Dear all, The CEU Department of Cognitive Science cordially invites you to its talk by: Greg Bryant (UCLA)<https://gabryant.scholar.ss.ucla.edu/> "The Evolution of Laughter and Verbal Play" Date: Wednesday, November 17, 2021 - 16:00-17:30 (CET) Host: Thom Scott-Phillips Location: D-001 Tiered, Upper Ground Floor - QS Vienna Campus and on Zoom Anyone wishing to attend the talk in person in Vienna must register in advance: RSVP https://forms.office.com/r/zgtQ4zbCFA Anyone in Budapest, or planning to attend the event remotely, please find Zoom link below: Join Zoom Meeting https://ceu-edu.zoom.us/j/96440946468?pwd=cHMvWXpMNU1GYTh4SVdySUFPRC9MQT09 Meeting ID: 964 4094 6468 Passcode: 702918 ABSTRACT: During conversational interaction, speakers will use a variety of nonverbal vocal strategies to help them achieve pragmatic goals. These vocal signals often accompany verbal phenomena such as indirect speech, which often can be construed as a form of verbal play. One common such signal is laughter, which evolved from play vocalizations in our primate ancestors, and retains part of this communicative function in our everyday conversational interactions. Here I will describe some different lines of research that reveal some of the communicative complexities of laughter, verbal play, and social interaction. Overall this work points to one possible connection between linguistic pragmatics and nonhuman animal communication. We look forward to seeing you there! Cognitive Science Events at CEU: https://events.ceu.edu/host/department-cognitive-science Thank you Boris Boris Cesnik Department Coordinator (Vienna) Department of Cognitive Science [cid:image002.jpg@01D7D567.11D9E780] 5 Programs in the top 100 according to QS<https://www.topuniversities.com/subject-rankings/2021> Central European University Private University Contact: CesnikB@ceu.edu<mailto:CesnikB@ceu.edu> Quellenstrasse 51 | A-1100 Wien | Austria Office: Room B501 Tel. +43 125230 7441 http://cdc.ceu.edu/ http://cognitivescience.ceu.edu/ This message is intended for the individual named above and is confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender. Central European University (CEU) is an undergraduate- and graduate-level private university accredited in the United States, Austria, and Hungary. CEU's educational activities in Austria are performed at Central European University Private University by CEU GmbH, a private limited-liability company having its seat in Vienna, under the address Quellenstrasse 51, A-1100 Wien, and is registered at the Vienna Commercial Court under registration number FN 502313 x. CEU's educational activities in Hungary are performed by Közép-európai Egyetem, at Nádor utca 9., 1051 Budapest, under registration number FI 27861. CEU is accredited in the US, with a registered address at 224 West 57th Street, New York, NY 10019, USA. ______________________________________________ Subscribe by sending an empty mail to talks-subscribe(a)cogsci.ceu.edu Unsubscribe by sending an empty mail to talks-unsubscribe(a)cogsci.ceu.edu