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workshop of the Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of
Language Evolution (ISLE)</font><br class="">
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March 4-5 2019</font></font></div>
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<div class=""><font class="" face="Default Sans
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of language: Bridging the natural and cognitive sciences<br
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<div class=""><font class="" face="Default Sans
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established Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Language
Evolution (ISLE) at the University of Zurich, Switzerland,
invites submissions for presentations at its inaugural workshop.
The workshop will take place March 4-5, 2019.<br class="">
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<div class=""><font class="" face="Default Sans
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the workshop, and the mission of ISLE, is to bridge between
different approaches working on language evolution, specifically
between the natural and cognitive sciences. Although much
progress has been made in the past two decades, comparative
research on animal communication and work on human language have
traditionally been undertaken in isolation, a division often
reinforced by how departments and faculties are typically
organized. We aim at breaking this tradition and bring the full
force of each discipline, its theories and methods, to bear on
all questions relating to the phylogeny, ontogeny, and dynamics
(cultural evolution and variability) of language and animal
communication.</font></div>
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keynote speakers (alphabetical order):</font></div>
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<div class=""><font class="" face="Default Sans
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Christiansen, Cornell University<br class="">
Tecumseh Fitch, University of Vienna<br class="">
Susan Goldin-Meadow, University of Chicago<br class="">
Simon Kirby, University of Edinburgh<br class="">
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<div class=""><font class="" face="Default Sans
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contributions that shed light on the evolution of language,
speech and communication via empirical or modeling research in
animal and human communication including:</font></div>
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communication and cognition in individual species<br class="">
- cross-species comparison<br class="">
- biological and genetic foundations<br class="">
- social and ecological conditions<br class="">
- vocal learning and language acquisition<br class="">
- cultural evolution and language change<br class="">
- language/communication and population diversity<br class="">
- phylogenetic brain plasticity<br class="">
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<div class=""><font class="" face="Default Sans
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your 300-word abstract for presentations (20 minutes) by
December 3, 2018.<br class="">
Please submit your abstract by email as a PDF (anonymized) to:
<<a href="mailto:fabienne.leuenberger@uzh.ch" target="_blank"
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<div class=""><font class="" face="Default Sans
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of acceptance: December 20, 2018.</font></div>
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<div class=""><font class="" face="Default Sans
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Marta Manser<br class="">
Sabine Stoll<br class="">
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Organizing Committee:</font></div>
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<div class=""><font class="" face="Default Sans
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Martin Meyer<br class="">
Carel van Schaik<br class="">
Simon Townsend<br class="">
Klaus Zuberbühler</font></div>
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