Csaba Pleh Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences 202 Junipero Serra Blvd Stanford, Ca. 94305 T.: (415)321-2052, Fax: ...1192 Home: (415)323-1998 ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 16 Jun 1997 16:19:19 GMT From: Chris Knight <C.Knight(a)uel.ac.uk> To: elsnet-list(a)cogsci.ed.ac.uk Subject: CFP: Evolution of Language Conference Resent-Date: Tue, 17 Jun 97 22:09:21 +100 Resent-From: pleh(a)izabell.elte.hu Resent-To: csaba.pleh(a)casbs.Stanford.EDU **********Apologies for any multiple postings********** CALL FOR PAPERS CONFERENCE: THE EVOLUTION OF LANGUAGE LONDON APRIL 6-9 1998 ORGANISED BY: Professor Jean Aitchison (Oxford University), Professor Jim Hurford (Department of Linguistics, University of Edinburgh) and Dr. Chris Knight (Department of Sociology, University of East London). This will be the second conference in a series concerned with the evolutionary emergence of speech. From a wide range of disciplines, we seek to attract researchers willing to integrate their perspectives with those of modern Darwinism. FOCUSED THEMES: - From Proto-Language to Language - Modelling Language Evolution SPEAKERS WILL INCLUDE: Derek Bickerton (Hawaii), Paul Bloom (Arizona), Luigi Cavalli-Sforza (Stanford), Robin Dunbar (Liverpool), Dean Falk (New York), Philip Lieberman (Brown), Bjorn Lindblom (Stockholm), John Maynard-Smith (Sussex), Frederick Newmeyer (Washington), Johanna Nichols (Berkeley), Michael Studdert-Kennedy (Haskins Labs). PLEASE SEND YOUR 500-WORD ABSTRACT (DEADLINE OCTOBER 1ST, 1997) TO: Dr. Chris Knight, Department of Sociology, University of East London, Longbridge Road, Dagenham, Essex RM8 2AS, UK, OR BY EMAIL TO: C.Knight(a)uel.ac.uk