32.1514, FYI: Announcing Leipzig Lectures on Language, May-October, 2021

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Subject: 32.1514, FYI: Announcing Leipzig Lectures on Language, May-October, 2021

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Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2021 23:46:36
From: Patrick C. Trettenbrein [trettenbrein at cbs.mpg.de]
Subject: Announcing Leipzig Lectures on Language, May-October, 2021

 
Leipzig Lectures on Language, May-October, 2021

We are delighted to announce the Leipzig Lectures on Language 2021—a novel
series of online talks on combinatorics in language, where visions in
theoretical and experimental linguistics will be discussed in combination with
cutting-edge empirical methods. The term combinatorics is used here as a cover
term for the many definitions of combinatorial processes in the psycho- and
neurolinguistics literature including compositionality, combination,
composition, binding, merge, blending, etc.

The Leipzig Lectures on Language aim to not just capture the current state of
the field, but seek to highlight the directions into which junior scholars are
currently moving forward. In regular intervals on Wednesdays always from 1 pm
to 2:30 pm (UTC) between May 19 and September 29, 2021 every lecture will
provide a platform for a so-called "tandem" of a senior and junior scientist
to discuss questions concerning combinatorics in language.

In every session, a senior researcher will first briefly introduce prominent
aspects of their theoretical framework related to combinatorics in language,
while a junior researcher will then give a more detailed talk on their
empirical work. This is then followed by a moderated discussion session to
which the audience can contribute by asking questions direclty on  YouTube or
on Twitter using the hashtag #LeipzigLang21.

The overall goal of this new lecture series is to provide answers to questions
like: What information do we combine in language? Is this process
domain-specific or domain-general? How does the brain support combinatorics in
language? How does combination take place during language acquisition? What
kind of cutting-edge empirical methods will bring us further? How can theory
influence experimental linguistics and vice versa?

The line-up for 2021 is as follows:

- May 19, 2021: Lin Wang & Gina Kuperberg
- May 26, 2021: Jixing Li and John Hale
- June 2, 2021: Yao-Ying Lai and Michiru Makuuchi
- June 16, 2021: Songhee Kim and Liina Pylkkänen
- June 30, 2021: Molly Flaherty and Susan Goldin-Meadow 
- July 14, 2021: Pedro Tiago Martins and Cedric Boeckx
- July 21, 2021: Stephan Meylan and Roger Levy
- September 15, 2021: Giulio Degano and Narly Golestani
- September 29, 2021: Bingjiang Lyu and Lorraine Tyler
- October 20-21, 2021: End-of-Year Event

Accessibility: Live-captioning will be provided for all lectures.

For further details on the lecture series, speakers, dates, and information
how to participate please visit: 
https://www.cbs.mpg.de/leipzig-lectures-on-language
 



Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics
                     Clinical Linguistics
                     Cognitive Science
                     Computational Linguistics
                     Discipline of Linguistics
                     General Linguistics
                     Language Acquisition
                     Linguistic Theories
                     Neurolinguistics
                     Pragmatics
                     Psycholinguistics
                     Semantics
                     Syntax
                     Text/Corpus Linguistics





 



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