LANGUAGE AND COGNITION
University Seminar #681
What
can the study of language contribute to our understanding of human nature? This
question motivates research spanning many intellectual constituencies, for its
range exceeds the scope of any one of the core disciplines. The technical study
of language has developed across anthropology, electrical engineering,
linguistics, neurology, philosophy, psychology, and sociology, and influential
research of the recent era of cognitive science has occurred when disciplinary
boundaries were transcended. The seminar is a forum for convening this research
community of broadly differing expertise, within and beyond the University. As
a meeting ground for regular discussion of current events and fundamental
questions, the University Seminar on Language and Cognition will direct its
focus to the latest breakthroughs and the developing concerns of the scientific
community studying language.
Founded: 2000
SEMINAR ADMINISTRATION
CHAIR:
Robert E. Remez
Department
of Psychology
Barnard
College, Columbia University
(212)
854-4247
remez@columbia.edu
RAPPORTEUR:
Grace Zhou
Graduate Student, Columbia University
gracehzhou@gmail.com
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Our Meetings in 2011-2012
September 22, 2011
Babel Rousers; The 900-year quest to build a better language
Arika Okrent, Author, Philadelphia Pennsylvania
October
20, 2011
Links between production and perception in speech
Douglas H. Whalen, Program in Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences, CUNY and Haskins Laboratories
December
1, 2011
Assessing Developmental Change in Normal and Impaired Auditory Processing
Heather Bortfeld, Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut
January
26, 2012
Spatiotemporal Imaging of Language: A Window into Thought in Psychosis
Gina Kuperberg, Department of Psychiatry, MGH and Department of Psychology, Tufts University
February 23, 2012
The role of sensory and cognitive factors in understanding age-related changes in speech perception
Mitchell Sommers, Department of Psychology, Washington University
March
22, 2012
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Brenda Rapp, Department of Cognitive Science, Johns Hopkins University
April 26, 2012
Semiotic Layering through Gesture and Intonation: A Case Study of Complementary and Supplementary Multimodality in Political Speech
Norma Mendoza-Denton, Department of Anthropology, University of Arizona
The January, February and March meetings will take place at 4:00 PM in:
The
Faculty House
64 Morningside Drive
The April meeting will occur in:
The Kellogg Center
School of International and Public Affairs
420 West 118th Street
Columbia University
Last revised: January 6, 2012