Anatomy of a Language

Guy Longworth (University of Warwick), Hazel Pearson, Richard Hudson

All welcome | Free to attend | First come, first served at the door

The importance of grammar is apparent when learning a new language, but there’s much more to grammar than meets the eye. As the system and structure of languages, it plays a vital role in facilitating basic communication. ‘The greater part of the world’s troubles are due to questions of grammar’, wrote de Montaigne. Join us as we probe the philosophical underpinnings of grammar and how it functions in communication, understanding, and even humour.

Speakers
Richard Hudson, Emeritus Professor of Linguistics, UCL

Guy Longworth, Reader in Philosophy, University of Warwick

Hazel Pearson, Lecturer in Linguistics, QMUL

Chair
Clare Moriarty, Fellow, Forum for Philosophy and IRC Postdoctoral Fellow, Trinity College Dublin