In recent years, the “social” turn in philosophy of language has generated a growing body of work that challenges the standard Gricean–Stalnakerian picture of communication and its understanding of the common ground. This literature questions the view of conversational context as a single, shared body of information (e.g., Camp 2018; Harris 2020; Berstler 2025; Simons 2025). Related work on harmful speech, ideologically laden content, and social meaning investigates the roles of ideology and perspective in the construction of meaning (e.g., Kukla 2018 and Nunberg 2018 on slurs; Henderson & McCready 2024 on dogwhistles; Biezma 2025 on mock language).

This workshop aims to bring together researchers in linguistics, philosophy, and related fields exploring these questions and to facilitate an interdisciplinary exchange of ideas.

There is a separate call for papers for this event, which you can find via clicking "View the Call for Papers" above or under https://philevents.org/event/show/155725.

https://shaunak-phadnis.github.io/nictacg-2027/