34.559, Confs: Philosophy of Language/France

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LINGUIST List: Vol-34-559. Tue Feb 14 2023. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 34.559, Confs: Philosophy of Language/France

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Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2023 06:32:16
From: Fionn Bennett [fionn.bennett at univ-reims.fr]
Subject: Hieros, Hierophania, Hieroglossia: Visions, Voices, Signs, Signification

 
Hieros, Hierophania, Hieroglossia: Visions, Voices, Signs, Signification 
Short Title: HHH-2023 

Date: 14-Sep-2023 - 15-Sep-2023 
Location: Université de Reims - Champagne-Ardenne, France 
Contact: Fionn Bennett 
Contact Email: hieroglossia at univ-reims.fr 
Meeting URL: https://hieroglossia2023.blogspot.com/ 

Linguistic Field(s): Philosophy of Language 

Meeting Description: 

The organisers of the HHH-2023 conference invite paper proposals from their
colleagues in the Human Sciences who can elucidate the hermeneutical and
semiotic principles which were operative in the ideas that peoples in earlier
times and in non-Western cultures entertained about the languages they spoke.
We are particularly interested in proposals which investigate the belief that,
in one guise or another, language is “a gift from the Gods to men”. What does
this mean? Why was such a conceit taken seriously? What counted as “the
Sacred”? What hermeneutic and semiotic ingenuity was utilised to interpret
what it betokened and in forging these interpretations into signs,
significance and language? 
The interest of seeking answers to these questions isn’t limited to everything
that is fascinating about these enigmas all unto themselves. It also creates
an opportunity to gain as yet unsuspected insights into the meaning-affording
potential of words and language. More than that, it offers us a framework and
a perspective from which to identify and typify the limits and shortcoming of
currently dominant ideas pertaining to the nature, vocation, applications and
“apophantic” powers of language.
 






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