RT list: CFP: Second conference on Utterance Interpretation and Cognitive Models 2

Second conference on Utterance Interpretation and Cognitive Models,
Brussels, July 19-21 2008

Description:
 
The second edition of the Brussels conference on Utterance Interpretation
and Cognitive Models will take place on JULY 19-21, 2008. While the first
edition addressed the issue of the semantics/pragmatics interface from a
cognitive perspective, this time we wish to adopt a broader perspective. The
conference aims at reaching across disciplinary boundaries and bringing
together researchers who, though belonging to different schools or
traditions, all take a view of interpretation that is informed by cognitive
concerns. We are convinced that a better understanding of how utterances
come to be endowed with meaning calls for collaboration between various
subfields of linguistics ‹ syntax, formal semantics, cognitive linguistics,
pragmatics, evolutionary linguistics ‹, as well as with other disciplines,
such as developmental and cognitive psychology, cognitive sciences, and
philosophy of language. However, whatever the theoretical background and the
empirical phenomena to be accounted for, in our view the ultimate test for
any theory of utterance interpretation is that it should be psychologically
plausible. We hope that the second conference on Utterance Interpretation
and Cognitive Models will help popularize this idea.
 
Keynote speakers:
 
Nicholas Asher (Austin University of Texas/CNRS, Institut de Recherche en
Informatique de Toulouse)
Robyn Carston (University College London)
Herbert Clark (Stanford University)
Jim Hurford (University of Edinburgh)
Ruth Millikan (University of Connecticut)
Robert Stainton (University of Western Ontario)
Leonard Talmy (University at Buffalo)
 
 
Abstract submissions:
 
In addition to keynote lectures, the conference will feature parallel
sessions with contributed papers. We welcome submissions of abstracts for
25-minute papers that focus on the cognitive underpinnings of utterance
interpretation or, conversely, address the implications that theories of any
aspect of utterance interpretation can have for cognitive science. We also
welcome papers from scholars who study utterance interpretation in
connection with language development, impaired communication, non-verbal
communication and non-human communication. Abstracts will be anonymously
refereed by members of the program committee.
 
Important dates:
 
Deadline for abstracts: April 15
Notification of acceptance: May 30
Conference: July 19-21 2008
 
Abstract format:
 
- Only electronic submissions are accepted.
- Abstracts should be submitted to the email address: uicm2@ulb.ac.be, with
the following subject line: ''Utterance Interpretation and Cognitive Models
2''
- The abstracts should be sent as an attachment to an email message, in
either MS Word (.doc), Rich Text Format (.rtf) or Adobe Acrobat (.pdf )
format
- The length of the submissions is a maximum of two A4 sides, using 2,5 cm
(1 inch) margins and a 12 pt font. Each abstract should clearly indicate the
title of the talk, and may include references. In the interest of fairness
these constraints will be strictly enforced.
- The abstracts should be prepared for blind review, and include no
indication of the name(s) of the author(s). Only anonymous abstracts will be
considered.
- The body of the email message should contain the following information:
The name(s) of the author(s), affiliation, title of the paper and contact
details (postal and email address).
- A maximum of one submission as author, and one as co-author will be
considered
 
Program committee
 
Nicholas Asher (Austin University of Texas/CNRS, Institut de Recherche en
Informatique de Toulouse)
Anne Bezuidenhout (University of South Carolina)
Frank Brisard (Universiteit Antwerpen)
Robyn Carston (University College London)
Eros Corazza (Carleton University)
Francis Corblin (Université de Paris 4-Sorbonne, Institut Jean-Nicod)
Philippe De Brabanter (Université de Paris 4-Sorbonne, Institut Jean-Nicod)
Walter De Mulder (Universiteit Antwerpen)
Jérôme Dokic (Institut Jean-Nicod)
Marc Dominicy (Université Libre de Bruxelles)
Gilles Fauconnier (University of California San Diego)
Pierre Feyereisen (Université Catholique de Louvain)
Bart Geurts (Radboud University Nijmegen)
Mitchell Green (University of Virginia)
Jim Hurford (University of Edinburgh)
Napoleon Katsos (University of Cambridge)
Mikhail Kissine (Université Libre de Bruxelles)
Philippe Kreutz (Université Libre de Bruxelles)
Pascal Ludwig (Université de Paris 4-Sorbonne, Institut Jean-Nicod)
Fabienne Martin (Universität Stuttgart)
Ruth Millikan (University of Connecticut)
Jan Nuyts (Universiteit Antwerpen)
Nausicaa Pouscoulous (University College London)
François Recanati (Institut Jean-Nicod)
Barry Smith (Birkbeck College, University of London)
Rob Stainton (University of Western Ontario)
Isidora Stojanovic (Institut Jean-Nicod)
Leonard Talmy (University at Buffalo)
Ken Turner (University of Brighton)
Johan van der Auwera (Universiteit Antwerpen)
Neftali Villanueva (Institut Jean-Nicod)
Svetlana Vogeleer (Institut Marie Haps)
 
Additional information is available at: http://homepages.ulb.ac.be/~uicm2/
Received on Wed Feb 6 22:47:31 2008