LINGUIST List 15.1102

Mon Apr 5 2004

Calls: Historical Ling; Lang & Cognition/Australia

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  • andrea.schalley, International Language and Cognition Conference

    Message 1: Creole Language Structure Between Substrates and Superstrates

     Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2004 06:12:50 -0400 (EDT)
    From: michaelis <michaeliseva.mpg.de>
    Subject: Creole Language Structure Between Substrates and Superstrates


    Creole Language Structure Between Substrates and Superstrates

    Date: 03-Jun-2005 - 05-Jun-2005 Location: Leipzig, Germany Contact: Susanne Michaelis Contact Email: michaeliseva.mpg.de Meeting URL: http://email.eva.mpg.de/~michaels/Creole2005.html

    Linguistic Sub-field: Historical Linguistics Subject Language Family: Creole Call Deadline: 15-Nov-2004

    Meeting Description:

    This conference will assess the relative importance of substrate vs. superstrate vs. second-language-universals influence in the creation of a creole language. Particularly relevant are contributions that compare entire (sub)systems of creoles with their substrate(s) and superstrate(s), so that the nature and degree of the language mixture can be approached in a more systematic way.

    Call for Abstracts: Creole language structure between substrates and superstrates Leipzig (Germany), 3-5 June 2005

    Invited speakers:

    Philip Baker (University of Westminster/Sri Lanka) Claire Lefebvre (Université du Québec à Montréal) Ingo Plag (University of Siegen)

    Papers presented at this conference will assess the relative importance of substrate vs. superstrate vs. second-language-universals influence in the creation of a creole language. Particularly relevant would be contributions that compare entire (sub)systems of creoles with their substrate(s) and superstrate(s), so that the nature and degree of the language mixture can be approached in a more systematic way.

    One goal of the conference will be to situate creole languages within a typology of contact-induced language change. Therefore not only creoles, but also pidgins and other contact languages can be discussed.

    Papers are welcome which present data and analyses from all areas of language structure: lexical semantics, phonology, morphology, syntax and discourse. Any theoretical framework is welcome, as long as the paper also makes an empirical contribution.

    Local organizer:

    Susanne Michaelis (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology) michaeliseva.mpg.de

    Further members of the Abstract-reading Committee:

    Ingrid Neumann-Holzschuh (Universitaet Regensburg) Marlyse Baptista (University of Georgia, Athens) Jacques Arends (Universiteit van Amsterdam) John McWhorter (UC Berkeley/ Manhattan Institute) Sibylle Kriegel (Université de Provence, Aix-en-Provence)

    Send your one-page abstract to Susanne Michaelis at the address below, either by email or as a hard copy, to arrive no later than November 15th, 2004.The abstract itself should contain no identification of the author. A separate sheet or the cover e-mail should contain the title of the abstract, the name(s) of the author(s), and one mailing address, with telephone, fax, and email address as available:

    Susanne Michaelis Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology Deutscher Platz 6 D-04103 Leipzig/Germany michaeliseva.mpg.de Fax +49-341-3550-333

    The time allotted for presentation and discussion is 35 minutes. English and French are the preferred languages at the conference.

    Notification of acceptance is by January 15th, 2005.

    URL: http://email.eva.mpg.de/~michaels/Creole2005.html

    Message 2: International Language and Cognition Conference

     Date: Sun, 4 Apr 2004 18:39:05 -0400 (EDT)
    From: andrea.schalley <andrea.schalleyune.edu.au>
    Subject: International Language and Cognition Conference


    International Language and Cognition Conference Short Title: ILCC 2004

    Date: 10-Sep-2004 - 12-Sep-2004 Location: Coffs Harbour, NSW, Australia Contact: Andrea Schalley Contact Email: ilccune.edu.au Meeting URL: http://www.ilcc.une.edu.au

    Linguistic Sub-field: Computational Linguistics ,General Linguistics ,Philosophy of Language ,Psycholinguistics ,Neurolinguistics ,Cognitive Science ,Anthropological Linguistics

