[Dgkl] CfP: Protolang 7, HHU Düsseldorf, September 6-8, 2021

[Stefan Hartmann]

*Call for papers: Protolang 7 (HHU Düsseldorf, September 6-8, 2021)*

The 7th International Conference “Ways to Protolanguage” 
<http://www.protolang7.org/> (http://www.protolang7.org/) is going to 
take place at the University of Düsseldorf from Sept 6 to Sept 8, 2021. 
The thematic focus of Protolang is on delineating the socio-cultural, 
semiotic, symbolic, ecological, genetic, anatomical and neuro-cognitive 
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.

*Ke**yn**ote speakers of Protolang 7 and their main research area**s**: *

·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

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 
<https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=protolang7>). *

·Deadline for submission: February 15th 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.


-- 
Jun.-Prof. Dr. Stefan Hartmann
Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf
Abteilung für Germanistische Sprachwissenschaft
Universitätsstraße 1
40225 Düsseldorf
Gebäude: 24.53
Etage/Raum: U1.94
Tel.: +49 211 81-13684

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