21.1819, Confs: Cognitive Science, General Ling/Spain

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Subject: 21.1819, Confs: Cognitive Science, General Ling/Spain

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Date: 14-Apr-2010
From: Michelle Sheehan < michelle.sheehan at ncl.ac.uk >
Subject: Verbum Summer School of Linguistics
 

	
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Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2010 09:41:20
From: Michelle Sheehan [michelle.sheehan at ncl.ac.uk]
Subject: Verbum Summer School of Linguistics

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Verbum Summer School of Linguistics 
Short Title: VSSoL 

Date: 06-Jul-2010 - 17-Jul-2010 
Location: Samil Beach, Vigo, Spain 
Contact: Gerardo Fernández Salgueiro 
Contact Email: vigo2010.vssol at gmail.com 
Meeting URL: http://vssol.blogspot.com/p/home.html 

Linguistic Field(s): Cognitive Science; General Linguistics 

Meeting Description: 

The Verbum museum, together with the University of Vigo (POSLEA group) and the
VSSoL scientific committee, is pleased to announce the Verbum Summer School of
Linguistics, to be held at the Verbum - 'Casa das Palabras' museum, in the
beautiful area of Samil Beach, in Vigo (Galicia, Spain). 

Our aim is to create a summer school at which linguists can share their
expertise not only with one another but also with members of the general public.
To this end, the school features a range of both basic and advanced courses,
workshops, round tables and an international conference. It is designed to be
accessible to anybody interested in language, regardless of his/her familiarity
with linguistic theory. Tuition fees range from 90 to 120 Euros (see website for
details). 

Courses and Faculty:

Introductory Course (1st week):

VSSoL 100: 
Language, Nature, and Cognition: Gerardo Fernández Salgueiro

Basic courses (1st week):

VSSoL 101: 
Introduction to Phonology: Yuni Kim

VSSoL 102: 
Syntactic Theory: Jorge López Cortina and Michelle Sheehan

VSSoL 103: 
Mind, Brain, and Language: E. Matthew Husband

VSSoL 104: 
Linguistic Interfaces I: Aritz Irurtzun and Jorge López Cortina

Advanced courses (2nd week):

VSSoL 200: 
The Languages of the Iberian Peninsula:  Michelle Sheehan, María Carme Parafita
Couto, Jorge López Cortina, Jordi Fortuny, and Aritz Irurtzun

VSSoL 201: 
Phonology and Morphology: Yuni Kim

VSSoL 203:
Language Processing: Juan Carlos Acuña Fariña and Manuel Carreiras

VSSoL 204: 
Linguistic Interfaces II: Gerardo Fernández Salgueiro, Aritz Irurtzun, and Juan
Uriagereka

VSSoL 205: 
Genetic Bases of Language: Antonio Benítez Burraco

VSSoL 206: 
Approaches to Bilingualism: María Carme Parafita Couto and Eva Rodríguez

VSSoL 207: 
On the Design Features of Language: Jordi Fortuny

Events:

VSSoL International Conference on Language, Nature, and Cognition (July 16-17)
See call for papers at: 

http://linguistlist.org/callconf/browse-conf-action.cfm? ConfID=106901

Plenary Talks: 

The Structure of the Language Faculty (Juan Uriagereka)
Language Structure and Brain Areas (Manuel Carreiras)

Workshops:

Open to the public (8-9 pm):

Experiments in linguistics I, Experiments in linguistics II, Linguistics and
Society,  Sign languages I, Structure of Spanglish

School attendees only (2-4 pm):

Sign languages II, Aktionsart: Theoretical and Experimental Approaches,
Code-Switching: Corpus and Experimental Studies, Phases and Linearization,
Syntax and Typology, Second Language Acquisition

For further information regarding the program, housing, accommodation, and
registration please visit our website:

http://vssol.blogspot.com/p/home.html





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