20.1509, Confs: Cognitive Science, Ling Theories, Psycholing, Syntax/Germany

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Subject: 20.1509, Confs: Cognitive Science, Ling Theories, Psycholing, Syntax/Germany

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Date: 20-Apr-2009
From: Uli Sauerland < uli at alum.mit.edu >
Subject: Language and Structural Complexity

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Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 12:38:49
From: Uli Sauerland [uli at alum.mit.edu]
Subject: Language and Structural Complexity

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Language and Structural Complexity 
Short Title: CHLaSC-Conference 

Date: 19-Jun-2009 - 20-Jun-2009 
Location: Berlin, Germany 
Contact: Uli Sauerland 
Contact Email: chlasc at zas.gwz-berlin.de 
Meeting URL: http://www.zas.gwz-berlin.de/mitarb/homepage/chlasc/meeting.html 

Linguistic Field(s): Cognitive Science; Language Acquisition; Linguistic Theories; Psycholinguistics; Syntax 

Meeting Description: 

The conference presents the results of a three year investigation of the role of the structural complexity for understanding language and its effects on human nature funded by the European Union's 'What it means to be human' program.  The four different perspectives presented are: (i) cross-species comparison using artificial grammar learning, (ii) cross-linguistic comparison of sentence embedding,  (iii) the development of complex language processing in children, and (iv) links between recursive grammar and non-linguistic cognitive abilities. Participation is free, but participants are asked to register by prior email to chlasc at zas.gwz-berlin.de. 

Location:
Center for General Linguistics / Zentrum für Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft
Trajekte Conference Room, Third Floor
Schützenstr. 18
10117 Berlin
Germany

Program

Friday, June 19th, 2009

09:00 - 10:00	
N.N.

10:00 - 10:30	
Tecumseh Fitch (St. Andrews): ''Animal Artificial Grammar Learning''

10:30 - 11:00	
Coffee Break

11:00 - 11:20	
Miguel Oliveira Jr. (St. Andrews): ''Visual AGL: Report from an Experiment with Adults''

11:20 - 11:40	
Shilpa Mody (St. Andrews): ''Humans Can Learn A Mildly-Context Sensitive Grammar''

11:40 - 12:00	
Gesche Westphal (St. Andrews): ''Visual Search in Individuals Diagnosed with Autism - Effects of Grouping and Hierarchy''

12:00 - 12:30	
Commentary panel: N.N. and Greg Kobele (HU Berlin)

12:30 - 02:30	
Lunch Break

02:30 - 03:30	
Guy Deutscher (Leiden): TBA

03:30 - 03:50	
Franti?ek Kratochvil (La Trobe), Bart Hollebrandse (Groningen) & Uli Sauerland (Berlin): ''Complementation in Teiwa: Clauses as Complementizers''

03:50 - 04:10	
Coffee Break

04:10 - 04:30	
Mathias Schenner (Berlin): ''Evidentials and Embedding''

04:30 - 04:50	
Rainer A. Ludwig (Berlin), Robert Munro (Standford), David Fleck (La Trobe) & Uli Sauerland (Berlin): ''Indexical Shift and Embedding''

04:50 - 05:20	
Uli Sauerland (Berlin): ''Recursion in Natural Languages''

05:20 - 05:40	
Coffee Break

05:40 - 06:40	
Commentary Panel: Guy Deutscher (Leiden) & Marian Klamer (Leiden)

07:30 - 09:30	
Conference Dinner

Saturday, June 20th, 2009

09:00 - 10:00	
Wendy Sandler (Haifa): TBA

10:00 - 11:00	
Tom Fritzsche, Oda Brandt & Barbara Höhle (Potsdam): ''Artificial Grammar Learning across Populations and Modalities''

11:00 - 11:30	
Coffee Break

11:30 - 12:00	
Silvana Poltrock & Barbara Höhle (Potsdam): ''Children's Comprehension of Sentential Complements: Evidence from Eyetracking''

12:00 - 12:30	
Commentary Panel: Wendy Sandler (Haifa), Heather van der Lely (London)

12:30 - 02:30	
Lunch Break

02:30 - 03:30	
Jill de Villiers (Smith): ''Sentences for Thinking''

03:30 - 03:50	
Coffee Break

03:50 - 04:50	
Bart Hollebrandse, Rika Plat & Angeliek van Hout (Groningen): ''Second Order Comparing Theory of Mind and Language in the Acquisition of Dutch Spoken and Sign Language''

04:50 - 05:10	
Coffee Break

05:10 - 05:40	
Bart Hollebrandse & Angeliek van Hout (Groningen): ''Second Order Embedding in Non-embedding Languages: Teiwa and Dutch Sign Language''

05:40 - 06:10	
Commentary Panel: Jill de Villiers (Smith), Tom Roeper (UMass Amherst)

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