32.249, Calls: Anthro Ling, Cog Sci, Gen Ling, Hist Ling/Germany and Online

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Subject: 32.249, Calls: Anthro Ling, Cog Sci, Gen Ling, Hist Ling/Germany and Online

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Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2021 11:02:37
From: Stefan Hartmann [hartmast at hhu.de]
Subject: Protolang Conference Series 7th International Conference

 
Full Title: Protolang Conference Series 7th International Conference 

Date: 06-Sep-2021 - 08-Sep-2021
Location: Düsseldorf, Germany 
Contact Person: Stefan Hartmann
Meeting Email: hartmast at hhu.de
Web Site: http://protolang.org/ 

Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics; Cognitive Science; General Linguistics; Historical Linguistics 

Call Deadline: 15-Feb-2021 

Meeting Description:

The Protolang conference series creates an interdisciplinary platform for
scholarly discussion on the origins of symbolic communication distinctive of
human beings.

The thematic focus of Protolang is on delineating the genetic, anatomical,
neuro-cognitive, socio-cultural, semiotic, symbolic and ecological
requirements for evolving (proto)language. Sign use, tools, cooperative
breeding, pointing, vocalisation, intersubjectivity, bodily mimesis, planning
and navigation are among many examples of such possible factors through which
hominins have gained a degree of specificity that is not found in other forms
of animal communication and cognition. We aim at identifying the proximate and
ultimate causes as well as the mechanisms by which these requirements evolved;
evaluating the methodologies, research tools and simulation techniques; and
enabling extended and vigorous exchange of ideas across disciplinary borders.

We invite scholars from A(rcheology) to Z(oology), and all disciplines in
between, to contribute data, experimental and theoretical research, and look
forward to welcoming you at our next conference!

Keynote speakers of Protolang 7 and their main research areas:
 - Michel DeGraff (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) : Linguistic theory,
creole studies, language and education
 - Katja Liebal (Leipzig University) : Human biology and primate cognition
 - Asifa Majid (University of York) : Psychology of language and communication
 - Albert Newen (Ruhr University Bochum) : Philosophy of mind
 - Cailin O'Connor (University of California Irvine) : Philophy of science and
evolutionary game theory
 - Asli Ozyurek (Max-Planck-Institute for Psycholinguistics Nijmegen) :
Multimodal language processing


Call for papers: 

We invite scholars from linguistics, behavioral science, cognitive science and
related disciplines to contribute experimental and theoretical research.
Please submit abstracts of up to 500 words, excl. references, via Easychair
(https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=protolang7).

 - Deadline for submission: February 15, 2021
 - Notification: March 2021

Note on Covid-19:
We are very much aware that it is currently far from clear whether Protolang 7
can take place as a physical conference. We still plan for an on-site
conference with an option to participate online, but are prepared to make it a
fully virtual conference if necessary.




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