31.830, Calls: Neuroling, Pragmatics, Psycholing/Italy

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Subject: 31.830, Calls: Neuroling, Pragmatics, Psycholing/Italy

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Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2020 15:23:23
From: Valentina Bambini [valentina.bambini at iusspavia.it]
Subject: 4th Experimental Pragmatics in Italy Conference

Full Title: 4th Experimental Pragmatics in Italy Conference 
Short Title: XPRAGit 2020 

Date: 16-Jul-2020 - 17-Jul-2020
Location: Torino, Italy 
Contact Person: Francesca Bosco
Meeting Email: info at intobrain.it
Web Site: https://www.intobrain.it/en/xpragit2020/ 

Linguistic Field(s): Neurolinguistics; Pragmatics; Psycholinguistics 

Call Deadline: 09-Mar-2020 

Meeting Description:

We are happy to announce that the 4th Experimental Pragmatics in Italy
Conference (XPRAG.it 2020) will take place at the Department of Psychology,
University of Turin, Italy, July 16-17, 2020. The Conference will be preceded
by three workshops on tools and methodologies (July 14-15).

The XPRAG.it 2020 Conference is organized under the auspices of XPRAG.it
(https://www.xpragit.com/), a research network founded in 2017, with the aim
of providing an Italian venue for discussing – at the international level –
empirical research on pragmatic processing.

Keynote Speakers:
Bruno G. Bara – Department of Psychology, University of Turin (Turin, Italy)
Maud Champagne-Lavau – Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and
Laboratoire Parole et Langage, Aix Marseille Universitè (Aix-En-Provence,
France)
Judith Holler – Max Plank Institute for Psycholinguistics and Donders
Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour at Radboud University (Nijmegen,
The Netherlands)
Alan M. Leslie – Cognitive Development Laboratory, Rutgers School of Arts and
Sciences (New Brunswick, United States)

Pre-Conference Workshops *NEW*:
The following pre-conference workshops on tools and methodologies have been
scheduled:
- Mixed Effect Models using R – 14th July.
Giorgio Arcara (I.R.C.C.S Fondazione Ospedale San Camillo, Venice, Italy). 
- The Event-Related Potentials (ERP) technique applied to the study of
language – 15th July
Paolo Canal (Scuola Universitaria Superiore IUSS, Pavia, Italy)
- Eye-movements in the visual context – 15th July
Francesca Foppolo (Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy)

Please note the workshops are open also to people not attending the
conference. More info about the pre-conference workshops at:
https://www.intobrain.it/en/xpragit2020/pre-conference-workshops/

Young Researcher Award:
PhD students and early post-doc (no more than 2 years from PhD) may candidate
for the XPRAG.it Young Researcher Award, a monetary prize, granted by the
Conference Committee to the best presentation (of any type).

Please visit the XPRAG.it 2020 Conference website for all the details about
registration and conference fees.

For information about XPRAG.it 2020 and the pre-conference workshops:
info at intobrain.it

XPRAG.it 2020 Scientific committee:
Francesca M. Bosco (University of Turin, Italy)
Ilaria Gabbatore (University of Turin, Italy)
Valentina Bambini (IUSS, Pavia, Italy)
Filippo Domaneschi (University of Genoa, Italy)

Call for Papers: 

The deadline to submit abstracts for the 4th Experimental Pragmatics in Italy
Conference (XPRAGit2020) has been extended to Monday, March 9, 2020, by
midnight in the author’s timezone. As before, you may submit your abstracts
here: https://www.intobrain.it/en/xpragit2020/abstract-submission/. You will
be notified of acceptance by the end of April, 2020. Please note that in line
with the deadline extension, the early registration fees will be available
till June 21.

We invite submissions of abstracts in any area of experimental pragmatics,
including neuropragmatics, developmental pragmatics, and clinical pragmatics
as well as pragmatics in multimodal communication. Three types of submission
will be accepted:
- Oral presentation
- Poster presentation
- Pre-registration poster
Pre-registration poster is a novel type of submission, offering the
opportunity to present plans for studies yet to be undertaken, rather than
work that has been already completed.

More information about submission format and procedures at:
https://www.intobrain.it/en/xpragit2020/abstract-submission/

The program committee is also happy to announce the XPRAG.it 2020 - YOUNG
INVESTIGATOR TRAINING PROGRAM (YITP), supporting up to 6 researcher mobility
awards. 
You will find more information about the XPRAG.it 2020 - YITP and the
conference below. 

In relation to the recent spread of coronavirus in Italy, we would like to
reassure participants that, in accordance with the civil and health
authorities, the University of Turin is adopting preventative measures for the
protection of the population and the university environment. You can find
information regarding the prevention measures adopted, and get updates here
https://en.unito.it/news/coronavirus-covid-19-update-unito-community. We will
promptly notify participants of any further development. 

**NEW** XPRAG.it 2020 – YOUNG INVESTIGATOR TRAINING PROGRAM
The XPRAG.it 2020 – YOUNG INVESTIGATOR TRAINING PROGRAM, funded by the
Associazione di Fondazioni e Casse di Risparmio Italiane, will support up to 6
researcher mobility awards specifically addressed to (a) Participate in
XPRAG.it 2020; (b) Participate in two of the XPRAG.it 2020 pre-conference
workshops; (c) Spend one month, as a visiting researcher, at one of the
Italian departments participating in the XPRAG.it network. 
More info about the XPRAG.it 2020 – YITP:
https://www.intobrain.it/en/xpragit2020/xprag-it-2020-young-investigator-train
ing-program/

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