Diversity in Language Project meeting

Participants will discuss the following readings: Anna Wierzbicka, Preface to the second edition of Cross-Cultural Pragmatics and Nick J. Enfield, "The Theory Of Cultural Logic: How Individuals Combine Social Intelligence With Semiotics to Create And Maintain Cultural Meaning." Copies of both papers will be made available in buildings 460, 50, and 260. The Enfield paper is also available online at http://www.stanford.edu/~sells/enfield.pdf. Everyone is welcome. Lunch will be provided, so please RSVP to David Oshima, davidyo@stanford.edu.

The Diversity in Language Project, sponsored by the DLCL Research Unit, investigates the theoretical and pedagogical implications of "diversity" in various contexts: among different languages, between specific languages and a putative universal model, within individual languages, and within the speech or writing of individual speakers. The group welcomes interested students, faculty, and community members to its meetings.

Upcoming speakers include Chao Fen Sun (Stanford), Peter Sells (Stanford), and William Croft (University of Manchester and Stanford CASBS).