ELM 3 – 2024

Updates (6/11/2024):

Updates (5/17/2024):

Updates (5/2/2024):

Update (4/2/2024): In-person Registration is now open!

Apr 1 – Apr 30, 2024: Early registration period (with reduced registration fees)

May 1 – TBD: Registration remains open (at regular cost); we may have to close registration if capacity is reached – register sooner rather than later!


We are excited to announce ELM 3 – the third Experiments in Linguistic Meaning (ELM) conference, to be hosted by the University of Pennsylvania on June 12-14, 2024.

Invited speakers:

Kathryn Davidson
Harvard University

Elsi Kaiser
University of Southern California
Joshua Knobe
Yale University

Invited Online Symposium on Language and Thought:

Paul Pietroski
Rutgers University

Sandra Waxman
Northwestern University
Alexis Wellwood
University of Southern California

Format: After a successful hybrid ELM 2, we will maintain the same format, namely:

  • start out with an online-only day (with on-site gathering options for in person attendees already there) on June 12
  • followed by two in person presentation days (June 13-14) (with hybrid audience participation option). 

Stay tuned for more program details, and please help to spread the word. 

Abstract Submissions due December 15, 2023 (See Call for Papers for full details)

Acknowledgment of Support

ELM acknowledges support from mindCORE, Penn’s hub for the integrative study of the mind; Penn’s Department of Linguistics; and the University Research Foundation.