Protolang7: Ways to Protolanguage 7 University of Düsseldorf Düsseldorf, Germany, September 6-8, 2021 |
Conference website | http://www.protolang7.org |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=protolang7 |
Submission deadline | February 28, 2021 |
The Protolang conference series creates an interdisciplinary platform for scholarly discussion on the origins of symbolic communication distinctive of human beings.
The thematic focus of Protolang is on delineating the genetic, anatomical, neuro-cognitive, socio-cultural, semiotic, symbolic and ecological requirements for evolving (proto)language. Sign use, tools, cooperative breeding, pointing, vocalisation, intersubjectivity, bodily mimesis, planning and navigation are among many examples of such possible factors through which hominins have gained a degree of specificity that is not found in other forms of animal communication and cognition.
We aim at identifying the proximate and ultimate causes as well as the mechanisms by which these requirements evolved; evaluating the methodologies, research tools and simulation techniques; and enabling extended and vigorous exchange of ideas across disciplinary borders.
We invite scholars from A(rcheology) to Z(oology), and all disciplines in between, to contribute data, experimental and theoretical research.
Submission Guidelines
Please submit abstracts of ca. 500 words (excl. references). There are no formatting guidelines at this point.
Abstracts should be fully anonymous. If you prefer to present a poster, please indicate it in your abstract (e.g. by writing "POSTER" in the first line).
Committees
Permanent Protolang organizing committee
- Slawomir Wacewicz
- Przemyslaw Zywiczynski
- Francesco Ferretti
- Nathalie Gontier
- Luke McCrohon
- Natalie Uomini
- Sverker Johansson
- Sylwester Orzechowski
- Ines Adornetti
- Olga Vasileva
- Cedric Boeckx
Organizing committee
- Karim Baraghith
- Stefan Hartmann
- Michael Pleyer
- Marcel Ruland
- Corina Strößner
Contact
All questions about submissions should be emailed to Stefan Hartmann, hartmast [at] hhu.de