International Conference
Names, Demonstratives, and Expressives
2014,15‐17September
Villa Feltrinelli, Gargnano (Lake Garda)
Invited Speakers
Claudia Bianchi (San Raffaele, Milano)
Ernest Lepore (Rutgers)
Stefano Predelli (Nottingham)
Josep Maciá (Barcelona)
Contributed Speakers
Bianca Cepollaro (Normale, Pisa)
Aldo Frigerio (Sacro Cuore, Milan)
Heimir Geirsson (Iowa State)
Aidan Gray (Illinois)
Christopher Hom (Texas Tech)
Robin Jeshion (Southern California)
Natalia Karczewska (Warsaw)
Katarzyna Kijania-Placek (Jagiellonian)
Robert May (U.C. Davis)
Matt Moss (Columbia,NY)
Francesca Panzeri (Bicocca, Milan)
Mihaela Popa-Wyatt (Barcelona)
Francois Recanati (IJN, Paris)
Wojciech Rostworowski (Warsaw)
Henry Schiller (Edinburgh)
Roberto B. Sileo (Cambridge)
Una Stojnić (Rutgers)
Tristan Thommen (IJN, Paris)
Organizers: C. Calabi, E. Paganini, G. Torrengo, S. Zucchi
For information: giuliano.torrengo@unimi.it
InternationalConference
Names,Demonstratives,andExpressives
15‐17September2014
Monday15September
09:00‐10:00 JosepMaciá(UniversityofBarcelona)
“ExpressiveMeaningandPresupposition”
Commmentator:MattMoss(ColumbiaUniversity)
10:00‐10:30 Coffeebreak
10:30‐11:30 RobertMay(U.C.Davis)&ChristopherHom(TexasTechUniversity)
“PejorativesasFiction”
Commentator:BiancaCepollaro(ScuolaNormaleSuperiore,Pisa)
11:30‐12:30 MihaelaPopa‐Wyatt (UniversityofBarcelona)
“Whyareslurssoperniciousandhardtoresist?(UniversityofBirmingham)
Commmentator:RobertoB.Sileo(CambridgeUniversity)
12:30‐14:30 Lunch
14:30‐15:30 ClaudiaBianchi(UniversitySanRaffaele,Milan)
“Fightingwords:theappropriationofderogatoryepithets”
Commentator:TristanThommen(InstitutJeanNicod,Paris)
15.30‐16.30 AldoFrigerio(UniversityofSacroCuore,Milan)
...“Onthesemanticstatusofthederogatorycontentofpejoratives”
Commentator:FrancoisRecanati(InstitutJeanNicod,Paris)
16:30‐17:00 Coffeebreak
17:00‐17:45 BiancaCepollaro(ScuolaNormaleSuperiore,Pisa)
“Slurs:ADefenseofaPresuppositionalAccount”
Commentator:ChristopherHom(TexasTechUniversity)
17:45‐18:30 RobertoB.Sileo(UniversityofCambridge)
“SlursandTruth‐conditionalContent”
Commentator:ErnestLepore(RutgersUniversity)
18:30‐19:15 MattMoss(ColumbiaUniversity)
“Pseudonyms”
Commentator:JosepMaciá(UniversityofBarcelona)
20:00
Dinner
Tuesday16September
09:00‐10:00 StefanoPredelli(UniversityofNottingham)
“WhentheMediumistheMessage.Names,Predicates,andtheUseof
Language”
Commentator:UnaStojnić(RutgersUniversity)
10:00‐10:30 Coffeebreak
10:30‐11:30 HeimirGeirsson(IowaStateUniversity)
“InTheKnowandStillResistingSubstitutions”
Commentator:PaoloLeonardi(UniversityofBologna)
11:30‐12:30 AidanGray(UniversityofIllinois)
“Name‐bearing,response‐dependence,andarbitrariness”
Commentator:ElisaPaganini(UniversityofMilan)
12:30‐14:30 Lunch
14:30‐15:30 ErnestLepore(RutgersUniversity)
“OnPerspective‐TakingandOpen‐endednessinSlurring”
Commmentator:KatarzynaKijania‐Placek(JagiellonianUniversity)
15.30‐16.30 HenrySchiller(UniversityofEdinburgh)
“CanPhysicalGesturesbeTreatedasDescriptivePhrases?”
Commmentator:GiulianoTorrengo(UniversityofMilan)
16:30‐17:00 Coffeebreak
17:00‐17:45 NataliaKarczewska(UniversityofWarsaw)
“Disagreementaboutwhatisnotsaid”
Commentator:StefanoPredelli(UniversityofNottingham)
17:45‐18:30 UnaStojnić(RutgersUniversity)
“DiscourseandLogicalForm”
Commentator:GiuseppeSpolaore(UniversityofPadova)
18:30‐19:30 KatarzynaKijania‐Placek(JagiellonianUniversity)
“IndexicalsinProverbs”
Commentator:RobertMay(U.C.Davis)
20:00
Dinner
09:00‐10:00
10:00‐11:00
11:00‐11:30
11:30‐12:30
12:30‐13:30
Wednesday17September
FrancoisRecanatiandTristanThommen(InstitutJeanNicod,Paris)
“TheIndexicalityofSlurs”
Commentator:NataliaKarczewska(UniversityofWarsaw)
RobinJeshion(UniversityofSouthernCalifornia)
“Slurs,Dehumanization,andtheExpressionofContempt”
Commentator:MarcoSantambrogio(UniversityofParma)
Coffeebreak
FrancescaPanzeri(BicoccaUniversity,Milan)
“Slursasfallacies”
Commentator:WojciechRostworowski(UniversityofWarsaw)
WojciechRostworowski&NataliaPietrulewicz(UniversityofWarsaw)
“AttributiveNames,MisnamingandMisdescription—ExperimentalStudy”
Commentator:FrancescaPanzeri(BicoccaUniversity,Milan)