Conference Information

Full Title:	Human Dialects and Animal Communication: Common Principles and Differences

Location:	Grenoble, France
Start Date:	04-Mar-2013 - 05-Mar-2013
Contact:	Jean-Pierre Chevrot
Meeting Email:	click here to access email
Meeting URL:	http://dialectworkshop.u-grenoble3.fr/index.php?pg=1&lg=en
Meeting Description:	International Workshop: Human Dialects and Animal Communication: Common Principles and Differences March 4/5, 2013, Grande salle des Colloques of Stendhal University, Grenoble, France Website: http://dialectworkshop.u-grenoble3.fr/index.php?pg=1&lg=en Gipsa-Lab and Lidilem (University of Grenoble) are organizing a joint international workshop on the topic Human Dialects and Animal Communication. Although comparisons of communication systems of different animal species and human languages show numerous similarities, this comparative approach has never been systematically applied to the concept of dialect. Within the vocalizations of certain species, as within the same human language, we find varieties to which the generic term of dialect can be applied. This comparative perspective compels us to investigate dimensions of individual variation and dialectal variation within a collectivity of individuals, as well as the evolution of communication systems and the biological and social functions of differentiation. These questions are of concern both to linguists studying variation in human language (dialectologists and sociolinguists) and to biologist specializing in varieties of animal communication (ethologists and zoologists). The answer to these questions requires that these two scientific communities meet. Apart from scattered individual contacts, to our knowledge, no scientific event has ever been devoted to organizing such a meeting. This is the goal of the two-day workshop that we are organizing in Grenoble on 4 and 5 March, 2013. Scientific contact: Jean-Pierre Chevrot, LIDILEM, Université Stendhal, BP 25, 38040 GRENOBLE cedex 9, France - Tél.: 33 (0)4 76 82 68 13 / 33(0)6 74 61 36 21 - Mail : jean-pierre.chevrot_at_u-grenoble3.fr Didier Demolin, Gipsa-Lab, Université Stendhal, BP 25, 38040 GRENOBLE cedex 9, France Tél.: 33 (0)4 76 82 41 27 - Mail : didier.demolin_at_gipsa-lab.grenoble-inp.fr Administrative Support: Jessica Réolon, Gipsa-Lab, Université Stendhal, BP 25, 38040 GRENOBLE cedex 9, France Tél. : 33 (0)4 76 82 43 37 Fax : 33 (0)4 76 82 43 35 Mail : jessica.reolon_at_gipsa-lab.grenoble-inp.fr Registration: The registration includes conference program and papers summary, coffee-breaks. Registration fee: 50 euros Fee for students: 20 euros Access to the workshop is free of charges for the members and students of Stendhal University, Gipsa-Lab and Lidilem. Organizing Committee: Laurence Buson, Université Stendhal, Lidilem Jean-Pierre Chevrot, Université Stendhal, Lidilem & Institut Universitaire de France Didier Demolin, Université Stendhal & CNRS, Gipsa-Lab Giovanni Depau, Université Stendhal & CNRS Isabelle Rousset, Université Stendhal, Lidilem Jessica Réolon, Université Stendhal & CNRS, Gipsa-Lab Scientific Committee: Jean-Pierre Chevrot, Université Stendhal, Lidilem & Institut Universitaire de France Didier Demolin, Université Stendhal & CNRS, Gipsa-Lab Paul Foulkes, University of York Martine Hausberger, Université de Rennes 1 & CNRS, Ethos Jérôme Mars, Grenoble-INP & CNRS, Gipsa-Lab Jean-Luc Schwartz, Grenoble-INP & CNRS, Gipsa-Lab Partners: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Gipsa-Lab Institut Universitaire de France Lidilem Pôle Grenoble Cognition Région Rhône-Alpes Université Stendhal
Linguistic Subfield:	Cognitive Science; General Linguistics; Sociolinguistics
LL Issue:	24.762


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