Evolution of Language Workshop Sponsored by the ARC Centre for Excellence in Cognition and Disorders, Centre for Language Sciences, Centre for Agency, Values and Ethics Friday, 6th December 2013 Macquarie University This workshop is devoted to an in-depth discussion of the origins of language. Among the questions that will be discussed are the following: What is language? What aspects of language are unique to humans? What can language acquisition tell us about language evolution? How is language represented in the brain? What function, if any, does language serve? Were there proto-languages? Did language evolve gradually or was its evolution a ‘sudden emergent event’? Is there a gestural origin to language? What is the relationship between logic and language? Keynote Speakers
Professor Bob Berwick, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Professor Kim Sterelny, Australian National University Invited Speakers Emeritus Professor Brian Byrne, University of New England Associate Professor Drew Khlentzos, University of New England Dr Richard Menary, Macquarie University Closing Comments: Professor Katherine Demuth, Macquarie University Location Room 1.200 (Lecture Theatre), the Australian Hearing Hub, Macquarie University, Sydney NSW Australia Further Details For more information, including speaker biographies, abstracts and the program, please see the Workshop Webpage. Registration Registration is free but space is limited so please register early to guarantee your participation: Registration Form. Dr. Richard Menary Macquarie University ARC Future Fellow Department of Philosophy ARC Centre of Excellence in Cognition and its Disorders Centre for Agency, Values and Ethics Google Scholar Page academia.edu site Phil Papers Profile Books: Cognitive Integration Palgrave Macmillan and Amazon The Extended Mind (ed.) MIT Press
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