LINGUIST List 15.2374

Tue Aug 24 2004

Calls: Lang Acquisition/Germany; General Ling/Hungary

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  • hohenberger, (In)determinism in Language Acquisition
  • sandor, Seeing, Understanding, Learning in the Mobile Age

    Message 1: (In)determinism in Language Acquisition

     Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 02:44:17 -0400 (EDT)
    From: hohenberger <hohenbergercbs.mpg.de>
    Subject: (In)determinism in Language Acquisition


    (In)determinism in Language Acquisition

    Date: 23-Feb-2005 - 25-Feb-2005 Location: Cologne, Germany Contact: Annette Hohenberger Contact Email: hohenbergercbs.mpg.de Meeting URL: http://www.dgfs.de/cgi-bin/koeln2005.pl

    Linguistic Sub-field: Language Acquisition

    Call Deadline: 05-Sep-2004

    Meeting Description:

    The purpose of this workshop is to present and discuss dynamical approaches to language acquisition. This workshop is part of the 27th Annual Conference of the German Linguistics Society (DGfS) http://www.dgfs.de/cgi-bin/koeln2005.pl

    Title: (In)determinism in Language Acquisition

    Conveners: Annette Hohenberger (MPI for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Munich) Annemarie Peltzer-Karpf (University of Graz) Carolina Plaza Pust (University of Frankfurt)

    Invited Keynote speaker: David Lightfoot, University of Maryland

    In this workshop, we will be concerned with the role of determinism and indeterminism in language acquisition.

    In the course of the past 15 years, various dynamical approaches have penetrated language acquisition research and accumulated evidence that (i) language is a non-linear dynamical system and (ii) its development is poised between deterministic and indeterministic processes. Thus, language development does not take a linear path but comes in phases of intermittent turbulence, fluctuation, and stability. It seems, where determinism and indeterminism meet, complex order emerges through self-organization.

    Topics of the workshop may include, but are not limited to: - theoretical and empirical approaches to first and second language acquisition (L1, L2+) as well as multilingual acquisition, referring to any language module (phonology, morphology, syntax, lexicon/semantics, pragmatics) - dynamical approaches to language development on different time scales (evolutionary, phylogenetic, ontogenetic, microgenetic) - non-linear phenomena in language acquisition: self-organization, self-similarity, bifurcation, bootstrapping, triggers, critical mass, emergence - the interplay between language acquisition and the neurocognitive development of the brain - tools and methods of dynamical language acquisition research - macro- and micro-variation, inter- and intra-individual differences in language acquisition

    In this workshop, we want to bring together scholars of language acquisition from various theoretical backgrounds, who share a common interest in non-linear models and self-organization. We explicitly encourage an interdisciplinary discourse by embracing concepts and insights from neighboring disciplines like biology and physics. We cannot fully predict the outcome of this workshop but expect a stimulating discussion - (in)determined by you and us.

    Presentations will be 20 minutes + 10 minutes for discussion

    ABSTRACT SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:

    Abstracts should not exceed 1 page (1 inch margins, 12 pt) and include title, name of the author(s), affiliation, e-mail address. Please submit your abstract in English or German and send it as an attachment in word or rtf to hohenbergercbs.mpg.de

    DATES:

    CALL DEADLINE: 05-SEPT-2004 Notification of acceptance: 15-SEPT-2004

    CONFERENCE: 23 to 25 FEB 2005

    REGISTRATION INFORMATION:

    Participants are expected to register for the Conference of the German Linguistics Society. There will be a moderate fee.

    Message 2: Seeing, Understanding, Learning in the Mobile Age

     Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 05:30:59 -0400 (EDT)
    From: sandor <sandorjgytf.u-szeged.hu>
    Subject: Seeing, Understanding, Learning in the Mobile Age


    Seeing, Understanding, Learning in the Mobile Age

    Date: 28-Apr-2005 - 30-Apr-2005 Location: Budapest, Hungary Contact: Kristof Nyiri Contact Email: nyiriphil-inst.hu Meeting URL: http://www.fil.hu/mobil/2005

    Linguistic Sub-field: General Linguistics

    Call Deadline: 01-Dec-2004

    Meeting Description:

    Contributions are invited from philosophers, psychologists, education theorists, and other interested scholars on the following and related topics: - from seeing to understanding - visual communication and pictorial meaning - from static pictures to dynamic images - writing, speaking, messaging - collective thinking and the network individual - mobile communication and scientific change - technology, media and the dissemination of knowledge - ubiquitous learning and the transformation of education

    Submissions are invited for a conference on

    Seeing, Understanding, Learning in the Mobile Age

    which is to take place in Budapest, April 28-30.

    Speakers will include Jacques Derrida, Maurizio Ferraris, Peter Glotz, Rom Harr�, James Katz, Marcelo Milrad, and Mike Sharples.

    Target dates: Submission of abstracts (max. 300 words) and short biographical statements (max. 150 words) by Dec. 1, 2004. Early submissions are strongly encouraged. Please send your submissions to Krist�f Ny�ri <nyiriphil-inst.hu>. -- Those submitting abstracts will be notified of the decision concerning acceptance by January 5, 2005. -- Deadline for receipt of draft full-length versions of papers: March 15. Receipt of draft papers by this deadline is a condition for inclusion in the program. The papers will be compiled and distributed to all participants at the time of the conference. -- Deadline for receipt of final manuscripts for inclusion in the published conference proceedings: Sept. 1, 2005.

    The conference is organized by the Institute for Philosophical Research of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and T-Mobile Hungary Co. Ltd.

    Conference website: http://www.fil.hu/mobil/2005

    Website of the research project COMMUNICATIONS IN THE 21ST CENTURY - THE MOBILE INFORMATION SOCIETY: http://21st.century.phil-inst.hu

    Earlier volumes published in the framework of this conference series: http://21st.century.phil-inst.hu/volumes.htm