LINGUAE-multimodality —
Multimodal Semantics Seminar
LINGUAE, Institut Jean-Nicod, CNRS
LINGUAE, Institut Jean-Nicod, CNRS
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FORMAT
FORMAT
On an experimental basis, we are organizing an online seminar on multimodal semantics, with two primary (but non-exclusive) foci: sign language semantics, and gesture semantics. The seminar will be entirely conducted on Zoom, and it will be open to partner groups worldwide (please note that this is not an open seminar: participants must belong to partner groups and register, or have authorization from the organizers).
On an experimental basis, we are organizing an online seminar on multimodal semantics, with two primary (but non-exclusive) foci: sign language semantics, and gesture semantics. The seminar will be entirely conducted on Zoom, and it will be open to partner groups worldwide (please note that this is not an open seminar: participants must belong to partner groups and register, or have authorization from the organizers).
Format:
1 hour including questions, no more than once a month
Format:
1 hour including questions, no more than once a month
Disclaimers:
1. Topics are skewed towards our group's interest, and some sessions might involve presentations by our team's members.
2. The format is experimental (and we have no dedicated funding), so please be patient with any technical or other issues that might arise.
SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETING
SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETING
Talks will be given in English or in sign language (e.g. ASL). If you wish to attend a talk and need ASL interpreting, please contact the organizers at least 3 weeks ahead of time (this should be done for each session). We will do our best to ensure that interpreting is provided, but we might share the costs with your home academic institution.
Talks will be given in English or in sign language (e.g. ASL). If you wish to attend a talk and need ASL interpreting, please contact the organizers at least 3 weeks ahead of time (this should be done for each session). We will do our best to ensure that interpreting is provided, but we might share the costs with your home academic institution.
NEXT SESSION: Tuesday, October 21 - 17:00-18:00 Paris time
NEXT SESSION: Tuesday, October 21 - 17:00-18:00 Paris time
To find the corresponding time where you live, use for instance this website.
SPEAKER: Lyn Tieu (U. of Toronto)
SPEAKER: Lyn Tieu (U. of Toronto)
TITLE: What we can infer from emojis: Experimental evidence for presuppositions, implicatures, and supplements
TITLE: What we can infer from emojis: Experimental evidence for presuppositions, implicatures, and supplements
ABSTRACT:
ABSTRACT:
Emoji symbols are widely used in online communication, including instant messaging and social media platforms (Dresner & Herring 2010). But what meanings do emojis contribute to the sentences they accompany? Existing work draws comparisons between the functions of emoji and those of gestures (see, for example, Gawne & McCulloch 2019), with Pierini (2021) proposing that emoji symbols interact with the logical structure of the sentences they appear in, much like gestures interact with logical operators in speech (Schlenker 2018). In this talk, I will present some experimental studies of the kinds of linguistic inferences that emojis can trigger. Specifically, the results suggest that emoji symbols can trigger presuppositions and supplements (Tieu, Qiu, Puvipalan & Pasternak 2024); however, while we observe evidence for direct scalar implicatures, emojis in negative sentences do not seem to trigger indirect scalar implicatures (Tieu, Faehndrich, Sritharan & Schlenker 2025).
ZOOM LINK: To be sent by email to members of partner groups who registered.
ZOOM LINK: To be sent by email to members of partner groups who registered.
Note: If there are unexpected technical problems (e.g. malfunctioning Zoom link), we will (i) provide corrected information on this page, and (ii) contact you by email if you have registered.
ONLINE INTERACTION
ONLINE INTERACTION
-Questions should be asked directly rather than through the chat unless technical problems get in the way.
-We will record sessions. But to ensure that this does not get in the way of online interactions, we will edit questions out if we ever make the video public (as opposed to just sharing the video on a person-by-person basis).
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