CRC 1646

B05: Open texture as a source of semantic creativity

Project B05 investigates the variant of objective interpretative indeterminacy known as 'open texture'. Combining approaches from metasemantics, semantics and pragmatics, the project analyses the nature, grounds, and consequences of open texture in classificatory predicates, and it explores the foundational role of this phenomenon in the emergence of linguistic creativity.

Events

December 9th, 2025 | Think!Lab Creativity "Conceptual pluralism about creativity"

Bielefeld University
Think!Lab: A forum to discuss ideas on and theories of creativity. Talk by Christian Nimtz (Bielefeld).
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November 12th, 2025 | Think!Lab Creativity "How to think about creativity"

Bielefeld University
Think!Lab: A forum to discuss ideas on and theories of creativity. Talk by Julia Langkau (Geneva).
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September 18th and 19th, 2025 | Workshop "Open Texture"

Bielefeld University
Research workshop on open texture with talks by Céline Henne (Bologna), Daniel Gutzmann (Bochum), Justin D’Ambrosio (St. Andrews) and Dan Lassiter (Edinburgh), as well as PI Christian Nimtz and Mark Bowker (Bielefeld).
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