SNEWS 2005

Southern New England Workshop in Semantics

at University of Connecticut

Sat. October 22, 2005

Photos are available HERE (view Slideshow)

Preliminary Program 　　　UConn, Department of Linguistics (Arjona Building, Third floor)

9:00 - 9:30 Breakfast
9:30 - 10:10 Takuro Tanaka
(University of Connecticut)		 Many Structures for Many Many's
10:10 - 10:50 William Salmon
(Yale University)		 Compromising Positions and Polarity Items
10:50 - 11:20 Coffee Break
11:20 - 12:00 Jan Andersen
(University of Massachusetts)		 Überhaupt Modifies Contextual Variables
12:00 - 12:40 Simona Herdan
(University of Connecticut)		 Why all amount relatives need degree gaps
12:40 - 2:10  Lunch break (not provided)
2:10 - 2:50 Keir Moulton
(University of Massachussets)		 Strong Reflexivity and Attitudes de se: Evidence from ECM
2:50 - 3:30 Tsuyoshi Sawada
(University of Connecticut)		 Fuzzy Logic and Degree Phrases
3:30 - 4:00 Coffee Break
4:00 - 4:40 Ben Russell
(Brown University)		 Conditional Coordination
4:40 - 5:20 Youri Zabbal
(University of Massachusetts)		 How to Deal with Cardinals, Ordinals, and Fractions:
A Compositional Semantics of Numeral Expressions

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Access to Storrs Campus

MAPQUEST for directions from your place to Arjona Building in Storrs

University of Connecticut, Department of Linguistics
337 Mansfield Road Unit 1145
Storrs, CT 06269-1145


Directions:
Take I-84 east/west to Exit 68, turn south onto State Highway 195 (cross routes 32 and 44) to the campus.


Travel Time:
Hartford - 30 minutes
Springfield - 45 minutes
Worcester - 40 minutes
Norwich - 40 minutes
Middletown - 50 minutes
Providence - 55 minutes
Boston - 1 hour and a half

Information about non-driving alternatives can be found here




Arjona Building

The whole map of Storrs campus is available here.

The Arjona building is
in front of the Mirror Lake.


Local Dining Information

UConn Visitors Center
Living in Storrs


Selected Photos (All photos are available HERE)





For more information, please contact the organizers:
　　Simona Herdan (simona.herdan(at)uconn.edu)
　　Takuro Tanaka (takuro.tanaka(at)uconn.edu)