    Call Deadline: 01-May-2004

    SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS

    Meeting Description:

    The interdisciplinary conference aims at bringing together researchers from the fields of linguistics, philosophy, psychology, palaeoanthropology, neuroscience, artificial intelligence and related areas who work on the interface of language and cognition. We are particularly interested in the three themes categorisation, characterisation of mental states, and the development of language and cognition. Although submissions (including poster submissions) in a broad range of issues in Language & Cognition research are welcomed, we are particularly interested in the three themes as follows:

    1) Categorisation

    Does the human mind work on the basis of categories? And if so, what are they? What do mental representations look like? Does categorisation work in the same way across the domains of human language and behaviour? Do categories constrain linguistic variability, and if so how? Do ontologies have categories as one of their primary components? How do we acquire or construct categories? To what extent are categories natural? Do they have a basis in physics, perception, neuro-physiology, or human social organisation? Can humans be distinguished from primates and artificial life forms in terms of categorisation?

    2) Characterisation of Mental States

    How are mental or cognitive states to be characterised? How much cross-linguistic variability is there in the encoding of mental states? To what extent do mental state predicates reflect neuro-physiological and psychological evidence? What is the relationship between propositional attitudes in philosophy and mental state predicates in natural languages? Are there any universal mental states? Are mental states to be attributed to advanced, self-learning artificial systems?

    3) Development

    Could one say that cognitive structure has developmental priority over language or vice versa? In what way are thinking and speaking related in speech planning and production? Is language acquisition accompanied by a corresponding cognitive development? Or, is appropriate cognitive development a pre-condition for language acquisition? What parameters play a role in the development of language and cognition? Does ontogeny recapitulate phylogenesis? Is there a nativism in respect of either cognitive or language development? What can studies of primates and other non-humans tell us about cognition?

    **** Invited speakers ****

    Stephen Crain, University of Maryland, United States Pete Mandik, William Paterson University, United States Mark Steedman, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom Roger Wales, La Trobe University, Australia Anna Wierzbicka, Australian National University, Australia

    **** Submissions ****

    We invite submissions, particularly on the conference themes, for 25-minute presentations and for a poster session. Anyone may submit at most one contribution as a single author and another one as a co-author. Submissions must be anonymous.

    Please submit an abstract and a summary of your paper or poster. The abstract should not exceed 200 words. The summary should not comprise more than 2 pages (including references, diagrams, and examples) with 2,5cm margins on all four sides, and it should be written in 12pt font (only pdf, ps, rtf, and txt files are accepted).

    Please submit electronically at http://www.ilcc.une.edu.au/submissions.php .

    DEADLINE: 1 MAY 2004

    **** Important dates ****

    01 May Deadline for Submissions (Papers & Posters) 15 June Notification of Acceptance Program Announcement 01 July Early Bird Registration Deadline 01 August Regular Registration Deadline 10-12 September CONFERENCE

    **** Program Committee ****

    Andrea Schalley (Chair), University of New England Patric Bach, Max-Planck-Institute Munich Brett Baker, University of New England John Bateman, University of Bremen Arcady Blinov, University of New England Selmer Bringsjord, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy Denis Burnham, University of Western Sydney Brian Byrne, University of New England Michael Corballis, University of Auckland Linda Cupples, Macquarie University Robert Dale, Macquarie University Helen Fraser, University of New England Cliff Goddard, University of New England Drew Khlentzos, University of New England Alistair Knott, University of Otago Manfred Krifka, Humboldt University Bill Noble, University of New England Jon Opie, University of Adelaide Graham Oppy, Monash University Cecile Paris, CSIRO ICT Centre Jane Simpson, University of Sydney Peter Slezak, University of New South Wales Lesley Stirling, University of Melbourne John Sutton, Macquarie University Janet Wiles, University of Queensland

    **** Organizer ****

    The conference is organised by the Language and Cognition Research Cluster (cf. http://www.une.edu.au/arts/LangCog/ ) of the University of New England, Australia.