Conference on Language, Communication and Cognition
Dates
August 4-7, 2007
Venue
University of Brighton, Brighton, UK
Theme
* Language, creativity and imagination
* Language in use
* Language and its influence on thought
* Origins and evolution of language and mind
Topic areas
* The transformative nature of the role of language and communication in human cognition
* The analysis of language and language use as providing a window into non-linguistic cognitive processes and structures
* The relationship between linguistic structure and cognitive processes
Organizer
Center in Language, Communication & Cognition, University of Brighton
Keynote speakers
* Lera Boroditsky, professor, Stanford University
* Herbert H. Clark, professor, Stanford University
* Adele Goldberg, professor, Princeton University
Background information
The Conference aims to promote an interdisciplinary, comparative, multi-methodological approach to the study of language, communication and cognition, informed by method and practice as developed in cognitive linguistics.The objective is to contribute to our understanding of language as a key aspect of human cognition, using converging and multi-disciplinary methodologies, based upon cross-linguistic, cross-cultural, cross-population comparisons.
Contact
All enquiries should be sent to LCC@Brighton.ac.uk.
