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type="cite">Concept Types and Frames in Language,
Cognition, and Science (CTF’12)
International Interdisciplinary Conference
Düsseldorf (GER), August 22–24, 2012
http://www.sfb991.uni-duesseldorf.de/concept-types-and-frames-in-language-cognition-and-science/
DFG Coordinated Research Centre CRC 991/SFB 991
“The Structure of Representations in Language, Cognition, and
Science”
http://www.sfb991.uni-duesseldorf.de/en/sfb991/
Aims and scope
A sequel to CTF’07 and CTF’09, CTF’12 is the third
interdisciplinary
conference to contribute to the development of a general frame
theory of
human concepts. The conference explores the application of frames
in
linguistics and other sciences. It discusses foundational issues
for the
development of a theory of frames from the perspectives of general
and
computational linguistics, mathematics, cognitive psychology,
cognitive
neuroscience, ontology, philosophy of mind, and philosophy of
science.
Invited speakers
t.b.a.
Frames
CTF’12 explores fundamental aspects of a formal theory of
frames
understood as recursive attribute-value structures with functional
attributes. The aspects include representation and model-theoretic
interpretation, attributes and value types, and appropriate frame
structures for different types of concepts. A special focus will
be on
dynamic aspects of frame theory: modeling dynamic frame components
for
event and process frames; exploring operations on frames such as
type
shifts and frame composition.
Cognition
CTF’12 explores empirical evidence for and consequences of the
frame
approach. It addresses the distinction of types of concepts, in
particular relational and functional nominal concepts. Major
topics
include the grounding of concepts in the sensory-motor system and
dynamic
aspects of concept formation.
Language
CTF’12 explores the application of a formalized theory of
frames at
various levels of linguistic description: lexical semantics of the
different conceptual types of nouns and verbs, deep lexical
decomposition, semantics of word formation, the syntax-semantics
interface, syntactic and semantic composition, and anaphora and
coherence
in discourse.
Science
CTF’12 explores the applications of the frame approach in
various
fields of institutional categorization: e.g., the evolution of the
frame
notion in the history of philosophy; scientific frames and
paradigm
shifts; frames for legal concepts; frames in applied ontology; a
frame
model of the mind; and frame description of psychiatric disorders.
Important dates
Submission of abstracts (1000 words): March 15, Notification of
acceptance: May 30
Programme committee
Sebastian Löbner (general chair), Rainer Osswald, Gottfried
Vosgerau
Organizational committee
Dorothea Brenner, David Hommen, Timm Lichte, Daniel Schulzek
Topics for the CTF'12
Language
noun types and determination
· definiteness and
indefiniteness
· possession
· usage
· processing
· grammaticalization
conceptual shifts of noun meanings
· shifts and
coercion
· diachronic shifts
decompositional frames for verbs and the syntax-semantics
interface
· verb classes in terms
of frame types
· verbal concepts and
linking
· construction-based
decomposition of verb meanings
· aspectual
composition
decompositional frames for nouns
· frame analysis of legal
terms
· affordance attributes
in noun frames and qualia
syntactic and semantic composition
· nominal concept types
in the theory of semantic composition
· semantic composition in
terms of frames
· syntax-driven frame
composition
frames in the semantics of word-formation
· nominal compounding as
frame combination
· deverbal nouns as the
result of frame transformation
frames in discourse
· frames and associative
anaphora
· the role of frames in
discourse coherence
Science
concepts
· emergence of the modern
frame notion of concepts
· architecture of the
mind
· the role of function in
object categorization
frame analysis in institutional categorization
· frames and paradigm
shifts
· frame analysis of legal
concepts
· frame analysis of
psychiatric disorders
· frame analysis in other
scientific fields
concept types and frames in ontology
· attributes in
ontology
· relations and functions
in ontology
· formal approaches to
ontology using functional relations
Cognition
embodiment of concepts
· emergence of the modern
frame notion of concepts
· grounding of verb
meanings in the sensory-motor system
· affordances and the
grounding of noun meanings in the sensory-motor system
· common coding and
simulation
· frames and conceptual
processing
types of concepts
· empirical evidence for
different kinds of concepts
· cognitive
representation of dynamic concepts, in particular verb meanings
neurocognition
· frames and conceptual
processing
· neural correlates of
attributes and frames
· computational modelling
of concept formation
Frames
elements of frame theory
· modelling the dynamics
of verb meanings
· modelling general
operations on frames
· modelling frame
composition
frame-related spaces
· mathematical properties
of value spaces
· mathematical properties
of attribute spaces
· mathematical properties
of frame spaces
large frame systems
· design and
implementation
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Thea Brenner
Heinrich-Heine-Universitaet
Institut für Sprache und Information
Abteilung für Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft
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