Concept Types and Frames in Language, Cognition and Science SHORT FOR Research Unit SPONSOR Functional Concepts and Frames ORGANIZATION Düsseldorf LOCATION CTF09 TOPICS DATE INVITED SPEAKERS Linguistics Computational Linguistics Mathematics Aug 24 – 26, 2009 Cognitive Psychology Barbara Abbott Neuroscience, Philosophy Lawrence Barsalou Philosophy of Science Jerry Hobbs History of Science Beth Levin James Pustejovsky Barry Smith Paul Thagard Program & Abstracts General Chair:Sebastian Löbner Organization: Thomas Gamerschlag Doris Gerland Anna Grabowski Rainer Osswald Wiebke Petersen Tim Riebe UNI-KLINIKEN HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY HOTELS FLORA, CAMPUS GOLDEN TULIP, HAUS MOOREN UNIVERSITY RESTAURANTS BUILDING 21.11 RESTAURANT “SUBWAY” X Uni Uni Mensa West CAFETERIA CAFETERIA BUS 835/836 Uni Ost TO SCHLOSS MICKELN CONFERENCE SITE Uni Mitte B UILDING 25.22 RESTAURANT & CAFETERIA BUS 835/836 TO CITY CENTER/ HOTELS BUS STOP BOTANIC GARDEN COMPUTER CENTER BUILDING 25.41 Contents Imprint 2 Welcome 3 General Information 4 Guided Tour & Conference Dinner 5 Pubs & Restaurants 6 Abstracts 11 Plenary Talks 11 Section Talks 17 Maps of the Conference Site 103 Index of Contributors 105 Schedule 107 CTF 09 University of Düsseldorf, August 24-26, 2009 The organizing committee of the CTF09 Thomas Gamerschlag (Department of General Linguistics) Doris Gerland (Department of General Linguistics) Anna Grabowski (Department of General Linguistics) Rainer Osswald (Department of General Linguistics) Wiebke Petersen (Department of General Linguistics) Tim Riebe (Department of General Linguistics) Contact Heinrich-Heine-Universität Institute for Language and Information Department of General Linguistics Universitätsstraße 1 40225 Düsseldorf Germany Phone +49 211 81-125 54 (during the conference: +49 211 81-10623) Cell phone 0163-9496036 Fax +49 211 81-113 25 Email
[email protected] 2 CTF 09 General Information Welcome Welcome to the 2009 international conference on Concept Types and Frames at Düsseldorf, and welcome to the city of Düsseldorf and its university.