at CUSP on Nov. 10.

Some of the researchers presenting research at CUSP 12. Fourth and fifth from left are UCSC students Jack Duff and Lisa Hofmann. (Photo: Deniz Rudin)

Some of the researchers presenting research at CUSP 12. Fourth and fifth from left are UCSC students Jack Duff and Lisa Hofmann. (Photo: Deniz Rudin)