Activities

2023

A bigger picture: The graphics of lexical decompositionJoost Zwarts (Speaker)
8 Nov 2023
, Theoretical and Computational Approaches to Decomposition and Presuppositions
Number marking in MarakwetJoost Zwarts (Speaker)
27 Jan 2023
, Workshop on the occasion of Silvia Terenghi's PhD defense

2022

On lexical reciprocity in SwahiliJoost Zwarts (Presenter)
20 Oct 2022
, IATL 37
Metaphor alignment in complex conceptsJoost Zwarts (Invited speaker)
23 Aug 2022
, Concepts in action
Reflexive/reciprocal marking in MarkweetaJoost Zwarts (Invited speaker)
8 Apr 2022
, Annual Conference on African Linguistics
Tax havens and fiscal regimes: Metaphorical domains in compounding and modificationJoost Zwarts (Invited speaker)
24 Feb 2022
, Literal and Figurative Meanings of Compounds
Twice aptness and the adverb literally and metaphoricallyJoost Zwarts (Invited speaker)
4 Feb 2022
, Grote Taaldag

2021

Parameters of nominal deficiency in complex prepositionsJoost Zwarts (Invited speaker)
30 Sept 2021
, Les prépositions complexes en français: théories, descriptions, applications
The semantics of metaphorJoost Zwarts (Presenter)
26 Jul 202130 Jul 2021
, European Summer School in Logic, Language and Information
Domain modifiers and metaphorical functionsJoost Zwarts (Invited speaker)
26 Mar 2021
, Metaphor and ambiguity analysis
Between' constructions in Biblical HebrewJoost Zwarts (Speaker)
28 Feb 2021
, Grote Taaldag

2019

Membership and connectedness and the typology of collective nounsJoost Zwarts (Invited speaker)
6 Sept 2019
, Sinn und Bedeutung

2018

Lexical reciprocity vs. grammatical reciprocity: the case of ItalianJ. Zwarts (Speaker)
9 Oct 2018
, IATL 34
Lexical reciprocity vs. grammatical reciprocity: the case of ItalianJ. Zwarts (Speaker)
7 Oct 2018
, NELS 49
'A net cast into the sea': Identifying biblical metaphors using semantic domainsJoost Zwarts (Invited speaker)
2 Oct 2018
Mapping metaphors in a lexicon of New Testament GreekJoost Zwarts (Invited speaker)
30 Aug 2018
, Metaphor Festival 2018
Tops and bottoms: axial nouns as kindsJoost Zwarts (Invited speaker)
20 Apr 2018
, West Coast Conference in Formal Linguistics
The partial nominality of axial partsJoost Zwarts (Invited speaker)
16 Feb 2018
Have-sentences in discourseJoost Zwarts (Member of committee)
16 Feb 2018
On cross-linguistic combinatorics of axial complexesJoost Zwarts (Speaker)
3 Feb 2018
, Grote Taaldag 2018
Mining metaphorical mappings: New Testament GreekJoost Zwarts (Speaker)
3 Feb 2018
, Grote Taaldag 2018
Rising temperatures and other pathsJoost Zwarts (Invited speaker)
30 Jan 2018
, ENDPOINTS 2018
The partial nominality of axial partsJoost Zwarts (Speaker)
22 Jan 2018
, Syntax Interface Lectures

2017

On the structure and composition of pseudo-partitivesJ. Zwarts (Invited speaker)
16 Jan 2017
Cross-domain mappings in the Louw-Nida lexiconJoost Zwarts (Invited speaker)
2017
, 2017 Annual meeting of the European Association of Biblical Studies

2016

Word meaning: Interdisciplinary themesJoost Zwarts (Invited speaker)
2 Nov 2016
EABSJoost Zwarts (Invited speaker)
18 Jul 2016
TABU dagJoost Zwarts (Invited speaker)
3 Jun 2016
17th Szklarska Poreba WorkshopJoost Zwarts (Invited speaker)
6 Mar 2016
Hitting the nail on the head: Forces in verb meaningsJoost Zwarts (Invited speaker)
2 Feb 2016
, Linguistik Kolloquium
Nederlandse taalkunde (Journal)Joost Zwarts (Editor)
1 Jan 20161 Sept 2016

2015

Hitting the nail on the head: Forces in verb meanings (with Anja Goldschmidt)Joost Zwarts (Invited speaker)
16 Jul 2015
, SFB Kolloquium SS 2015
Explorations in the 're' domainJoost Zwarts (Invited speaker)
23 Jan 2015
, Formal Semantics Meets Cognitive Semantics

