28.585, Calls: Ling Theories, Neuroling, Philosophy of Lang, Phonetics, Psycholing/Spain

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Subject: 28.585, Calls: Ling Theories, Neuroling, Philosophy of Lang, Phonetics, Psycholing/Spain

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Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2017 13:50:18
From: Pedro Tiago Martins [pmartima23 at alumnes.ub.edu]
Subject: Protolang 5

Full Title: Protolang 5 

Date: 26-Sep-2017 - 28-Sep-2017
Location: Barcelona, Spain 
Contact Person: Cedric Boeckx
Meeting Email: protolang5 at gmail.com
Web Site: http://bioling.ub.edu/index.php/protolang-5/ 

Linguistic Field(s): Linguistic Theories; Neurolinguistics; Philosophy of Language; Phonetics; Psycholinguistics 

Call Deadline: 20-Apr-2017 

Meeting Description:

The Protolang conference series creates an interdisciplinary platform for
scholarly discussion on the origins of symbolic communication distinctive of
human beings. The thematic focus of Protolang is on delineating the genetic,
anatomical, neuro-cognitive, socio-cultural, semiotic, symbolic and ecological
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.We invite scholars from A(rcheology) to Z(oology), and all disciplines
in between, to contribute data, experimental and theoretical research, and
look forward to welcoming you at one of our conferences.

Protolang 5 will be in Barcelona this year.

Invited Speakers:

Sonja Vernes
Olga Feher
Martin Kuhlwilm
João Zilhão

Registration and Fees:

Registration is now open, and can be done through the website:
http://bioling.ub.edu/index.php/protolang-5/ .

Early registration (until July 15, 2017):

Faculty: 200€
Students: 150€

Late registration (from July 16, 2017):

Faculty: 250€
Students: 170€

Venue:

The conference will take place at the Historical Building of the University of
Barcelona.
(Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes, 585)

Information about how to get here, as well some other details about social
events, will be added here soon.

Local Organizing Committee:

Cedric Boeckx
Pedro Tiago Martins
Constantina Theofanopoulou
Saleh Alamri
Simone Gastaldon
Thomas O’Rourke
Angela Messner

Permanent Organizing Committee:

Slawomir Wacewicz
Luke McCrohon
Francesco Ferretti
Sverker Johansson
Nathalie Gontier
Sylwester Orzechowski
Natalie Uomini
Przemyslaw Zywiczynski
Jordan Zlatev
Ines Adornetti

Call for Papers:

We invite submissions (talks, posters, mini-symposia) on the following topics:

- Animal cognition
- Animal communication
- Anthropology
- Cognitive science
- Cognitive semiotics
- Computational modelling
- General evolutionary theory
- Genetics of language
- Gesture studies
- Linguistics
- Neuroscience of language
- Paleoanthropology
- Philosophy of biology
- Philosophy of language
- Pleistocene archaeology
- Primatology
- Psychology (evolutionary, comparative, developmental)
- Speech physiology

Important Dates:

Submission deadline: April 30, 2017
Notifications of acceptance: June 15, 2017
Early registration deadline: July 15, 2017
Late registration deadline: September 25, 2017
Conference: September 26--28, 2017

Submission:

Talks and posters:

Please submit an anonymous abstract of 400 words to the Easychair website:
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=protolang5

You will have the option of submitting an abstract to be considered for a
presentation, poster or either.

The file must be in .PDF format.

Talks should be suitable for 30 minutes (20 minutes for presentation/10
minutes for discussion).

Posters should be no larger than A0 size, vertical (841 x 1189 mm / 33.1 x
46.8 in).

Mini-Symposia:

Please submit a proposal to protolang5 at gmail.com including: (a) Title of the
mini-symposium, (b) name and affiliation of the organizers, (c) a general
description (400 words), and (d) abstract of each contributed talk (100-150
words).

Submissions should be suitable for a two-hour session and include 3 to 5
presentations.

The organizers of accepted mini-symposia will also act as chairs of their
session.

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