27.1039, Calls: Cog Sci, Computational Ling, General Ling, Ling Theories, Philosophy of Lang/Belgium

Mon Feb 29 16:38:46 UTC 2016

LINGUIST List: Vol-27-1039. Mon Feb 29 2016. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 27.1039, Calls:  Cog Sci, Computational Ling, General Ling, Ling Theories, Philosophy of Lang/Belgium

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Date: Mon, 29 Feb 2016 11:38:38
From: Miriam Bouzouita [miriam.bouzouita at ugent.be]
Subject: Conference/Journal Title: Languages as Mechanisms for Interaction: Explorations and Repercussions

Full Title: Languages as Mechanisms for Interaction: Explorations and Repercussions 
Short Title: Interaction2016 

Date: 24-Jun-2016 - 25-Jun-2016
Location: Ghent (Ghent University), Belgium 
Contact Person: Miriam Bouzouita
Meeting Email: interaction2016 at easychair.org

Linguistic Field(s): Cognitive Science; Computational Linguistics; General Linguistics; Linguistic Theories; Philosophy of Language 

Call Deadline: 06-Mar-2016 

Meeting Description:

The ''Languages as Mechanisms for Interaction: Explorations and
Repercussions'' Workshop will be held at Ghent University (Belgium) on 24-25
of June 2016, and is organized by the DiaLing research group of the Department
of Linguistics.

It is uncontentious that language lies at the core of human interaction.
However, the broad significance of this observation is only beginning to
receive due recognition. In the past, the emphasis has been on the precise
identification of what an individual speaker's capacity for language amounts
to in terms of a grammar, and/or individual cognitive processes. These
approaches usually posit a grammar or cognitive architecture with independent
modules whose elements are assigned discrete, identifiable meanings, all
attributes being defined independently of other cognitive sub-systems.
However, the horizon is shifting in a number of ways. Some see grammar as
interfacing with a rich inferential system even though the two systems remain
independent (e.g. Asher & Lascarides 2003; Carston 2002; Clark 1996; Sperber &
Wilson 1986). Others focus on the need for grammars of dialogue (e.g. Ginzburg
2012). Yet others consider language a system of procedures for licensing
communicative interaction (e.g. Gregoromichelaki et al. 2011). However, what
most of these approaches have in common is a belief in the interdependence of
the grammar system and processes of general cognition.

Cited references
Asher, N. & A. Lascarides (2003) Logics of Conversation. Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press.
Carston, R (2002) Thoughts and Utterances: The Pragmatics of Explicit
Communication. Oxford: Blackwell. 
Clark, H. (1996) Using Language. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 
Sperber, D. & D. Wilson (1986) Relevance: Communication and Cognition.
Cambridge, M.A.: Harvard University Press.
Ginzburg, J. (2012) The Interactive Stance: Meaning for Conversation. Oxford:
Oxford University Press.
Gregoromichelaki, E., R. Kempson, M. Purver, G.J. Mills, R. Cann, W.
Meyer-Viol & P.G.T. Healey (2011) 'Incrementality and Intention-Recognition in
Utterance Processing.' Dialogue and Discourse 2: 199-233.

Final Call for Papers:

Call deadline extended till the 6 March, 2016

This shift in perspective has given rise to an array of new developments:
cross-linguistic studies developing new synchronic and diachronic accounts of
linguistic phenomena reflecting dialogue dynamics; computational models of
ongoing dialogue dynamics, and formal grammar learning; cross-disciplinary
investigations of foundational issues such as the concepts of individuation
and identity that reflect language plasticity; articulation of formal and
cognitive constraints on what are possible language processes, the interaction
of these with constraints determining effective cross-modular processing in
real time, the inter-relation between mechanisms internal to language and
other cognitive systems such as for gesture and music, and perception. This
workshop seeks to bring together those working within these cross-disciplinary
approaches to interaction. A subsequent volume to bolster this developing
research area is also planned. We invite abstract submissions for 30-minute
oral presentations, to be followed by 10-minute discussions. 

Abstracts relating to the following topics are welcome:

- models of conversational dialogue purporting to model speaker and hearer
interaction in jointly developing structures in context
- accounts of how these interactions allow for clarifications, corrections or
negotiations through which such development takes place
- accounts of language acquisition in which such interactions are assigned
central status
- accounts of how such interactive adaptations consolidate via ongoing use to
yield language variation and change
- accounts of how incremental language processing interfaces with other
modalities such as gesture

Abstracts should be anonymous and no longer than one page, including
references and examples, in 12-point Times New Roman, with margins of at least
2.5 cm. Submissions are limited to a maximum of one individual and one joint
abstract per author. The deadline for submission has been extended to the 6
March 2016. Abstracts are to be submitted in pdf-format via the EasyChair
system at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=interaction2016. 

For more information, please contact interaction2016 at easychair.org

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