Yerevan Academy for Linguistics and

General Information The Yerevan Academy for Linguistics and Philosophy (YALP) is an intensive summer program in lin- guistics and philosophy. YALP 2017 will bring together 50 undergraduate and graduate students from Armenia and other countries in the region. The purpose of the academy is to provide an opportunity for students to develop their knowledge and skills, possibly with a view toward applying to doctoral programs in philosophy or linguistics (including programs in the USA and Europe). Participation in The Yerevan Academy for Linguistics and Philosophy is free of charge.

People Organizers Daniel Altshuler (Linguistics, Hampshire College/The University of Massachusetts, Amherst) Arshak Balayan (Philosophy, The American University of Armenia) Ned Markosian (Philosophy, The University of Massachusetts, Amherst) Susanna Melkonian-Altshuler (Philosophy, The University of Massachusetts, Amherst)

Teaching Faculty Daniel Altshuler (Linguistics, Hampshire College/The University of Massachusetts, Amherst) Maria Baghramian (Philosophy, University College Dublin) Arshak Balayan (Philosophy, The American University of Armenia) Paul Boghossian (Philosophy, New York University) Hans Kamp (Linguistics/Philosophy, University of Stuttgart/University of Texas at Austin) Ned Markosian (Philosophy, The University of Massachusetts, Amherst) Susanna Melkonian-Altshuler (Philosophy, The University of Massachusetts, Amherst) Friederike Moltmann (Linguistics/Philosophy, Centre Nationale de la Recherche Scientifique/New York University) Maria Polinsky (Linguistics, The University of Maryland)

Program and Dates Application deadline is April 15. Students are expected to demonstrate commitment and to attend all classes, which will be held on weekdays from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., from July 31 to August 11. Students are expected to participate in 4 classes each day. This summer program will have parallel sessions of linguistics and philosophy. According to our tenta- tive schedule, the philosophy sessions will offer courses on four branches of philosophy: , , , and . The linguistics sessions will offer courses on seman- tics, syntax, and morphology. Additional details about courses will be published soon.

Venue All classes will be held at Paramaz Avedisian Building (PAB) of The American University of Armenia.

Contacts: Please visit https://sites.google.com/view/yalp2017/home page for further information and for applica- tion forms. Please write e-mails to [email protected] for questions.