First Call for Papers WAYS TO PROTOLANGUAGE 3 Wrocław, 25
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First Call for Papers WAYS TO PROTOLANGUAGE 3 Wrocław, 25
First Call for Papers WAYS TO PROTOLANGUAGE 3 Wrocław, 25–26 May, 2013 Organizers / Organizatorzy: Philological School of Higher Education in Wroclaw, Poland Wyższa Szkoła Filologiczna we Wrocławiu Department of English, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland Centre for Language Evolution Studies, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland Katedra Filologii Angielskiej oraz CLES, Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika, Toruń Committee for Philology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wroclaw Branch, Poland Komisja Nauk Filologicznych, Polska Akademia Nauk, Oddział we Wrocławiu Organising Committee / Komitet organizacyjny: Anna Zasłona Jacek Mianowski Aleksandra Knapik Sławomir Wacewicz Piotr P. Chruszczewski Scientific Committee / Komitet naukowy: Prof. Stanisław Prędota (Polish Academy of Sciences, Wrocław Branch; University of Wrocław) Prof. Zdzisław Wąsik (Philological School of Higher Education in Wrocław; Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań & Kolegium Karkonoskie in Jelenia Góra) Prof. Bogusław Pawłowski (University of Wrocław) Prof. Przemysław Żywiczyński (Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń) Prof. Piotr P. Chruszczewski (Polish Academy of Sciences, Wrocław Branch; University of Wrocław & Philological School of Higher Education in Wrocław) Scope of the conference: Ways to Protolanguage is a biennial conference on the evolution of language aimed at gaining a multidisciplinary perspective on the range of currently available evidence relevant to early language evolution. By bringing together researchers representing a broad variety of areas, the conference aspires to reflect the inherently interdisciplinary nature of research into the evolution of language. We invite papers from a wide range of subjects related to language evolution, including: anthropological linguistics, speech physiology, general evolutionary theory, contact linguistics, evolutionary psychology, history of writing, cultural evolution cultural anthropology, comparative psychology, gesture studies, pleistocene archaeology, neuroscience of language, palaeoanthropology, primatology, computational modelling, animal cognition, genetics of language disorders, animal communication. Confirmed plenary speakers: Prof. Robin Dunbar is an anthropologist and evolutionary psychologist specialising in the study of primate behaviour. Particular interest has been generated by his hypothesis that language evolved as a substitute grooming mechanism (Grooming, Gossip and the Evolution of Language) and Dunbar’s number hypothesis, whereby 150 constitutes the approximate cognitive limit on the number of individuals with whom a person can maintain stable relationships. He is currently the chair of the Institute of Cognitive and Evolutionary Anthropology at the University of Oxford. Prof. Robin Dunbar, antropolog i psycholog ewolucyjny specjalizujący się w badaniach nad zachowaniami naczelnych, jest autorem hipotez o powstaniu języka jako zastępczym mechanizmie iskania (Pchły, plotki a ewolucja języka) oraz o tzw. liczbie Dunbara, która zakłada, że człowiek jest w stanie utrzymywać stabilne relacje z maksymalnie około 150 innymi osobami. Obecnie pracuje jako profesor psychologii ewolucyjnej, kierując Instytutem Psychologii Eksperymentalnej na uniwersytecie oksfordzkim. Prof. Sue Savage-Rumbaugh is a psychologist and primatologist, best known for her work with the bonobos Kazni and Panbanisha, investigating their linguistic and cognitive abilities through the use of lexigrams and computer-based keyboards. Originally based at Georgia State University’s Language Research Center), she now acts as the Executive Director and Head Scientist at Great Ape Trust in Des Moines, Iowa. Prof. Sue Savage-Rumbaugh, psycholog i prymatolog, jest najbardziej znana z pracy z szympansami bonobo, Kanzim i Panbaniszą, w której - przy pomocy leksygramów i komputerowych klawiatur - badała ich językowe i kognitywne zdolności. Przez wiele lat była związana z Centrum Badań nad Językiem Uniwersytetu Stanowego Georgia (Georgia State University’s Language Research Center) w Atlancie (Stany Zjednoczone), a obecnie kieruje Great Ape Trust znajdującym się w Des Moines (Iowa, Stany Zjednoczone). Prof. Tomasz P. Krzeszowski is a cognitive linguist and a full professor at the University of Warsaw. A scholarship-holder of universities in Albany, New York and Oxford, he is also a member of Neophilological Committee and Linguistic Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Currently based