Language as Social Coordination: An Evolutionary Perspective

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Language as Social Coordination: An Evolutionary Perspective University of Warsaw, Poland September 16-18, 2010	Latest Updates: Payments with a credit card - please download the form , fill in, scan and send to: raczasze@psych.uw.edu.pl or fax to +48 22 635 7991. Organizers: Goal: The conference emphasizes the biological nature of language, underscoring its coordinative function. The aim of the conference is to 1) show continuity of natural language with other informational systems in biology; 2) show that language arises from and is crucial for human co-action. more >> Invited Speakers: John Collier, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban >> Terrence Deacon, University of California at Berkeley >> Merlin Donald, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada >> Don Favareau, National University of Singapore >> Bruno Galantucci, Yeshiva University >> >> Don Ross, University of Alabama at Birmingham and University of Cape Town John Schumann, University of California, Los Angeles >> Colwyn Trevarthen, University of Edinburgh >> Call for papers: We welcome papers from biology, linguistics, psychology, communication science, philosophy, anthropology in a joint effort to provide a theoretical ground for such a view of language, and – even more importantly – to provide empirical data clarifying the mechanisms of language functioning and emergence. Abstracts of 250-500 words length should be sent to Joanna Raczaszek – Leonardi by May 15th, 2010 Deadline for abstracts: May 15th, 2010 Abstract notification: May 28th, 2010 Early Registration: May 28th – August 15th, 2010 Late Registration: After August 15th, 2010
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