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<p class="western" style="line-height:115%"><b><span
style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Call for papers: Protolang 7
(HHU Düsseldorf, September 6-8, 2021)</span></b></p>
<p class="western" style="line-height:115%"><span
style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">The <a
href="http://www.protolang7.org/">7th International Conference
“Ways to Protolanguage”</a> (<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.protolang7.org/">http://www.protolang7.org/</a>) is
going to take place at the University of Düsseldorf from Sept 6
to Sept 8, 2021. The thematic focus of Protolang is on
delineating the </span><span lang="DE">socio-cultural,
semiotic, symbolic</span><span style="mso-ansi-language: #1000">,
</span><span lang="DE">ecological, </span><span
style="mso-ansi-language: #1000">genetic, anatomical and
neuro-cognitive </span><span lang="DE">requirements for
evolving (proto)language</span><span lang="DE">.</span><span
style="mso-ansi-language:#1000" lang="DE"> </span><span
style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Sign use, tools, cooperative
breeding, pointing, vocalisation, intersubjectivity, bodily
mimesis, planning and navigation are among many examples of such
possible factors through which hominins have gained a degree of
specificity that is not found in other forms of animal
communication and cognition. We aim at identifying the proximate
and ultimate causes as well as the mechanisms by which these
requirements evolved; evaluating the methodologies, research
tools and simulation techniques; and enabling extended and
vigorous exchange of ideas across disciplinary borders. </span></p>
<p class="western" style="line-height:115%"><b><span
style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Ke</span></b><b><span
style="mso-ansi-language:#1000">yn</span></b><b><span
style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">ote speakers of Protolang 7
and their main research area</span></b><b><span
style="mso-ansi-language:#1000">s</span></b><b><span
style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">: </span></b></p>
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EN-GB"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt
"Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span
style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Michel DeGraff (Massachusetts
Institute of Technology)<br>
</span><span lang="DE">L</span><span
style="mso-ansi-language:#1000">inguistic theory, creole
studies, language and education</span><span
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"></span></p>
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115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list 36.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;mso-ansi-language:
EN-GB"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt
"Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span
style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Katja Liebal (Leipzig
University)<br>
Human biology and primate cognition</span></p>
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115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list 36.0pt"><span
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EN-GB"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt
"Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span
style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Asifa Majid (University of York)<br>
Psychology of language and communication</span></p>
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style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;mso-ansi-language:
EN-GB"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt
"Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span
style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Albert Newen (Ruhr University
Bochum)<br>
Philosophy of mind</span></p>
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style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:
115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list 36.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;mso-ansi-language:
EN-GB"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt
"Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span
style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Cailin O'Connor (University of
California Irvine)<br>
Philophy of science and evolutionary game theory</span></p>
<p class="western"
style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:
115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list 36.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;mso-ansi-language:
EN-GB"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt
"Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span
style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Asli Ozyurek
(Max-Planck-Institute for Psycholinguistics Nijmegen)<br>
Multimodal language processing</span></p>
<p class="western" style="line-height:115%"><span
style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">We invite scholars from
linguistics, behavioral science, cognitive science and related
disciplines to contribute experimental and theoretical research.
<strong><span style="font-weight:normal">Please submit abstracts
of up to 500 words, excl. references, via easychair (<a
href="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=protolang7">https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=protolang7</a>).
</span></strong></span></p>
<p class="western"
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EN-GB"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt
"Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span
style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Deadline for submission:
February 15th 2021</span></p>
<p class="western"
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115%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list 36.0pt"><span
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EN-GB"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt
"Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span
style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Notification: March 2021</span></p>
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style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"><br>
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<p class="western" style="line-height:115%"><strong><span
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">Note on Covid-19:</span></strong><span
style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"><br>
We are very much aware that it is currently far from clear
whether Protolang 7 can take place as a physical conference. We
still plan for an on-site conference with an option to
participate online, but are prepared to make it a fully virtual
conference if necessary. </span></p>
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
Jun.-Prof. Dr. Stefan Hartmann
Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf
Abteilung für Germanistische Sprachwissenschaft
Universitätsstraße 1
40225 Düsseldorf
Gebäude: 24.53
Etage/Raum: U1.94
Tel.: +49 211 81-13684</pre>
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