26.3387, Calls: Neuroling, Philosophy of Lang, Psycholing, Syntax/Italy

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Subject: 26.3387, Calls: Neuroling, Philosophy of Lang, Psycholing, Syntax/Italy

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Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2015 11:08:59
From: Ermenegildo Bidese [e.bidese at lett.unitn.it]
Subject: Theory of Language and the Debate on Language Origins

Full Title: Theory of Language and the Debate on Language Origins 
Short Title: ToLDoLO 

Date: 18-Nov-2015 - 20-Nov-2015
Location: Trento, Italy 
Contact Person: Ermenegildo Bidese
Meeting Email: e.bidese at lett.unitn.it
Web Site: http://toldolo.generell.org 

Linguistic Field(s): Neurolinguistics; Philosophy of Language; Psycholinguistics; Syntax 

Call Deadline: 06-Sep-2015 

Meeting Description:

Theory of language and the Debate on Language Origins

The Universities of Trento (Department of Humanities) and Verona (Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures) and the University Ludwig Maximilian of Munich (Istitut für Deutsche Philologie) are pleased to announce an international workshop on theory of language and language origin. It will be held at the Department of Humanities (aula 007) of the University of Trento, Italy, from Wednesday to Friday, 18-20 November 2015.

There will be no conference fee.

Introduction:

In the last decades, one of the major trends in language theory has focused on determining what constitutes the basic properties of the language faculty (FL) zooming in on its core computational mechanism (Merge) and its connections (interfaces) to both the Sensorimotor (SM) and the Conceptual-Intentional (CI) systems. As a first significant result, the operation Merge has been taken to be the basic, pervasive mechanism of Universal Grammar ''for arranging items (sounds, words, word parts, phrases) into their possible permissible combinations in a language'' (Berwick et al 2013: 89, Glossary). As a second result, a great deal of research has concentrated on the process of externalization shedding light on both surprising analogies and patent differences by comparison with the vocalization systems of other species (cf. Watanabe 2011, Berwick 2011, Schlenker et al 2014, among others) and leading to several proposals also from an evolutionary perspective. However, the process linking th
 e computational mechanism to the CI-system has been poorly investigated and both the neuropsychological and the philosophical issues behind the relationship between language (Merge), brain, mind and thought have mostly been neglected.

On the other hand, meetings and conferences on language origin and evolution usually prefer to take a very wide interdisciplinary view on the question, bringing together fields whose approaches, results and conclusions rarely give rise to a mutually beneficial dialogue.

The workshop's general goal is to contribute to the ongoing debate on language origin, taking an explicitly linguistic viewpoint.

Aim:

The workshop aims to investigate the models of correlation between the computational mechanism of language and the interfaces with (but not limited to) special focus on the Conceptual-Intentional system as well as its connection with other cognitive domains like vision, spatiality and music from an evolutionary perspective. Researchers working on those topics in the areas of Neurolinguistics, Psycholinguistics, History of linguistics and Philosophy of Language as well as in Theoretical Linguistics, who are committed to the question of language origin and evolution, are strongly encouraged to submit an abstract.

Invited Speakers:

Andrea Moro (IUSS, Pavia)
Stefano Cappa (IUSS, Pavia)
Barbara Landau (Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD)
Daniela Sammler (Max-Planck-Institut, Leipzig)
Giorgio Graffi (U Verona)
Elisabeth Leiss (LMU, München)
Caterina Donati (U Paris Diderot - Paris 7)

Call for Papers:

New deadline for abstract submission: September 6, 2015

Submission Policy:

Abstracts are invited for 25-minute talks (plus 10-minute discussions). They must be anonymous and not exceed two pages including examples, references, tables, diagrams or syntactic trees. Please, make sure that your abstract is in PDF-format, in 12-point Times New Roman font, single spacing and margins of at least 2.54cm/1 inch.

Please, use the following email address (Ermenegildo Bidese) to submit your abstracts or for any questions: toldolo at generell.org

Scientific Committee:

Ermenegildo Bidese (U Trento)
Stefano Cappa (IUSS Pavia)
Federica Cognola (U Trento / U Venezia)
Caterina Donati (U Paris Diderot – Paris 7)
Giorgio Graffi (U Verona)
Barbara Landau (Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD)
Elisabeth Leiss (LMU München)
Andrea Moro (IUSS Pavia)
Andrea Padovan (U Verona)
Daniela Sammler (Max-Planck-Institut Leipzig)
Alessandra Tomaselli (U Verona)
Claudia Turolla (U Trento)

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