29.4251, Calls: Linguistic Theories, History of Linguistics, Neurolinguistics, Cognitive Science, Anthropological Linguistics, Language Acquisition / Frontiers in Psychology (Jrnl)

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Subject: 29.4251, Calls:  Linguistic Theories, History of Linguistics, Neurolinguistics, Cognitive Science, Anthropological Linguistics, Language Acquisition / Frontiers in Psychology (Jrnl)

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Date: Thu, 01 Nov 2018 11:05:41
From: Antonio Benítez-Burraco [abenitez8 at us.es]
Subject: Linguistic Theories, History of Linguistics, Neurolinguistics, Cognitive Science, Anthropological Linguistics, Language Acquisition / Frontiers in Psychology (Jrnl)

 
Full Title: Frontiers in Psychology 


Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics; Cognitive Science; History of Linguistics; Language Acquisition; Linguistic Theories; Neurolinguistics 

Call Deadline: 31-Jul-2019 

Call for Papers:

The advent of the Minimalist Program (MP) proposed by Chomsky in 1995 brought
about a revolution in linguistics and in cognitive sciences. The idea of a
faculty of language richly articulated was abandoned in favour of a view of
language as a bare minimum interfacing with sensorimotor (SM) and
conceptual-intentional (C-I) systems also involved in other abilities. At that
moment, this fresh view was expected to explain better than others how
language is implemented in the brain and how it evolved in the species,
because it was claimed to be more in line with how biologists conceive
development and evolution. Nonetheless, over the years this minimalist view
has attracted some criticism, among other things because of its focus on
computation, its detachment from communication, or its claim that language
might have appeared as a result of one (or a few) gene mutations. 
The goal of this Research Topic is to revisit this minimalist approach to the
biology of language, at a moment when the Minimalist Program is close to
reaching a quarter of a century of life. The focus will be put on four
interrelated aspects: language evolution in the species, language development
in the child, language implementation in the brain, and language disorders in
present-day human populations. Contributions are expected to discuss whether
the minimalist approach is a good/the best approach to key questions in modern
(bio)linguistics, like when and how language evolved, how the brain processes
language, how language unfolds in the child, and how language is perturbed in
clinical conditions. Nonetheless, related research questions broadly
addressing the biology of language under a minimalist view (either supportive
or sceptic) will be welcome. Because of the complex nature of the topic,
researchers from different fields are welcome to contribute to this Research
Topic, including linguists, psychologists, ethologists, primatologists,
biologists, anthropologists, cognitive scientists, archaeologists, and more. 

For additional information visit:
https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/8934/the-biology-of-language-under
-a-minimalist-lens-promises-achievements-and-limits




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