23.3002, Calls: Cognitive Science, Anthropological Linguistics/China

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Subject: 23.3002, Calls: Cognitive Science, Anthropological Linguistics/China

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Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2012 11:32:14
From: Christophe Coupe [ccoupe at ish-lyon.cnrs.fr]
Subject: 4th Conference in Evolutionary Linguistics

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Full Title: 4th Conference in Evolutionary Linguistics 
Short Title: CIEL-4 

Date: 09-Nov-2012 - 11-Nov-2012
Location: Beijing, China 
Contact Person: Feng Wang
Meeting Email: elpku2012 at 163.com
Web Site: http://ccl.pku.edu.cn/event/ciel/IndexEng.html 

Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics; Cognitive Science 

Call Deadline: 01-Sep-2012 

Meeting Description:

The Conference in Evolutionary Linguistics 2012, will be held by the Center for Chinese linguistics, Peking University, on November 8-12, 2012. November 8 is the registration day.

Following previous conferences in 2009, 2010 and 2011, the 4th Conference in Evolutionary Linguistics (CIEL) will address the emergence and development of language in the light of recent advances in fields such as linguistics, biology, anthropology, archaeology or computer modeling.

With its foundation in Darwinian theory, evolutionary linguistics references two evolutionary forces, biological and social, to tackle the job of explaining two fundamental questions, the emergence and development of language. With interdisciplinary cooperation, evolutionary linguistics interacts with anthropology, biology, and archeology. Recently evolutionary linguistics has been making important advancements. The 9th International Conference on the Evolution of Language (Evolang IX) was successfully held in Kyoto, Japan. Diversified languages in China with rich orthographic traditions and long histories of various forms of transcription exist in a complex realm of linguistic contact. Thus, further studies highlighting these phenomena will make new contributions to evolutionary linguistics, both in breadth and depth. Therefore, there is much anticipation of enhancing international interaction and interdisciplinary cooperation via this conference. The earlier ones in Guangzhou, Tianjin, and Shanghai have been held in the same spirit. Conference topics may include the following:

1. Language as a complex adaptive system
2. Language and population evolution in China
3. Language evolution in China and archeological evidence
4. Vertical and horizontal transmission of language
5. Language and the brain

A special handling of the evolution and development of Miao-Yao languages will also be organized. 

Call for Papers:

We sincerely welcome all interested scholars to attend. Please send abstracts (800-1,000 words) to elpku2012 at 163.com in doc or pdf format before September 1, 2012. Formal invitations will be sent out no later than September 10, 2012. The conference will be conducted in Putonghua (Mandarin Chinese) or English.

Conference papers will be edited for publishing in a special issue of the Journal of Chinese Linguistics or Essays on Linguistics.

We look forward to seeing you at Peking University for CIEL2012!

Honorary Academic Chair: William S-Y. Wang
Chairs of Organizing Committee: Chen Baoya, Kong Jiangping, Wang Hongjun
Secretary of Organization Committee: Wang Feng

Contacts for CIEL2012: elpku2012 at 163.com
Conference webpage: http://ccl.pku.edu.cn/event/ciel/IndexEng.html






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