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1. Montserrat
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Understanding Language: 40 Years down The Garden Path
Message 1: Understanding Language: 40 Years down The Garden Path
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Date: 06-May-2010
From: Montserrat Sanz <msanz.kobegmail.com>
Subject: Understanding Language: 40 Years down The Garden Path
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Understanding Language: 40 Years down The Garden Path
Short Title: GARDEN PATH
Date: 28-Jun-2010 - 01-Jul-2010
Location: San Sebastian-Donostia, Basque Country, Spain
Contact: Itziar Laka
Contact Email: itziar.lakaehu.es
Meeting URL: http://www.elebilab.com
Linguistic Field(s): Cognitive Science; Neurolinguistics; Syntax; Typology
Meeting Description:
The famous garden path sentence the horse raced past the barn fell turns 40
years since it was published in the seminal paper "The Cognitive Basis of
Linguistics Structures" by Thomas G. Bever, one of the founders of the field of
language processing. Language is the focus of some of the major scientific
issues in cognitive science, such as the interaction between associative habits
and structured mental computations, or a productive rapport between innatist
approaches and biological and functional approaches. This meeting brings
together some of the most outstanding researchers in the field, to discuss
current frontiers in our understanding of language within cognitive science, and
to assess the progress made during these four decades of research in language
processing.
Call for Participation:
Reminder: Summer Course at the University of the Basque Country
Understanding Language: Forty Years down the Garden Path
Directors:
-Itziar Laka (University of the Basque Country. UPV/EHU)
-Montserrat Sanz (Kobe City University of Foreign Studies. Japan)
-Pello Salaburu (University of the Basque Country)
Please find below the information about the gathering at the Basque Country that
will take place from June 28th to July 1st, 2010 in San Sebastián (Spain). This
40-hour course offers the possibility of listening to and interacting with an
outstanding panel of speakers, representative of the frontier in language
research within Cognitive Science. It is also a commemoration of the 40 years
since the publication in 1970 of "The Cognitive Bases for Linguistic Structures"
by Thomas G. Bever, a precursor of many of the topics that are today known as
Biolinguistics. Also in that paper, the famous example "The horse raced past the
barn fell" was first proposed to illustrate some phenomena concerning language
processing.
We would like to encourage students to attend. There are some scholarships
available for students, which cover registration fees and housing. The deadline
for application has been extended. Please urge your students to come to Spain
and enjoy the unique opportunity to see so many bright and influential people
debating together and to ask them questions.
The information about summer courses at San Sebastián can be found in:
http://www.sc.ehu.es/scrwwwsu/2010/ipresentation.html
About grants:
http://www.sc.ehu.es/scrwwwsu/2010/igrants.html
For more information please contact either Edurne Petrirena or
cursosveranosc.ehu.es
List of Speakers:
-Gerry Altman, University of York
-Bob Berwick, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
-Thomas G. Bever, University of Arizona
-Ina Bornkessel, University of Marburg
-Manuel Carreiras, BCBL-Basque Center on Cognition Brain and Language
-Gary Dell, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
-Luciano Fadiga, Italian Institute of Technology-University of Ferrara
-Charles Lin, Indiana University
-Yosef Grodzinsky, Mc Guill University
-Sonia Kotz, Max Planck Institute for Brain and Cognitive Sciences
-Maryellen MacDonald, University of Wisconsin-Madison
-Jacques Mehler, SISSA-ISAS CNS, Trieste
-Colin Phillips, University of Maryland
-Douglass Saddy, University of Reading
-Edward P. Stabler, UCLA
-Michael Tanenhaus, University of Rochester
-Massimo Piatteli-Palmarini, University of Arizona
Registration fees:
Before 31 May: 90 EUR.
From 1 June: 108 EUR.
Academic validity:
40 hours.
Official language:
English
Monday, June 28th
Program:
9:00
Welcome and Presentation: Itziar Laka and Montserrat Sanz
9:15-10:00
Mike Tanenhaus, University of Rochester: Introduction to the Course. On the
Cognitive Basis of Linguistic Structures: Themes that have Endured.
