GRADUATE STUDENT SEMANTICS GET-TOGETHERS!

Last Saturday saw the first meeting of the new Unofficial Graduate student Get-togather on Semantics and pragmatics (UGGS). The theme of the premiere meeting was modified numerals: Karl DeVries on interaction between modified numerals and aspectual modifiers, and Matthijs Westra on the pragmatics of modified numerals, based on inquisitive semantics. This week UGGS will feature Anie Thompson, who will be workshopping a set of puzzles for the missing antecedent test in ellipsis, with special attention to the differences between singulars and plurals. She will also be offering a bonus discussion of some inverse scope puzzles if participants are interested. UGGS meets Saturdays 3-5pm in the Cave.