28.1270, Summer Schools: The Norwegian Summer Institute on Language and Mind, 2017
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Subject: 28.1270, Summer Schools: The Norwegian Summer Institute on Language and Mind, 2017
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Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2017 12:29:56
From: Nicholas Allott [nicholas.allott at gmail.com]
Subject: The Norwegian Summer Institute on Language and Mind, 2017
The Norwegian Summer Institute on Language and Mind, 2017
Host Institution: University of Oslo
Website: http://www.hf.uio.no/csmn/english/research/news-and-events/events/summer-institute-on-language-and-mind-2017.html
Dates: 01-Aug-2017 - 11-Aug-2017
Location: Oslo, Norway
Focus: We are delighted to announce the Norwegian Summer Institute on Language
and Mind, a summer course in linguistics and philosophy in Norway, with
lectures from international experts, including some of the most distinguished figures in linguistics and philosophy.
The theme for the institute in 2017 is 'Cognition and Computation’.
The primary aim of the institute is to bring graduate students (MA-level and doctoral researchers) up to date with developments in the intersection of work on language and mind by presenting classes with leading researchers in the relevant fields. These will include linguists open to philosophical issues, and philosophers focused on linguistics and the cognitive sciences.
Minimum Education Level: BA
Special Qualifications:
All graduate students are welcome to apply.
Applicants must normally be graduate students (normally at master's or doctoral level).
(Those whose graduate course ends in summer 2017 are eligible, as are those whose graduate course starts in autumn/fall 2017.)
If in doubt about your eligibility please contact us.
Description:
Theme for the institute in 2017: Cognition and Computation:
The notion of a “computational/representational” account of the mind is
fundamental to work in cognitive science and linguistics. The institute will
focus on such an account in three different areas: linguistic variation and
its acquisition, perception and mental representation, and computational
explanations in general in linguistics and cognitive science. A goal will be
to try to make clear just whether the component terms, “computation” and
“representation,” mean the same thing in the three areas.
Specific issues will include: How do children learn languages and how can this
be modelled in computational terms in such a way that it also accommodates
variation between languages? Does computation involve a commitment to actual
processes in the brain and to symbols actually representing things; and if so,
what “things”? What do findings in psycholinguistics and the psychology of
perception tell us about the nature of computation? In what ways are the
processes, representations and represented things “psychologically real”?
The teaching:
Classes are from Tuesday – Saturday and then Monday – Friday.
The first day will have introductory lectures to get everyone up to speed with
the relevant parts of linguistics, philosophy and psychology. For the rest of
the course, days will include two-hour classes on each of the three "strands"
(see below). Each class will consist, roughly, of an hour of lecture followed
by an hour of discussion.
There will also be some round-table discussion sessions, where we will discuss
issues across the strands, guided by student questions.
Lectures:
Linguistic variation and its acquisition:
Topics to include: syntactic theory and linguistic variation; acquisition and
sentence processing mechanisms, Bayesian approaches to language acquisition,
ways to incorporate variation into models of acquisition and processing.
Perception and mental representation:
Topics to include: How do we gain knowledge about the world from our sensory
systems? Bayesian modeling of perception, vision as computation
Computational explanations in linguistics and cognitive science:
Topics to include: grammar and psychological reality, parsing, the alleged
resurrection of the theory of derivational complexity, the role of heuristics
in mental computation, and foundational questions about
representational/computational theories of cognition
Lecturers:
Nicholas Allott (University of Oslo)
Sarah Allred (Rutgers)
Janet Dean Fodor (City University of New York)
Steven Gross (Johns Hopkins)
Carsten Hansen (University of Oslo)
Dave Kush (NTNU, Trondheim)
Terje Lohndal (NTNU, Trondheim, & UiT The Arctic University of Norway)
Laurence T. Maloney (New York University)
Lisa Pearl (UC Irvine)
Colin Phillips (University of Maryland at College Park)
Georges Rey (University of Maryland at College Park)
Note for University of Oslo MA students:
MA students in IFIKK, ILOS, and ILN can get course credits for taking the
summer institute. Please email us if you want to know the details.
Organisers:
Senior lecturer Nicholas Allott, University of Oslo
Professor Carsten Hansen, University of Oslo
Professor Terje Lohndal, NTNU & UiT The Arctic University of Norway
Professor Georges Rey, University of Maryland at College Park
Supporting institutions:
CSMN, University of Oslo; Norwegian Graduate Researcher School in Linguistics
and Philology; IFIKK, University of Oslo; University of Maryland at College
Park
Linguistic Field(s): Cognitive Science
Discipline of Linguistics
General Linguistics
Language Acquisition
Linguistic Theories
Philosophy of Language
Phonetics
Phonology
Psycholinguistics
Semantics
Syntax
Tuition: 0 Other
Tuition Explanation: The classes at the summer institute are free for all registered participants.
Participants are responsible for their own travel and accommodation expenses.
We have funding for some travel and accommodation bursaries. All summer
institute participants who are current PhD students at institutions affiliated
with
the Norwegian Graduate Researcher School in Linguistics and Philology will be
able to receive bursaries.
In addition, we have some bursaries for other students, which will be assigned
competitively.
Financial Aid: Applications accepted until 25-Apr-2017
We have funding for some travel and accommodation bursaries. All summer
institute participants who are current PhD students at institutions affiliated with
the Norwegian Graduate Researcher School in Linguistics and Philology will be
able to receive bursaries.
In addition, we have some bursaries for other students, which will be assigned
competitively.
Financial Aid Instructions:
There are limited places on the summer institute, and the number of bursaries is even more limited. Please fill in the registration form mentioned below at
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1LE0Dfin7yMbKb6PkvBELL6OZUsj96Uxpr7Vgl
WquoRY/ and follow the instructions there to apply. (You have to paste a short
covering letter into the form, then email us a CV/resumé.)
Registration: 01-Mar-2017 to 25-Apr-2017
Contact Person: Nicholas Allott
Email: nicholas.allott at gmail.com
Apply on the web: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1LE0Dfin7yMbKb6PkvBELL6OZUsj96Uxpr7Vgl WquoRY/
Registration Instructions:
There are limited places on the summer institute. Please fill in the form at
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1LE0Dfin7yMbKb6PkvBELL6OZUsj96Uxpr7Vgl
WquoRY/ and follow the instructions there to apply. (You have to paste a
short
cover letter into the form, then email us a CV/resumé.)
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