Konferenciakalauz

Goal:

The conference emphasizes the biological nature of language, underscoring its coordinative function. The aim of the conference is to 1) show continuity of natural language with other informational systems in biology; 2) show that language arises from and is crucial for human co-action. more >>

Invited Speakers:

John Collier, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban
Terrence Deacon, University of California at Berkeley
Merlin Donald, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Don Favareau, National University of Singapore
Carol Fowler, Haskins Laboratories, Yale University and University of Connecticut >>
Bruno Galantucci, Yeshiva University
Don Ross, University of Alabama at Birmingham and University of Cape Town
Colwyn Trevarthen, University of Edinburgh

Call for papers:

We welcome papers from biology, linguistics, psychology, communication science, philosophy, anthropology in a joint effort to provide a theoretical ground for such a view of language, and – even more importantly – to provide empirical data clarifying the mechanisms of language functioning and emergence.

Deadline for abstracts: May 15th, 2010

Abstract notification: May 28th, 2010

Early Registration: May 28th – August 15th, 2010

Late Registration: After August 15th, 2010