Free Choice Inferences:
Theoretical and experimental approaches

Date: May 15, 2024 (hours below are displayed in CEST/UTC+2 time zone)

Location: Online

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Organizers: Camelia Bleotu, Mara Panaitescu, Gabi Bîlbîie, Anton Benz, Andreea Nicolae and Lyn Tieu 

10:45 CEST Intro 

11:00-11:40 Adina Camelia Bleotu, Lyn Tieu,  Andreea Nicolae,  Anton Benz, Gabriela Bîlbîie, Mara Panaitescu -  Free choice and exclusivity in child and adult Romanian

11:40-12:20 Maria Aloni - Neglect-zero and no-split: cognitive biases at the semantic-pragmatic interface. Slides 

12:20-13:00 Moshe Bar-Lev - On fatal competition and the nature of distributive inferences 

13:00-14:00 Lunch

14:00-14:40 Itai Bassi - Free choice and p-exh. Slides 

14:40-15:20 Luka Crnič - Conjunctive and universal strengthening more broadly

15:20-16:00 Antoine Cochard, Angeliek van Hout and Hamida Demirdache - When Modal Disjunction is interpreted as Modal Conjunction in Child French: "Liz can buy a croissant or a donut…that means both, right?"

16:00-16:20 Break

16:20-17:00 Paul Marty & Jacopo Romoli - On the source of ignorance and distributive inferences 

17:00-17:40 Melissa Fusco - Is Free Choice Cancellable? Handout 

17:40-18:00 Round table discussion