Author: perezparedes

Deadline approaching ICAME40 Université de Neuchâtel June 1–5, 2019

ICAME40 at the Université de Neuchâtel June 1–5, 2019

Switzerland

December 15 deadline

Language in Time, Time in Language

In addition to contributions to the main conference, we are also inviting submissions for four exciting pre-conference workshops, to be held on June 1 (see website for descriptions):

* Big data and the study of language and culture: Parliamentary discourse across time and space (Convenors: Jukka Tyrkkö, Minna Korhonen & Haidee Kruger)

* Languages in time, time in languages: Phraseological perspectives (Convenors: Anna Čermáková, Hilde Hasselgård, Thomas Egan & Sylvi Rørvik)

* Register approaches to language variation and change in English(es) (Convenors: Elena Seoane & Douglas Biber)

* Corpus approaches to social media (Convenors: Sofia Rüdiger & Daria Dayter)

For more information on the call for papers, workshops, submission, keynote speakers, and updated conference practicals, please visit www.icame40.ch.

Feel free to get in touch with us via email (icame40@unine.ch) or Twitter (@icame40, #icame40).

CFP Ethnographies of academic writing: research and pedagogy May 16-17th, 2019 University of Zaragoza (Spain)

Ethnographies of academic writing: research and pedagogy
May 16-17th, 2019

University of Zaragoza (Spain)

Conference website

Book of abstracts.

Important dates

Deadline for abstracts: January 20th, 2019
Notification of acceptance: February 10th, 2019
Early registration: No later than March 10th, 2019
Deadline for standard registration: May 10th, 2019
Ethnographies of writing Conference: May 16-17th, 2019

“The cognitive and social foundations of language acquisition” 22 Nov 16:30

Interesting talk in the Cambridge Linguistics Forum
Dr Paul Ibbotson, Open University

Thursday 22nd of November at 4.30-6pm
English Faculty Building, GR-06/07 (ground floor).
Tea/coffee and biscuits from 4pm.

“The cognitive and social foundations of language acquisition”

Paul Ibbotson will present evidence from his own research that shows the developmental trajectory of language is in some important sense contingent on the development of other non-linguistic abilities. The central thesis of work is that language is constructed out of usage events using species-general cognitive mechanisms (e.g. categorization, inhibition, memory, attention) and constrained by a species-unique set of social skills (e.g., communicative intention-reading, cultural learning). He will also discuss the promises and the challenges that taking this ‘developmental cognitive linguistics’ approach can bring.