LINGUIST List 14.2646

Wed Oct 1 2003

Calls: Language Acquisition/Spain; General Ling/UK

Editor for this issue: Steve Moran <stevelinguistlist.org>

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1. vtorrens, The Romance Turn: workshop on the acquisition of syntax
2. anelo, Language, Culture and Mind

The Romance Turn: workshop on the acquisition of syntax on Romance
languages

Date: 17-Sep-2004 - 18-Sep-2004
Location: Madrid, Spain
Contact: Vincent Torrens
Contact Email: vtorrenspsi.uned.es 
Meeting URL: http://www.uned.es/congreso-romance-turn

Linguistic Sub-field: Language Acquisition 
Subject Language Family: Romance 
Call Deadline: 01-Feb-2004

Meeting Description:

The workshop on the acquisition of Romance languages is devoted to any
aspect of syntax from a generativist perspective: Tense, Agreement,
Aspect, Case, Clitics, etc. Presentations will include first and
second language acquisition on Catalan, French, Italian, Romanian,
Spanish or any other Romance language. THE ROMANCE TURN Workshop on
the Acquisition of Syntax on Romance Languages 17-18 September 2004
Madrid (Spain)

Plenary speakers: Luigi Rizzi (University of Siena) and Kenneth Wexler
(M.I.T.)

Papers are invited in the area of syntax of Catalan, French, Italian,
Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish or any other Romance language. All
topics in the fields of first and second language acquisition from a
generative perspective will be considered (agreement, tense, aspect,
clitics, case, etc.).

Presentations will be 20-minutes long plus 10 minutes for
discussion. Also there will be poster presentations. Oral
presentations and posters will be in English.

Authors are invited to send one copy of a one-page abstract in English
for review. Abstracts should be submitted via e-mail to
maescobarflog.uned.es or vtorrenspsi.uned.es. Please submit the
abstract as an attachment in one of two formats: Microsoft Word or RTF
(Rich Text Format). In the body of the e-mail message include the
title, language, name, academic affiliation, current address, phone
and fax number, e-mail, and audiovisual requests. Indicate whether you
want your abstract to be considered as an oral or poster presentation.

Authors may submit up to two abstracts, one individual and one joint.

Deadline for receipt of abstracts: February 1, 2004.
Acceptance will be notified by March 1, 2004.

More information on the web page address
http://www.uned.es/congreso-romance-turn

Organizing committee: Linda Escobar (U.N.E.D.), Anna Gavarr�
(U.A.B.), Vicen� Torrens (U.N.E.D.) and Kenneth Wexler (M.I.T.).

Contact:

Linda Escobar
Facultad de Filolog�a
Universidad Nacional de Educaci�n a Distancia
Paseo Senda del Rey, 7
28040 Madrid (Spain)
Tel. (34) 913988709
Fax. (34) 913986840

Vicen� Torrens
Facultad de Psicolog�a
Universidad Nacional de Educaci�n a Distancia
Ciudad Universitaria, s/n
28040 Madrid (Spain)
Tel. (34) 913988650
Fax. (34) 913987951

Language, Culture and Mind 
Date: 18-Jul-2004 - 20-Jul-2004
Location: Portsmouth, United Kingdom
Contact: Jordan Zlatev
Contact Email: jordan.zlatevling.lu.se 
Meeting URL: http://www.unifr.ch/gefi/GP2/Portsmouth/

Linguistic Sub-field: General Linguistics 
Call Deadline: 15-Jan-2004

Meeting Description:

Human natural languages are biologically based, cognitively motivated,
affectively rich, socially shared, grammatically organized symbolic
systems. They provide the principal semiotic means for the complexity
and diversity of human cultural life. As has long been recognized, no
single discipline or methodology is sufficient to capture all the
dimensions of this complex and multifaceted phenomenon, which lies at
the heart of what it is to be human. The goal of this conference is
to contribute to situating the study of language in a contemporary
interdisciplinary dialogue. Many of the relevant disciplines have made
highly significant theoretical, methodological and empirical advances
during the last decade. We call for contributions from scholars and
scientists in anthropology, biology, linguistics, philosophy,
psychology, semiotics, cognitive and neurosciences, who wish both to
impart their insights and findings, and learn from other
disciplines. Preference will be given to submissions which emphasize
interdisciplinarity, the interaction between culture, mind and
language, and/or multi-methodological approaches in language sciences.
Topics include but are not limited to: � Biological and cultural
evolution and language � Comparative study of communication systems
� Cognitive and cultural schematization in language � Emergence of
language in ontogeny and phylogeny � Language in multi-modal
communication � Language and normativity � Language and thought,
emotion and consciousness International Organizing Committee � Carmen
Guarddon Anelo, Departamento de Filolog�as Extranjeras y sus
Ling��sticas, Universidad Nacional de Educaci�n a Distancia, Spain
� Raphael Berthele, Departement f�r Germanistik, Universit� de
Fribourg, Switzerland � Maria Crist�bal, Department of English
Philology I. Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain � Iraide
Ibarretxe, Department of English Philology, University of Deusto /
Department of Basque Philology, University of the Basque Country,
Spain � Jordan Zlatev, Department of Linguistics Lund University /
Department of Philosophy and Linguistics, Ume� University; Sweden
Local Organizing Committee, Department of Psychology, University of
Portsmouth, England Mike Fluck, Karl Nunkoosing, Vasu Reddy, Chris
Sinha, Vera da Silva, Joerg Zinken Deadlines One page abstracts for
30-minute presentations should be submitted to Jordan Zlatev
(jordan.zlatevling.lu.se) by January 15, 2004. Notification of
acceptance by March 15, 2004. Abstracts will be reviewed by an
international scientific committee, membership to be announced in the
second call for papers.