32.2125, Confs: Cog Sci, Gen Ling, Ling & Lit, Socioling, Translation/United Kingdom and Online

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Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2021 13:35:55
From: Nadezda Christopher [n.christopher at surrey.ac.uk]
Subject: Mutual Intelligibility: Language, Culture, Cognition

 
Mutual Intelligibility: Language, Culture, Cognition 
Short Title: MILCC 

Date: 24-Jun-2021 - 25-Jun-2021 
Location: University of Surrey (Hybrid Format), United Kingdom 
Contact: Nadezda Christopher 
Contact Email: milcc2020 at gmail.com 
Meeting URL: https://www.ias.surrey.ac.uk/event/mutual-intelligibility/ 

Linguistic Field(s): Cognitive Science; General Linguistics; Ling & Literature; Sociolinguistics; Translation 

Meeting Description: 

Despite being perceived as unique, self-contained systems, most languages of
the world are not isolated entities, and exist in linguistic continua with
other related varieties. Related languages share many properties, giving rise
to the global phenomenon of mutual intelligibility, where a speaker of one
language can use their variety to efficiently communicate with a speaker of
another language, and vice versa (e.g. Spanish and Portuguese). 
Whilst research in this area has typically been associated with the realm of
linguistics, a cultural studies approach to mutual intelligibility
demonstrates how it facilitates intercultural exchange between communities,
challenging the misconception of languages as discrete units that has
reinforced national and racial essentialism. From the point of view of
cognition, meanwhile, empirical research methods can shed light on the
biological underpinnings of mutual intelligibility, i.e. what neural
correlates and cognitive processes underlie language comprehension and by
extension enable speakers of different languages to successfully communicate
with each other.

Our timely inter-disciplinary two-day conference is the first of its kind to
examine mutual intelligibility from cultural and cognitive as well as
linguistic perspectives. By bringing together researchers from a range of
fields, this workshop aims to provide a foundation for the development of
multi-disciplinary research projects on mutual intelligibility. The goal is to
gain a broader understanding of this significant and complex global
phenomenon, and identify how various theoretical and empirical research
methods can be combined in future research.
 

Program Information: 

The program is available at:
https://www.ias.surrey.ac.uk/event/mutual-intelligibility/





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