Sinn und Bedeutung 12 (SuB12)

The Department of Literature, Area Studies and European Languages, University of Oslo, is pleased to announce the

12th Sinn und Bedeutung Conference

taking place from

Thursday, September 20, through Saturday, September 22, 2007

at the University of Oslo. In addition to invited lectures by

Henriëtte de Swart (Universiteit Utrecht)

Markus Egg (Rijksuniversiteit Groningen)

Irene Heim (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

there will be submitted talks devoted to natural language semantics, pragmatics, the syntax-semantics interface, psycholinguistic studies related to meaning, and the philosophy of language.

Deadline for 2-page abstract submission: April 30

Notification of acceptance: June 15

Organizers: Silje Susanne Alvestad, Bergljot Behrens, Cathrine Fabricius-Hansen, Ingrid Lossius Falkum, Kari Fonnes, Atle Grønn, Maria Filiouchkina Krave, Kjell Johan Sæbø.

The annual conference Sinn und Bedeutung is one of the most important venues for the development of novel ideas and analyses in semantics. An online collection of post-conference proceedings contributes to the dissemination of results and the promotion of further research in the field.
The 12th installment enjoys support from the Research Council of Norway (project no. 178164) and the endorsement of the
University of Oslo, the Oslo University College, and SINTEF.

Conference hosted by
Department of Literature, Area Studies
and European Languages
Faculty of Humanities
University of Oslo