in the School of English at the University of Social Sciences, Warsaw. He authored over seventy original publications home and abroad, including continuously reissued English teaching handbooks. Prof. Tomasz P. Krzeszowski jest specjalistą w zakresie językoznawstwa kognitywnego. Jest profesorem zwyczajnym Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego. Jest stypendystą uniwersytetów w Albany, Nowym Jorku i Oksfordzie, jak również członkiem Komitetu Neofilologicznego i Komitetu Językoznawstwa Polskiej Akademii Nauk. Wykładowca Instytutu Filologii Angielskiej w Społecznej Akademii Nauk (Warszawa). Jest autorem ponad siedemdziesięciu oryginalnych publikacji w kraju i za granicą oraz kilkukrotnie wznawianych podręczników do nauki języka angielskiego. Prof. Peter Gärdenfors represents cognitive science; his research interests include problems related to the evolution of thinking and language (Conceptual Spaces, How Homo Became Sapiens, The Dynamics of Knowledge). His proposals regarding intentionality and imitation have received considerable attention among language evolution researchers. He is Professor of cognitive science at the University of Lund, Sweden, and member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Prof. Peter Gärdenfors, kognitywista, w swoich pracach eksploruje problemy związane z ewolucją myślenia i ewolucją języka (Conceptual Spaces, Jak Homo stał się sapiens, The Dynamics of Knowledge). Szczególnie zainteresowanie w kręgach badaczy ewolucji języka wzbudziły jego propozycje dotyczące intencjonalności i imitacji. Jest profesorem kognitywistyki na Uniwersytecie Lund w Szwecji oraz członkiem Szwedzkiej Królewskiej Akademii Nauk. Prof. Josep Call is a comparative psychologist specializing in the study of cognitive as well linguistic abilities of non-human great apes. He has authored more than a hundred research papers, mostly experimental studies on primate cognition. Since 1999 he has been based at Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, where he is director of Wolfgang Köhler Primate Research Center. Prof. Josep Call to psycholog porównawczy specjalizujący się w badaniach zdolności poznawczych małp człekokształtnych, w tym ich zdolności językowych. Jest autorem ponad stu artykułów, głównie eksperymentalnych badań naczelnych. Obecnie pracuje w Instytucie Antropologii Ewolucyjnej im. Maxa Plancka w Lipsku, gdzie kieruje Centrum Badań Naczelnych im. Wolfganga Köhlera. Important dates: Closing date for registration online and submission of abstracts: 1 March, 2013 Notification of abstract acceptance: 15 March, 2013 Deadline for registration fee payment: 5 May, 2013 Registration and Submission of Proposals: Please register online: The registration form online will be available on the conference website http://protolanguage2013.wsf.edu.pl from December 15, 2012. Please send a 400-500 word abstract for a 30-minute paper with a short bio (20 minutes presentation and 10 minutes for discussion) by 31 March, 2013 to [email protected] Paper proposals should include the following elements: Title of the paper Author(s) name Author(s) institution affiliation, address, and contact e-mail Abstract text (max. 400-500 words) Times New Roman font size 12 pt. A Microsoft Word 2003 (.doc) file Conference fee: 150 EUR (600 PLN) - conference materials, coffee breaks, lunch and banquet included. The conference fee should be paid by 5 May, 2013 to the following account of the Philological School of Higher Education in Wrocław: Account Holder: Wyższa Szkoła Filologiczna we Wrocławiu Bank: Raiffeisen Bank Polska S. A. Account No (IBAN): PL 23 1750 1064 0000 0000 0856 4167 SWIFT Code: RCBWPLPW Please make sure to include your name and the conference title (Protolanguage 3) in the description of the bank transfer. The conference fee does not include travel and accommodation costs. Conference venue: The National Labour Inspectorate Training Centre in Wroclaw (Centrum Konferencyjne Państwowej Inspekcji Pracy), ul. Mikolaja Kopernika 5, Wrocław The conference will be held in a historic building, which is ideally situated in the heart of a picturesque district of Wroclaw, near the Szczytnicki Park, the Centennial Hall (a UNESCO heritage building) and the Zoo. We recommend accommodation at the Hotel Park, which is a part of the conference venue. Please note that the organizers do not provide accommodation for the conference participants. Important information: A list of recommended hotels and the map of location of the conference venue are available at http://protolanguage2013.wsf.edu.pl Contact details: Conference secretary - Anna Zasłona e-mail: [email protected], phone: +48 71 395 84 73 [email protected] Conference website: http://protolanguage2013.wsf.edu.pl