17.210, Calls: Cognitive Science/Ireland;Japanese Ling/UK

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Subject: 17.210, Calls: Cognitive Science/Ireland;Japanese Ling/UK

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1)
Date: 20-Jan-2006
From: Louise McNally < louise.mcnally at upf.edu >
Subject: European Society for Philosophy and Psychology 

2)
Date: 20-Jan-2006
From: barbara pizziconi < bp3 at soas.ac.uk >
Subject: Revisiting Japanese Modality 

-------------------------Message 1 ---------------------------------- 
Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2006 16:32:55
From: Louise McNally < louise.mcnally at upf.edu >
Subject: European Society for Philosophy and Psychology 

Full Title: European Society for Philosophy and Psychology 
Short Title: ESPP 

Date: 24-Aug-2006 - 27-Aug-2006
Location: Belfast, Ireland 
Contact Person: Teresa McCormack
Meeting Email: espp2006 at qub.ac.uk
Web Site: http://www.eurospp.org 

Linguistic Field(s): Cognitive Science; Neurolinguistics; Philosophy of Language; Pragmatics; Psycholinguistics; Semantics 

Call Deadline: 01-May-2006 

Meeting Description:

The 14th annual meeting of the European Society for Philsophy and
Psychology will be held August 24-27, 2006, at Queen's University,
Belfast. 

FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS

EUROPEAN SOCIETY FOR PHILOSOPHY AND PSYCHOLOGY 
www.eurospp.org

14th ANNUAL MEETING

Queen's University Belfast, UK
24-27 August 2006

Invited Speakers: 
   * György Gergely (Budapest)
   * Susan Goldin-Meadow (Chicago)
   * Patrick Haggard (London)
   * Kevin Mulligan (Geneva)

Invited Symposia: 

AUDITORY PERCEPTION opened by Jerome Dokic, IJN Paris

MODALITY AND LANGUAGE opened by Bencie Woll, UCL London

MENTAL TIME TRAVEL opened by Teresa McCormack, Belfast

PRETENCE opened by Hannes Rakoczy, MPG Leipzig

The Society invites submitted papers, posters and symposia for this meeting.  

TOPICS.  Previous topics covered at the ESPP include spatial concepts, emotion, perception, simulation theory, attention, reference, problems of consciousness, early numerical cognition, infants' understanding of intentionality, memory and time, motor imagery, causal understanding, counterfactuals, the semantics/pragmatics distinction, reasoning, vagueness, mental causation, action and agency, thought without language, externalism, connectionism, hypnosis, and the interpretation of neuropsychological results.  

SUBMITTED PAPERS.  Submitted papers are refereed and selected on the basis of quality and relevance to psychologists, philosophers and linguists.  Submissions may be by abstract but in the case of philosophical submissions a full paper is preferred.  Papers should not exceed a length of 20 minutes (about 8 double-spaced pages) for a total 30 minute session.  

POSTERS.  A submission for a poster presentation should consist of a 500-word abstract.  Posters will be displayed throughout the conference as well as a designated poster sessions.  Submitted papers may also be considered for presentation as posters.  

SUBMITTED SYMPOSIA.  The convenor should submit a brief (1000 word) description of the symposium topic together with the names of suggested participants (a symposium is expected to contain 3 or 4 speakers in 2 or more distinct fields).  Potential convenors should email the description and list of speakers directly to one of the programme chairs by 1 May 2006.  

DEADLINES.  Papers and posters should be submitted by 1 May 2006.  

HOW TO SUBMIT.  All abstract and paper submissions should be done online using PDF, PS or MS Word format: http://www.eurospp.org/2006/submission.html

If online submission is impossible, please email your submission to one of the programme chairs listed below.  

PROGRAMME CHAIRS

Stephen Butterfill + Department of Philosophy + University of Warwick + Coventry CV4 7AL
- email: s.butterfill at warwick.ac.uk

Louise McNally + Department of Translation and Philology + Pompeu Fabra University + La Rambla, 30-32 + E-08002 Barcelona
- email: louise.mcnally at upf.edu 

Liz Robinson + Department of Psychology + University of Warwick + Coventry CV4 7AL
- email: e.j.robinson at warwick.ac.uk

Information and a link to the local conference website is here: http://www.eurospp.org/2006/

-------------------------Message 2 ---------------------------------- 
Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2006 16:33:02
From: barbara pizziconi < bp3 at soas.ac.uk >
Subject: Revisiting Japanese Modality 

Full Title: Revisiting Japanese Modality 

Date: 24-Jun-2006 - 25-Jun-2006
Location: London, United Kingdom 
Contact Person: barbara pizziconi
Meeting Email: bp3 at soas.ac.uk
Web Site: http://mercury.soas.ac.uk/users/lm5/Japanese_Modality_Conference.htm 

Linguistic Field(s): Discipline of Linguistics 

Subject Language(s): Japanese (jpn)

Call Deadline: 24-Mar-2006 

Meeting Description:

The purpose of this international conference is to revisit the notion of modality and to explore how this universal conceptual category is realized in the specific linguistic devices available to the Japanese language. Papers are invited on any aspect of Modality: from epistemic modality to tense,  deontic modality to politeness; within a linguistics or applied linguistics framework. 

Call for Papers
All abstracts to be submitted electronically to either M.Kizu mk89 at soas.ac.uk, or B.Pizziconi bp3 at soas.ac.uk, by 24 March, 2006 (results will be announced on 6 April, 2006); max 500 words in English, or 1200 characters in Japanese, as anonymous Word or PDF attachments.
Abstracts must state clearly: a) the methodological framework, b) whether the paper discusses empirical data and/or theoretical aspects. 
Please specify the name(s), affiliation(s) and email(s) of the author(s) in the email body.

Presentations will be either in English or in Japanese; 20 minutes + 10 minutes discussion.

Keynote Speakers
Prof. Takashi Masuoka, Kobe City University of Foreign Studies
Prof. Yukinori Takubo, University of Kyoto

Contacts: 
Mika Kizu or Barbara Pizziconi
Department of Japan and Korea
SOAS, Thornhaugh Street
London WC1H 0XG, England

Tel.: +44 - (0)20 -7637 2388
Fax: +44 - (0)20 -7898 4399

e-mail: 
mk89 at soas.ac.uk (Mika Kizu)
bp3 at soas.ac.uk (Barbara Pizziconi)

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