CIDRAL Public Lecture: Professor Kai von Fintel (MIT): 'If'
| Dates: | 18 October 2016 |
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| Times: | 17:00 - 19:00 |
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| What is it: | Lecture |
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| Organiser: | School of Arts, Languages and Cultures |
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| How much: | Free |
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| Who is it for: | University staff, Adults, Alumni, Current University students, General public, Post 16 |
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This event is part of the CIDRAL programme for Winter 2016, 'Possible Worlds'.
Cognition and language revolve around distinguishing between alternative ways the world might be. As a possible worlds semanticist, I explore the grammar of how language connects us to possibilities. After a whirlwind survey of the field, I focus on some of my research on conditionals. This includes both the familiar "if ... then ..." kind but also many "if-less" kinds ("Walk in there and the dog barks at you"). I argue that conditionals are a core pattern at the heart of grammar and that "if" is merely a convenient lexification.
Kai von Fintel is Professor of Linguistics at MIT.
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