23.2725, Calls: Biolinguistics, Cognitive Science, Typology/Switzerland

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Subject: 23.2725, Calls: Biolinguistics, Cognitive Science, Typology/Switzerland

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Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2012 11:17:43
From: Anna Maria Di Sciullo [di_sciullo.anne-marie at uqam.ca]
Subject: Workshop: Advances in Biolinguistics

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Full Title: Workshop: Advances in Biolinguistics 

Date: 22-Jul-2013 - 27-Jul-2013
Location: Geneva, Switzerland 
Contact Person: Anna Maria Di Sciullo
Meeting Email: di_sciullo.anne-marie at uqam.ca
Web Site: http://www.cil19.org/ateliers/advances-in-biolinguistics/ 

Linguistic Field(s): Cognitive Science; Typology 

Other Specialty: Biolinguistics 

Call Deadline: 15-Jul-2012 

Meeting Description:

This workshop focuses on advances on the understanding of the biological basis of language (Lenneberg 1967, Jenkins 2000, 2004, Chomsky 2002, 2005, 2011, Piattelli-Palmarini et al. 2009, Larson et al 2010, Di Sciullo et al. 2010, Di Sciullo and Boeckx 2011). The workshop invites discussions where specific biolinguistic hypotheses are substantiated by theoretical linguistics evidence, empirical data and biological/natural world evidence. The workshop includes the following thematic sessions: 

1. Language and biology
2. Language typology and language universals
3. The effects of natural laws

Session 1: Language and biology, addresses the question of how studies in language and genetics, language and the brain contribute to our understanding of the nature of syntax, morphology, the lexicon, and their interfaces with the other cognitive systems. 

Session 2: Language typology and language universals, considers how biolinguistic studies on language evolution and variation shed new light on language typology, and the study of language universals. The questions raised in this session are the following: how is variation and change in the natural world related to language variation and change, and how the biolinguistic perspective may lead to new approaches to language typology and universals.
 
Session 3: The effects of natural laws, discusses recent proposals on the effect of natural laws, such as prominence, symmetry breaking, reaction-diffusion, preservation of shape etc. on language derivations and representations, on language variation and evolution, and on language acquisition. How do these laws interact with natural language?

The invited speakers are Lyle Jenkins, Angela Friederici, and Giuseppe Longobardi. 

Call for Papers:

Precisions for Abstract Submission:

a) The workshop will consist of three two-hour sessions. Each session includes an invited talk (50 min), two oral presentations (20 min), and a general discussion (30 min).

b) All the contributions will be selected by the organizer as well as by a selection committee. 

c) Unsolicited submissions through the Congress abstract submission process will be considered for inclusion in the program as well. Please, send your abstracts (500 words not including author's name and affiliation, title and references) to: 

di_sciullo.anne-marie at uqam.ca

The deadline is 15 July 2012.






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