The future of linguistics 3/4

25 January 2021 14:00 - 20:00
Max Planck Institute
Online
Workshop
Join our Webinar Series 'The Future of Linguistics'
To celebrate our 40th anniversary, and as part of our search for a new director to lead a Department for Linguistics, the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics invites you to the third of four webinars to debate the future of linguistics.

 


The third webinar is planned on January 25, 2021.     

Registration

Webinars are free to attend but registration with a professional email address is required (e.g. business, university, school, research institute email address; please email webinars [at] mpi.nl if you wish to register but do not have a business address).

Please register for the third webinar here: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_WQPgQG9FQrmWsyCBygv8-A


Registration closes 18.00 CET Friday 22nd January 2021.

The future of linguistics 3/4 Monday January 25th 2021
Registration closes 18.00 CET Friday 22nd January 2021


(Chair: Beate St. Pourcain)

 

14.00 - 14.05

Caroline Rowland

Introduction

14.05 - 15.05

Mark Dingemanse - Radboud University

Words are ephemeral, language endures​

15.05 - 15.20

15 min break

15.20 - 16.20

Kenny Smith - University of Edinburgh

How linguistic systems are shaped by their learning and use

16.20 - 16.35

15 min break

16.35 - 17.35

Willem Zuidema - University of Amsterdam

New territory: the linguistics of deep learning

17.35 - 18.05

30 min break

18.05 - 19.05

Claire Bowern - Yale University

Nature, Nurture; Descent, Diffusion: Language, Cultural Evolution, and the Mind

19.05 - 19.50

General discussion: The Future of Linguistics (Moderator: Peter Hagoort)

19.50 - 20.00

Concluding remarks (Caroline Rowland)


The last workshop is planned on February 11, 2021. You will be invited to register before the workshop.

Live international sign language

Live international sign language interpretation will be provided for all 2021 events by Overseas Interpreters.

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