29.3972, Calls: Cognitive Science, Semantics, Syntax/Germany

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Subject: 29.3972, Calls: Cognitive Science, Semantics, Syntax/Germany

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Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2018 10:53:28
From: Jeremy Kuhn [jeremy.d.kuhn at gmail.com]
Subject: Linguistic Investigations Beyond Language: Gestures, Body Movement and Primate Linguistics

 
Full Title: Linguistic Investigations Beyond Language: Gestures, Body Movement and Primate Linguistics 

Date: 11-Mar-2019 - 12-Mar-2019
Location: Berlin, Germany 
Contact Person: Jeremy Kuhn
Meeting Email: beyondlanguagezas at gmail.com

Linguistic Field(s): Cognitive Science; Semantics; Syntax 

Call Deadline: 15-Dec-2018 

Meeting Description:

In recent years, formal linguistic methodology and methodology inspired by
formal linguistics have been systematically applied to non-standard objects of
study. Three core areas that have been explored encompass the syntax/semantics
of gestures (Lascarides & Stone 2009, Giorgolo 2010, Ebert and Ebert 2014,
Tieu et al. 2017, t.a., Schlenker 2018), the syntax/semantics of body movement
beyond gestures, such as dance (Napoli & Kraus 2015, Charnavel 2016,
Patel-Grosz et al. 2018), and the calls and gestures of non-human animals, in
particular primates (Fitch and Hauser 2004, Yip 2006, Berwick et al. 2011,
Schlenker et al. 2016).   

All of these domains are structured systems of communication that are
'outside' of language, whether that be because they are performed by humans
who do not use language for functional or expressive reasons (gesture and
dance) or because they are performed by non-human primates without the
capacity for human language. The workshop's emphasis on body movements in
particular allows a potential bridge between the communicative and narrative
actions by humans and their evolutionary antecedents in primate gestures
(Kersken et al. 2018).


Call for Papers:

Date: March 11-12 2019
Location: ZAS, Berlin

Abstract submission deadline: December 15 2018
Notification of acceptance: January 4 2019

Invited Speakers:

Cat Hobaiter (University of St. Andrews, tbc)
Julie Hunter (University Pompeu Fabra )
Pritty Patel-Grosz (University of Oslo)

The aim of this workshop is to bring together researchers applying formal
linguistic methodology and methodology inspired by formal linguistics to
gesture, body movement and primate linguistics.

Topics of interest include (non-exhaustively) the syntax/semantics of:

- co-speech, pro-speech and post-speech gestures
- gestures in non-human animals, such as chimpanzees and other great apes
- vocalizations of non-human primates
- the interaction between gesture and dance
- dance movements in both highly conventionalized and non-conventionalized
dance forms
- facial expressions in humans and non-human primates

We invite submissions from the subfields of syntax and semantics, that apply
formal generative linguistic methodology and formal methodology inspired by
generative linguistics to one or more of the areas of investigation outlined
above.

Abstracts should be written in 12 pt font, with 1 inch (2.54 cm) margins, and
must not exceed 2-pages (A4 or letter size). Only PDF files will be accepted.
The submission must not reveal the identity of the author(s).

Please submit abstracts to: beyondlanguagezas at gmail.com

In the body of the email, please provide the following information:

[1] Title
[2] Author name(s) (first, last)
[3] Affiliation(s)
[4] Key words

Questions should be directed to beyondlanguagezas at gmail.com

Organizers:

Cornelia Ebert (ZAS)
Jeremy Kuhn (Institut Jean Nicod, CNRS)
Uli Sauerland (ZAS)




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