CFA Protolang 8 - Ways to (proto)language conference series
Date: 27-28 September 2023
Venue: Department of Philosophy, Communication and Performing Arts / Roma Tre University - Rome (IT)
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/protolang8/
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!!! Submission deadline: 15 February 2023 !!!
INVITED SPEAKERS
DEAN FALK (Florida State University, USA) MARLEN FRÖHLICH (University of Tübingen, Germany) SIMON KIRBY (The University of Edinburgh, UK) STEVEN MITHEN (University of Reading, UK).
ABOUT PROTOLANG
The Protolang conference series creates an interdisciplinary platform for scholarly discussion on the origins of symbolic communication distinctive of human beings. The thematic focus of Protolang is on delineating the genetic, anatomical, neuro-cognitive, socio-cultural, semiotic, symbolic and ecological requirements for evolving (proto)language. Sign use, tools, cooperative breeding, pointing, vocalisation, intersubjectivity, bodily mimesis, planning and navigation are among many examples of such possible factors through which hominins have gained a degree of specificity that is not found in other forms of animal communication and cognition. We aim at identifying the proximate and ultimate causes as well as the mechanisms by which these requirements evolved; evaluating the methodologies, research tools and simulation techniques; and enabling extended and vigorous exchange of ideas across disciplinary borders. We invite scholars from A(rcheology) to Z(oology), and all disciplines in between, to contribute data, experimental and theoretical research, and look forward to welcoming you at one of our conferences!
We call for:
· oral presentations
· posters
· symposia
The list of conference areas includes (but is not limited to):
* animal cognition
* animal communication
* anthropology (linguistic, social, cultural, evolutionary)
* cognitive science
* cognitive semiotics
* computational modelling
* general evolutionary theory
* genetics of language
* gesture studies
* linguistics
* neuroscience of language
* paleoanthropology
* philosophy of biology
* philosophy of language
* philosophy of science
* Pleistocene archaeology
* primatology
* psychology (evolutionary, comparative, developmental)
* speech physiology
SUBMISSION
Talks and posters:
Please submit an abstract of 400 words (+ references) prepared for anonymous review to the EasyChair website: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=protolang8. Authors will be allocated slots of approximately 20 min.
The best poster will be awarded with a prize offered by Springer Nature. For more info, please visit: https://sites.google.com/view/protolang8/awards
Symposia:
Please submit a proposal including: (a) Title of the symposium, (b) name and affiliation of the organizers, (c) a general description of the symposium (400 words + references), (d) abstract of each contributed talk (100-150 words + references). Submissions should be suitable for a two-hour session and include 3 to 5 presentations.
The organizers are responsible for submitting the full symposium program to the EasyChair website: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=protolang8. The organizers will also act as chairs of their session.
IMPORTANT DATES
Submission deadline: 15 February 2023
Notifications of acceptance: 31 March 2023 Early bird registration deadline: 30 June 2023 Regular registration deadline: 1 September 2023
Conference: 27-28 September 2023
Roma Tre University Local Organising Committee
Francesco Ferretti (conference co-chair) Ines Adornetti (conference co-chair) Alessandra Chiera Valentina Deriu Daniela Altavilla Daniela Manenti
PROTOLANG Permanent Organising Committee
Slawomir Wacewicz Przemyslaw Zywiczynski Francesco Ferretti Nathalie Gontier Luke McCrohon Natalie Uomini Sverker Johansson Sylwester Orzechowski Ines Adornetti Olga Vasileva Cedric Boeckx Evelina Daniela Rodrigues Stefan Hartmann Piotr Chruszczewski
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