OMLL Final Conference Schedule
Tuesday 11 December
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20:00 | Welcome dinner |
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Wednesday 12 December
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08:45 | Registration |
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09:00-09:30 | Opening of the Conference Cristiano Castelfranchi, ISTC, CNR, Rome Eva Hoogland, OMLL Coordinator, European Science Foundation |
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Session 1. Language Evolution and Computer Modeling Chair: Cristiano Castelfranchi, ISTC, CNR, Rome | |
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09:30-10:00 | The emergence of grammatical constructions: neural network simulation, neurophysiology and robotics Peter Ford Dominey, CNRS / Université Lyon 2, Laboratoire d'Etude des Mécanismes Cognitifs
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10:00-10:30 | When doing is saying: implicit communication before and without language and gestures Cristiano Castelfranchi & Luca Tummolini, Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies, CNR, Rome |
10:30-10:45 | Modeling aspects of grammaticalization Pieter Wellens, Free University of Brussels |
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10:45-11:15 | Coffee break |
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11:15-11:45 | The role of talking to oneself in the evolution of language Marco Mirolli, Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies, CNR, Rome |
11:45-12:15 | General discussion Discussant: Michael Arbib, University of Southern California |
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12:15-13:15 | Lunch |
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Session 2: Language and Archaeology Chair: Alf Hornborg, Lund University
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13:15-13:45 | From symbols to language. The archaeology of the origin of language and early diversification of languages Francesco d’Errico, CNRS, Institut de la Préhistoire et de la Géologie du Quaternaire, Talence Marian Vanhaeren, ArScAn, Ethnologie Préhistorique |
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13:45-14:15 | Alf Hornborg, Lund University |
14:15-14:30 | Rock art, trade routes, and languages in prehistoric Amazonia: Exploring correlations through GIS Love Eriksen, Lund University
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14:30–15:00 | General discussion Discussant: Jonathan D. Hill, Southern Illinois University |
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15:00-15:30 | Tea break |
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Session 3: Language and Brain Chair: Luciano Fadiga, Università degli Studi di Ferrara | |
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15:30-16:00 | Shared mechanisms for speech and gesture recognition? Luciano Fadiga, Biomedical Sciences, Università degli Studi di Ferrara |
16:00-16:30 | The mismatch negativity as an index of the different levels of speech processing Risto Näätänen, University of Helsinki |
16:30-17:00 | The beginnings of word segmentation in French-learning infants |
17:00-17:45 | Linguistics universals and language acquisition Itziar Laka, Universidad del Pais Vasco, Vitoria-Gasteiz Marina Nespor, Università degli studi di Ferrara |
17:45-18:15 | General discussion Discussant: Yannis Aloimonos, University of Maryland |
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Thursday 13 December
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Session 4: Language Acquisition and Language Universals Chair: Itziar Laka, Universidad del Pais Vasco, Vitoria-Gasteiz Marina Nespor, Università degli Studi di Ferrara | |
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09:00-09:30 | Shiftability: a key feature of language and thought François Recanati, CNRS/EHESS, Institut Jean Nicod, Paris |
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09:30-10:00 | The role of intentions in reference Manuel García-Carpintero, Universitat de Barcelona |
10:00-10:30 | Chris Sinha, University of Portsmouth |
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10:30-11:00 | Coffee break |
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11:00-11:45 | Phonetic continuity in babbling and first words? A cross-linguistic answer. Barbara Davis, University of Texas, Austin Sophie Kern, CNRS, Laboratoire Dynamique du Langage, Lyon Inge Zink, University of Leuven |
11:45-12:15 | General discussion Discussant: Charles Yang, University of Pennsylvania |
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12:15-13:15 | Lunch |
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Session 5. Gesture, Communication and Language in Human and Non-human Primates Chair: Jean Luc Schwarz, CNRS, Institut de la Communication Parlée, Grenoble Virginia Volterra, ISTC, CNR, Rome | |
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13:15-13:30 | General Introduction Jean Luc Schwarz & Virginia Volterra |
