Workshops
Emergence of Language Structures Workshop
UPDATEThe slides from the presentations have now been made available in PDF format. You may download them below in the Schedule of Talks. |
Organizers
Carol Padden (UCSD), Maria Polinsky (UCSD/Harvard), Robert Kluender (UCSD)
Sponsors
Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind, UC San Diego
Center for Research in Language, UC San Diego
Participants
Mark Aronoff (Stonybrook U)
Simon Kirby (U Edinburgh)
Robert Kluender (UCSD)
Irit Meir (U Haifa)
Carol Padden (UCSD)
Maria Polinsky (UCSD)
Wendy Sandler (U Haifa)
Ezra van Everbroeck (UCSD)
When
February 6, 2007
Where
The workshop will be held on the UC San Diego campus in the AP&M 4301. [map]
Why
The goal of exploring language evolution and emergence of language structures is to uncover fundamental properties of human language by understanding how languages may have been assembled over time. Where might the various properties of human language have originated (e.g. its sound structure, its lexical inventories, and rules of syntax), and how did these different properties become conventionalized within a community of language users? Both are enormously challenging research questions, requiring multiple approaches from different disciplines. Language evolution will be examined using data from modeling, new sign languages and experimental languages.
Schedule of Talks
Click links for abstracts or click the PDF icon for the slides from the presentations.