2014

Colóquio de Semântica ReferencialJoost Zwarts (Invited speaker)
23 Oct 2014
Logic in languageJoost Zwarts (Invited speaker)
20 Oct 201424 Oct 2014
Semantics and Pragmatics (Journal)Joost Zwarts (Editorial board member)
29 Jul 2014 → …
Workshop Bridging Formal and Conceptual Semantics (BRIDGE-14)Joost Zwarts (Invited speaker)
12 Apr 2014
, Workshop Bridging Formal and Conceptual Semantics (BRIDGE-14)
Going back in Dutch: Paths, polysemy, and presuppositionJoost Zwarts (Invited speaker)
21 Mar 2014
Discourse op DinsdagJoost Zwarts (Participant)
11 Mar 2014
Journée Définis faiblesJoost Zwarts (Invited speaker)
17 Feb 2014
Nederlandse taalkunde (Journal)Joost Zwarts (Editorial board member)
2014 → …

2013

From picture to preposition: Modeling lexical-semantic variation in the spatial domainJoost Zwarts (Invited speaker)
15 Oct 2013
, Workshop on Semantic Variation
Ways of going ‘back’: A Case study in spatial directionJoost Zwarts (Invited speaker)
4 Jul 2013
, Colloquium (Stuttgart)
PPs, paths, and resultativesJoost Zwarts (Invited speaker)
27 May 2013
, Secondary predication in Formal Frameworks (SPIFF) (Utrecht)
Mapping the meaning of prepositionsJoost Zwarts (Invited speaker)
24 Apr 2013
, Colloquium (Lincoln, UK)
Bare landscapeJoost Zwarts (Invited speaker)
25 Mar 2013
, The Ultimate Bare Workshop
Ways of going 'back': A case study in spatial directionJoost Zwarts (Invited speaker)
16 Feb 2013
, Berkeley Linguistics Society 39th Annual Meeting
Ways of going 'back': A case study in spatial directionJoost Zwarts (Invited speaker)
16 Jan 2013
, Lingüística y Ciencia Cognitiva (Madrid)

2012

Mapping the meaning of prepositionsJoost Zwarts (Invited speaker)
23 Nov 2012
, The Meaning of P (Bochum)
Maps of meaning and webs of words: The case of 'round'Joost Zwarts (Invited speaker)
18 Oct 2012
, Seminar
Event Orientated Adnominals and CompositionalityJoost Zwarts (Invited speaker)
17 Oct 2012
, Israel Association for Theoretical Linguistics (Tel Aviv)
The 'space' of PJoost Zwarts (Invited speaker)
13 Jul 2012
, Prefix verbs: The Impact of Preposition-like Elements on the Syntax and Semantics of Verbs (Stuttgart)
Constructing conceptual spaces for lexical semanticsJoost Zwarts (Invited speaker)
24 May 2012
, Conceptual spaces at work (Lund)
Metaphor miningJoost Zwarts (Invited speaker)
23 Mar 2012
, Workshop The Language of Literature
Nederlandse taalkunde (Journal)Joost Zwarts (Editor)
2012

2011

Implicit Arguments: Event Modification or Option Type Categories?Joost Zwarts (Invited speaker)
20 Dec 2011
, 18th Amsterdam Colloquium
Adjectives and the event semantics of nominals: Events across categoriesJoost Zwarts (Invited speaker)
8 Nov 2011
, S&P Colloquia (Nijmegen)
Without article: Bare objects in PPsJoost Zwarts (Invited speaker)
22 Oct 2011
, Workshop related to the doctoral defense of Marina Pantcheva
On the event semantics of nominals - the one-argument hypothesisJoost Zwarts (Invited speaker)
8 Sept 2011
, Sinn und Bedeutung 16 (Utrecht)
Event semantics and Abstract Categorial GrammarJoost Zwarts (Invited speaker)
8 Sept 2011
, Mathematics of Language 12 (Nara, Japan)
Measuring time in prepositional phrasesJoost Zwarts (Invited speaker)
7 Jun 2011
, Workshop "The representation of gradability"
Nederlandse taalkunde (Journal)Joost Zwarts (Editor)
2011

2010

Weak definites and reference to kindsJoost Zwarts (Invited speaker)
5 Dec 2010
, Semantics in the Netherlands VIII Workshop
From N to N: Paths, plurality and reduplicationJoost Zwarts (Invited speaker)
4 Dec 2010
, Seminar
Special P ObjectsJoost Zwarts (Invited speaker)
2 Dec 2010
, Seminar, Seoul National University
Weak definites and the lexical semantics of nounsJoost Zwarts (Invited speaker)
13 May 2010
, GliF Seminar, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Weak definites and reference to kindsJoost Zwarts (Invited speaker)
1 May 2010
, Semantics and Linguistic Theory (Vancouver)
Spatial Representation and Reasoning in Language: Ontologies and Logics of Space, Dagstuhl Seminar, Leibniz-Zentrum für InformatikJoost Zwarts (Invited speaker)
28 Mar 2010
On virtual grounds: Directions and durations as objects of prepositionsJoost Zwarts (Invited speaker)
24 Feb 2010
, DGfS Workshop “Morphosyntax and Semantics of Spatial Relators"