Session 1. The Crosslinguistic Brain and Language
Chair of the session: Itziar Laka
10:00-11:00
Jacques Mehler SISSA-ISAS CNS, Trieste: Languages in the Infant Brain
11:00-12:00
Manuel Carreiras, Basque Center on Brain, Cognition and Language: Mechanisms of
Agreement
12:00-12:30
Break
12:30-13:30
Ina Bornkessel, University of Marburg, Germany: Neurotypology: Modelling
Cross-linguistic Similarities and Differences in the Neurocognition of Language
Comprehension
13:30-14:30
Yosef Grodzinsky McGuill University: Changing Perspectives on the Functional
Role of Some Language Regions in the Brain
14:30-16:30
Lunch
16:30-18:00
Round Table, General Discussion: The Crosslinguistic Brain and Language
Theme discussant: Douglass Saddy
Participants: Tanenhaus, Mehler, Carreiras, Grodzinsky
June 29th, Tuesday
Session 2. The Evolution Of Language And Language Universals
Chair of the session: Pello Salaburu, University of the Basque Country
10:00-11:00
Massimo Piattelli Palmarini, University of Arizona: Comprehension, Production
and Linearization in a New Evolutionary Perspective
11:00-12:00
Robert Berwick, Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Three Models for the
Description of Language Complexity
12:00-12:30
Break
12:30-13:30
Douglass Saddy, University of Reading: Measuring Language Universals in the Brain
13:30-14:30
Thomas Bever, University of Arizona: Where do Linguistic Universals come from?
14:30-16:30
Lunch
16:30-18:00
Round Table, General Discussion: The Evolution of Language and Language Universals
Theme discussant: Colin Phillips
Participants: Piatelli-Palmarini, Berwick, Saddy, Stabler and Bever.
June 30th, Wednesday
Session 3. The Relations between Language Production and Perception
Chair of the session: José Manuel Igoa, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
9:00:10:00
Maryellen C. MacDonald, University of Wisconsin-Madison: The Production Basis of
Language Comprehension: Evidence from Relative
Clauses
10:00-11:00
Gary Dell, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: Implicit Learning in the
Language Production System is Revealed in Speech Errors
11:00-12:00
Luciano Fadiga, Italian Institute of Technology, U. Ferrara: From Action to
Language: Evidence and Speculations
12:00-12:30
Break
12:30-13:30
William Idsardi, University of Maryland: Statistical Generalizations in Language
Behaviors
13:30-14:30
Charles Lin, Indiana University: Down the Head-final Garden path: Understanding
the Processing Asymmetries of Head-final Relative Clauses
14:30-16:30
Lunch
16:30-18:00
Round Table, General Discussion: The Relations between Language Production and
Perceptions
Theme discussant: Thomas Bever
Participants: MacDonald, Dell, Fadiga, Idsardi, Lin
July 1st, Thursday
Session 4. The Garden Path Today - Comprehension Models
Chair of the Session: Montserrat Sanz
9:00-10:00
Sonia Kotz, Max Planck Institute for Brain and Cognitive Sciences: Syntactic
Ambiguities: from Linguistic Structure to Brain Correlates
10:00-11:00
Gerry Altmann, University of York: Anticipating the Garden Path: the Horse Raced
Past the Barn Ate the Cake
11:00-12:00 Michael Tanenhaus University of Rochester: Real Time Ambiguity
Resolution in Interactive Conversation
12:00-12:30
Break
12:30-13:30
Edward Stabler UCLA: Syntax, Semantics and Pragmatics in Incremental Interpretation
13:30-14:30
Colin Phillips, University of Maryland: Grammatical Illusions: Where You See
Them, Where You Don't
14:30-16:30
Lunch
16:30:17:30
Round Table and General Discussion: The Garden Path Today- Comprehension Models
Theme discussant: Yosef Grodzinsky
Participants: Kotz, Tanenhaus, Altmann, Stabler, Phillips
17:30-18:30
Conclusions and Predictions for Future Research:
-Thomas Bever University of Arizona
-Massimo Piatelli-Palmarini, University of Arizona
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