29.4028, Confs: Lang Acquisition, Ling Theories, Neuroling, Philosophy of Lang, Psycholing/Switzerland

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Subject: 29.4028, Confs: Lang Acquisition, Ling Theories, Neuroling, Philosophy of Lang, Psycholing/Switzerland

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Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2018 14:14:30
From: Lee Barasch [lee.barasch at uzh.ch]
Subject: What is Language?

 
What is Language? 

Date: 06-Dec-2018 - 07-Dec-2018 
Location: Zurich, Switzerland 
Contact: Lee Barasch 
Contact Email: lee.barasch at uzh.ch 
Meeting URL: https://www.linguistik.uzh.ch/en/whatsup/activities/whatislanguage.html 

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

Meeting Description: 

The aim of this workshop is twofold:

The first aim is to contribute to the understanding of what language is by
contrasting both the internal workings of the language system and the
external, communicative aspects of language. This will be achieved by
investigating (i) the properties and acquisition of linguistic items, which
function uniquely inside the language system and do not map any
extralinguistic concepts (directly), i.e. functional categories (section I;
Prof. Elisabeth Stark, Dr. Lena Baunaz, MA Lee Barasch), and (ii) elements
that generate from communication, like speaker and emotion information (i.e.
indexical information), that are external to the linguistic system, but
(might) have an impact on the inner workings of the language system (section
II; Prof. Volker Dellwo). Subsequently, this dichotomy of the internal and
external aspects of language that arises when answering the question “what is
language?” leads us to question the very study of language and how it should
be approached. “What is language?” leads us to question “what is linguistics?”
(closing panel; Prof. Johannes Kabatek).

The second aim generates from the dichotomous nature of this workshop. We aim
to enhance the dialogue between researchers from different backgrounds and
subfields of linguistics in order to gain an encompassing view of language and
language study.
 

Program:

Please see website:

https://www.linguistik.uzh.ch/en/whatsup/activities/whatislanguage.html





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