2009

Plurality and reduplication in the from-N-to-N construction(s).Joost Zwarts (Invited speaker)
17 Dec 2009
, The Grammar of Reiteration (Amsterdam)
Bare PPs across languagesJoost Zwarts (Invited speaker)
26 Nov 2009
, Workshop on Bare Nouns
Plurality and reduplication in the from-N-to-N construction(s)Joost Zwarts (Invited speaker)
7 Nov 2009
, Workshop on Nominal and Verbal Plurality
Bare PPs across languagesJoost Zwarts (Invited speaker)
4 Nov 2009
, Seminar i teoretisk lingvistikk, Universiteit van Oslo
On virtual grounds: Directions and durations as complements of prepositionsJoost Zwarts (Invited speaker)
29 Aug 2009
, ESPP 17th Annual Conference
The PCaseBaseJoost Zwarts (Invited speaker)
27 Aug 2009
, Case in and across languages (Helsinki, Finland)

2008

Encoding spatial directionJoost Zwarts (Invited speaker)
25 Aug 2008
, Workshop on Locative case
Spatial relations in cognition and languageJoost Zwarts (Participant)
28 Jun 2008
Some remarks on bare coordinationJoost Zwarts (Invited speaker)
26 Jun 2008
, Bare worlshop 2 (Leiden)
Endo kinship terminologyJoost Zwarts (Invited speaker)
16 Apr 2008
, Afrikanistik (Keulen)
Some remarks on bare coordinationJoost Zwarts (Invited speaker)
8 Feb 2008
, Workshop OT and interpretation 2

2007

Workshop Semantic Maps: Methods and ApplicationsJoost Zwarts (Invited speaker)
29 Sept 2007
Semantic markedness in gender opposition, blocking and fossilizationJoost Zwarts (Invited speaker)
28 Feb 2007
, Workshop (Morphological) Blocking and linguistic variation, 29. Jahrestagung der deutschen Gesellschaft fuer Sprachwissenschaft
Polysemy, Formal Concepts and Semantic MapsJoost Zwarts (Invited speaker)
28 Feb 2007
, Workshop Polysemie und Konzeptuelle Raepresentation, 29. Jahrestagung der deutschen Gesellschaft für Sprachwissenschaft
Research on Language and Computation (Journal)Joost Zwarts (Editor)
2007
Lingua (Journal)Joost Zwarts (Editor)
2007

2006

Vogelnamen in Brabantse dialecten: Semantische kaarten en conceptuele structurenJoost Zwarts (Invited speaker)
17 Nov 2006
, Symposium Taal en Tongval (Gent, Belgie)
TAM TAM: Cross-linguistic semantics of Tense, Aspect, ModalityJoost Zwarts (Organiser)
1 Sept 200615 Nov 2006
Prepositions as quantifiersJoost Zwarts (Invited speaker)
8 Jun 2006
, Quantification in the Lexicon and in Syntax (Brussel, Belgie)
P-patterns: How prepositions shape each other's meaningsJoost Zwarts (Invited speaker)
4 Jun 2006
, Syntax and Semantics of Spatial P (UiL OTS, Utrecht)
Case marking directionalityJoost Zwarts (Invited speaker)
25 Apr 2006
, Variation and Stability in Grammar, CASTL/CLS Workshop
Constructional caseJoost Zwarts (Invited speaker)
7 Apr 2006
, CLS 42 (Chicago, USA)
Less form, more meaning: why bare nominals are specialJoost Zwarts (Invited speaker)
24 Feb 2006
, Linguistic Colloquium (Department of Linguistics, Vancouver, Canada)
Less form, more meaning: why bare nominals are specialJoost Zwarts (Invited speaker)
20 Feb 2006
, Conference Nominal incorporation and its kind
Adpositional governmentJoost Zwarts (Invited speaker)
4 Feb 2006
, TIN dag (Utrecht)
Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory (Journal)Joost Zwarts (Editor)
2006
Research on Language and Computation (Journal)Joost Zwarts (Editor)
2006
Cognitive Linguistics (Journal)Joost Zwarts (Editor)
2006

