Semantics Research Seminar 2026-27

Module code: PLIN0056

Lecturer: Nathan Klinedinst & Yasutada Sudo

About

This seminar is a PhD-level research seminar course on the intersection of natural language semantics and philosophy of language. It meets weekly during Term 1 at UCL. The main target audience of the seminar is PhD students, as well as staff, interested in linguistics, philosophy of language and related areas.

Topic

There is no single topic this year.

Schedule

Time: Friday, 15:00–17:00

Location: 201 Chandler House

Week 1

• 9 Oct
• Nathan Klinedinst & Yasu Sudo
• Presupposition triggering via idleness avoidance
• slides

Week 2

• 16 Oct
• Saki Stait
• Meiosis

Week 3

• 23 Oct
• Tom Ralston
• Reading: pp. 1–32 of Mari, Beyssade & Del Prete (2012) “Introduction”, Genericity. doi: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199691807.003.0001.
• handout

Week 4

• 30 Oct
• Tom Ralston
• Reading 1: Guerrini, J. (2026). Distributive kind predication. Natural Language Semantics, 34, 85–136. doi: 10.1007/s11050-025-09245-8
• Reading 2: Ralston, T. (2026). The illusion of kind predication. Proceedings of Sinn Und Bedeutung, 30, 888–905. doi: 10.18148/sub/2026.v30.1374

Week 5

• 6 Nov
• Tom Ralston or Joseph Petrie

Week 6

• 20 Nov
• Joseph Petrie

Week 7

• 27 Nov

Week 8

• 4 Dec
• Jacopo Romoli

Week 9

• 11 Dec
• Josh Boivin

Week 10

• No lecture