4 conf érences de V. Boucher (Montréal)

[Nicolas Ballier]

De la part de Philippe Martin (Paris Diderot),


Chers collègues,

Victor Boucher, Professeur au *Département de linguistique et de 
traduction* <http://www.ling.umontreal.ca/index.html> de l'Université de 
Montréal, professeur invité à l'UFRL, donnera 4 séminaires aux dates 
suivantes :

1. Le mardi 28 mai, de 16h à 17h30 :

*Why study prosody in language science?*

Why do prosodic structures fail to match conceptual units of linguistic 
analysis?  To address this issue, we outline the historical consequences 
of what critics have called the "Written Language Bias" in linguistics.  
We then introduce our research bearing on the basic frameworks of speech 
processing, which will be discussed in three short talks.

2. Le vendredi 31 mai, de 16h à 17h30 :

*Sequencing and chunking in processing language:  physiological 
observations*

This talk focuses on the problems arising from the assumption that 
language is processed in letter-like segments and word-size units.  We 
discuss observations using EMG and EEG, which suggest that speech 
sequencing operates in terms of contraction-relaxation cycles, which are 
grouped by a domain-general process of chunking.

3. Le mardi 4 juin, de 16h à 17h30 :

*Brain waves and prosodic structure: recent results and perspectives***

Though notions of letter- and word-size units may not reflect cycles and 
chunks of speech processing, one needs to know how the brain captures 
these cycles and chunks.  We discuss the fundamental implications of 
recent findings showing that brain waves can be specifically entrained 
by syllable-size cycles and rhythmic groups (chunks).

4. Le vendredi 7 juin, de 16h à 17h30 :

*On the nature of prosodic structures and their role in spoken language*

There is growing criticism of the view that language reflects a 
syntactic faculty separate from speech.  Authors now see that language 
is shaped by constraints on speech and a symbolic function. We show how 
our studies of prosody reveal these structuring constraints and how they 
link to a human-specific symbolic function.

Vous êtes très cordialement invités.



Lieu :


Bâtiment Olympe de Gouges de l'Université  Paris-Diderot, salle 533, 
Salle du Conseil (5ème étage).

Pour les 'extérieurs', demandez un badge à l'accueil (il faut y laisser 
une pièce d'identité), prendre l'ascenseur. Au 5ème étage, tourner à 
droite, passer les portes battantes, tourner à droite jusqu'au fond du 
couloir, ensuite à gauche, puis de nouveau à gauche, jusqu'au fond du 
couloir.


Accès :


Métro : ligne 14 (station "Bibliothèque FM")
Bus : 89 ou 62 (arrêt "Porte de France")
Tramway : ligne T3 (station "Avenue de France")


Venez nombreux !

Philippe Martin

philippe.martin at linguist.univ-paris-diderot.fr 
<mailto:philippe.martin at linguist.univ-paris-diderot.fr>



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