13:30-14:00 | Gestures, signs and words in the acquisition and development of language Virginia Volterra, Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies, CNR, Rome |
14:00-15:15 | Orofacial control in communication in human and non- human primates Introduction Jean-Luc Schwartz, CNRS, Institut de la Communication Parlée, Grenoble Reconstitution of fossil vocal tracts: speech potentialities Louis-Jean Boë, CNRS, Institut de la Communication Parlée, Grenoble The control of fundamental frequency in human and non-human primates Didier Demolin, Université Libre de Bruxelles A left-lateralized communicatory gestural system in non human primates Jacques Vauclair, Université de Provence, Aix-en-Provence (presented by Jean-Luc Schwartz) A neural substrate for voluntary vocalization in the lateral part of monkey ventral premotor cortex Gino Coude, Università degli Studi di Parma The main project achievements, conclusions and perspectives Jean-Luc Schwartz |
15:15-15:45 | Proto-syntax in Campbell loud Call? Karim Ouattara, Centre Suisse de Recherche Scientifique - Ivory Coast (presented by Alban Lemasson, Université de Rennes) Meaningful call combinations in free-ranging putty-nosed monkeys: population differences between Nigeria and the Ivory Coast Anderson Bitty, Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques Abidjan, Ivory Coast (presented by Alban Lemasson, Université de Rennes) |
15:45-16:15 | General discussion Discussant: Elisabetta Visalberghi, ISTC, CNR, Rome |
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16:15-16:45 | Tea break |
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16:45-18:15 | Discussion / Forum: Revisiting the "New Synthesis" belief Chair: Francois Jacquesson, CNRS, Laboratoire des Langues et Civilisations de Tradition Orale, Villejuif Discussant : Jean-Marie Hombert, l'Université Lumière-Lyon 2 |
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Friday 14 December
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Session 6: Language and Genes Chair: Peter de Knijff, University of Leiden
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09:00-09:45 | Pioneers of Island Melanesia: a joint project between British, Dutch, German and Swedish teams Michael Dunn, Max-Planck-Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen |
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09:45-10:30 | Linguistic, cultural and genetic perspectives on human diversity in west-central Africa David Comas, Unitat de Biologia Evolutiva, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona Lluis Quintana-Murci, UP Human Evolutionary Genetics, CNRS URA 3012, Institut Pasteur, Paris Lolke J. van der Veen, UMR 5596 — CNRS / Université Lumière - Lyon 2 |
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10:30-11:00 | Coffee break |
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11:00-11:45 | The berber and the Berber: genetic and linguistic diversity Jean-Michel Dugoujon, Laboratoire d'Anthropobiologie, CNRS and Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse III Maarten Kossmann, Leiden University Pedro Moral Castrillo, Universitat de Barcelona Fulvio Cruciani, Università « La Sapienza » di Roma Clotilde Coudray, Laboratoire d'Anthropobiologie, CNRS and Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse III |
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11:45-12:15 | Emergence and flow of gene lineages and languages along the steppe belt and beyond Richard Villems, Estonian Biocenter, Tartu |
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12:15-13:30 | Lunch |
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13:30-14:15 | Genetic and linguistic diversity in Central Asia François Jacquesson, Laboratoire des Langues et Civilisations de Tradition Orale, CNRS, Villejuif Svetlana Jacquesson, Max-Planck-Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle Evelyne Heyer, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris |
14:15-15:00 | Language and genes of the greater Himalayan Region Mark Jobling, University of Leicester |
15:00-15:30 | General discussion Discussant: Jaume Bertranpetit, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona |
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15:30-16:00 | Tea break |
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16:00-17:30 | Discussion / Forum: how to practically implement interdisciplinarity in future ESF/Humanities programme Chair: Chris Sinha, University of Portsmouth Francesco d’Errico, Institut de la Préhistoire et de Discussants: Michael Chandler, University of British Columbia John Lucy, University of Chicago |
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17:30-18:00 | Closure of the Conference John Marks, Chief Executive European Science Foundation Jean-Marie Hombert, l'Université Lumière-Lyon 2, Review Panel OMLL |
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20:00 | Farewell dinner |
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