Call for abstracts

The goal of this workshop is to bring together current research on the broad range of hidden meanings. We invite contributions on all aspects of the semantics of hidden meanings, from formal semantic, pragmatic, game-theoretic and computational perspectives, including but not limited to:

• Dogwhistles

• Slurs

• Hints, suggestions, insinuations and innuendos

• Understatement

• Covert codes, secret languages and cants

• Jokes and puns

• Interlocutor- and situation-dependent social meanings

Important dates:

Submission deadline: Fri 14.04.2023 

Notification: Wed 24 May 2023

Final abstracts due: Mon 26 June 2023

Submission guidelines:

In line with the call for abstracts for the main symposium, abstracts may be up to 3 pages of A4 (2.5cm margins, 12pt), with an extra page for references. However, shorter abstracts (ca. two pages) are also welcomed. They should also be anonymised. 

Please submit abstracts to hiddenmeaning2023@gmail.com