2005

Less form, more meaning: bare singular nounsJoost Zwarts (Invited speaker)
22 Dec 2005
, A bare workshop
A bare workshop, LUSH Special EventJoost Zwarts (Organiser)
22 Dec 2005
Bare constructions and nominal classes: A partial mapJoost Zwarts (Invited speaker)
21 Dec 2005
, Nominal anaphors/Epithets informal workshop
workshopJoost Zwarts (Organiser)
15 Aug 2005
Forceful prepositionsJoost Zwarts (Invited speaker)
22 Jul 2005
, Theme session Language, Cognition and Space, Internation Cognitive Linguistics Conference 9
Opposition and directionJoost Zwarts (Invited speaker)
18 Jul 2005
, International Cognitive Linguistics Conference
The aspect of prepositionsJoost Zwarts (Invited speaker)
30 Jun 2005
, Theoretical and Crosslinguistic Approaches to the Semantics of Aspect (Bar-Ilan, Tel-Aviv)
The aspect of prepositionsJoost Zwarts (Invited speaker)
23 Jun 2005
, 21 Annual Meeting of the Israel Association for Theoretical Linguistics
Syntax and semantics in the interpretation of Dutch predicate nominalsJoost Zwarts (Invited speaker)
22 Jun 2005
, 21st Annual Meeting of the Israel Association for Theoretical Linguistics
Bare predicate nominals at the syntax-semantics interface: evidence from DutchJoost Zwarts (Invited speaker)
7 Jan 2005
, Indefinites and Weak Quantifiers (Royal Ac. of Belgium of Arts and Science, Brussel)
Bare predicate nominals at the syntax-semantics interfaceJoost Zwarts (Invited speaker)
7 Jan 2005
, Indefinites and weak quantifiers (Brussels)
University of KonstanzJoost Zwarts (Visiting researcher)
2005

2004

Event shapeJoost Zwarts (Invited speaker)
23 Nov 2004
, Nijmegen Semantics Colloquium (Radboud Universiteit, Nijmegen)
Formal Concept Analysis and PrototypesJoost Zwarts (Invited speaker)
3 Nov 2004
, Workshop on the Potential of Cognitive Semantics for Ontologies
Properties and types and the interpretation of predicate nominalsJoost Zwarts (Invited speaker)
1 Nov 2004
, Sinn und Bedeutung 9 (Radboud Universiteit, Nijmegen)
Predicates, sets and the interpretation of predicate nominalsJoost Zwarts (Invited speaker)
1 Nov 2004
, Sinn und Bedeutung 9 (Radboud Universiteit)
Comparative paths to an optimal interpretationJoost Zwarts (Invited speaker)
1 Nov 2004
, Sinn und Bedeutung 9 (Radboud Universiteit, Nijmegen)
Conflicts in interpretationJoost Zwarts (Invited speaker)
28 Oct 2004
, KNAW Colloquium 'Cognitive Foundations of Interpretation' (Amsterdam)
KNAW colloquium `Cognitive Foundations of Interpretation'Joost Zwarts (Organiser)
27 Oct 200429 Oct 2004
Spatial structure in semantics: Aspect, opposition and modifiersJoost Zwarts (Invited speaker)
7 Oct 2004
, Workshop on the Geometric Structure of Events
workshopJoost Zwarts (Organiser)
10 Jun 200411 Jun 2004
Prepositional numeralsJoost Zwarts (Invited speaker)
30 Mar 2004
, Workshop on Numerals in the world's languages
Prepositional aspect and the algebra of pathsJoost Zwarts (Invited speaker)
18 Mar 2004
, Event Structure 04 (Universität Leipzig)
Counting with prepositionsJoost Zwarts (Invited speaker)
7 Feb 2004
, TIN (Universiteit Utrecht)
Aspects of the polysemy of 'round'Joost Zwarts (Invited speaker)
5 Feb 2004
, Sonderforschungsbereich 471 (Universität Konstanz)
Montly talk seriesJoost Zwarts (Organiser)
1 Jan 200431 Dec 2004
University of KonstanzJoost Zwarts (Visiting researcher)
2004
Optimality Theory and SemanticsJoost Zwarts (Invited speaker)
2004
, LOT-Winterschool 2004

2003

Lexical competition: 'Round' in English and DutchJoost Zwarts (Invited speaker)
21 Dec 2003
, Amsterdam Colloquium (Amsterdam)
Colloquium with regular meetingsJoost Zwarts (Organiser)
13 Nov 200331 Dec 2003
Lexical competition: 'Round' in English and DutchJoost Zwarts (Invited speaker)
29 Oct 2003
, Linguistics Colloquium (Nijmegen)
Competition between word meanings: The polysemy of (a)roundJoost Zwarts (Invited speaker)
29 Sept 2003
, Sinn und Bedeutung VIII (Frankfurt)
ACL-SIGSEM workshop: The linguistic dimensions of prepositionsJoost Zwarts (Invited speaker)
6 Sept 2003
The opposition schemaJoost Zwarts (Invited speaker)
20 Mar 2003
, Journees scientifiques semantique et modelisation (Parijs)

2002

Number in Dutch and Endo: Form versus Meaning?Joost Zwarts (Invited speaker)
26 Nov 2002
, Semantics Colloquium (Nijmegen)
Universal Quantification in the Semantics of (A)RoundJoost Zwarts (Invited speaker)
22 Nov 2002
, Linguistics Colloquium (Groningen)