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Semantics - Maryland Linguistics
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Grammars pair sounds or gestures with meaning. In semantics we approach the theory of grammar from the side of meaning. What sorts of meanings does the grammar yield, and by what rules are these meanings assembled? Answering these questions involves us in others. What is the syntax, relative to which sound and meaning are paired? How do the meanings of expressions relate to acts of using expressions, and to various aspects of cognition, especially those deployed immediately in communication? Control of l...
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Language & Cognition Lab | University of Delaware
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Anna Papafragou co-organized the 38th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Which was held in Philadelphia August 11th-13th. Current PhD students Sarah Fairchild and Myrto Grigoroglou and former MA student Felix Gervits presented posters at the meeting. The lab will mentor two visiting undergraduate McNair scholars for Summer 2016, Raevyn Johnson and Victor Ike. Ercenur Unal was awarded the UD Office of Graduate and Professional Education Graduate Fellowship. Dimitris Skordos was awarded th...
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