Evolution of Language: Seventh International Conference, 2008 (EVOLANG7)

CosmoCaixa (Museum of Science), Barcelona, Spain.
Tuesday 11th March - Saturday 15th March, 2008
http://complex.ffn.ub.es/~evolang2008/

Call for papers

Papers and Abstracts are now solicited.

Content: The conference welcomes substantive contributions relating to the
evolution of
human language from any relevant discipline, including Anthropology, Genetics,
Population Biology, Linguistics, Psychology, Primatology, Ethology,
Paleontology,
Archeology, Artificial Life, and Mathematical Modelling. Normal standards of
academic
quality apply. Thus, submitted papers should aim to make clear their own
substantive
claim, relating this to relevant scientific literature, and briefly setting out
the method by
which the claim is substantiated, the nature of the relevant data, and/or the
core of the
theoretical argument concerned.

Deadline: Papers/Abstracts should be submitted by September 1st, 2007


Paper/Abstract Format:

Papers can have a length of between 6 and 8 pages using the World Scientific
Publishing
format.

Abstracts can have a length of maximum 2 pages, using the same format.

All formatting guidelines (including word and latex style files) are available
in the
conference submission webpage: http://complex.ffn.ub.es/~evolang2008/
submission.html

All accepted papers or abstracts accepted will be allotted the same presentation
length
(probably 25 minutes plus 10 minutes discussion).


Submission Method:
1. Email your paper/abstract to evolang7@... as PDF or Word file
2. Include proforma in which you specify the paper/abstract areas (form
available in the
conference submission paper)

Notification of acceptance/rejection will be sent to authors by November 1st,
2007.
All revised, camera-ready papers will have to be sent to evolang7@...
not later
than November 15th, 2007.

Publication:
All accepted papers and abstracts will be published in the Conference
Proceedings that will
be distributed at the conference.

Keynote Speakers
(provisional list)

Derek Bickerton (University of Hawaii)
Steven Pinker (Harvard University)
Francesco d'Errico (University of Bordeaux)
Friedman Pulvermuller (MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, Cambridge)
Susan Goldin-Meadow (University of Chicago)
Rudolf Botha (Stellenbosch University and Utrecht University)
Simon Kirby (University of Edinburgh)
Gary Marcus (New York University)
Juan Uriagereka (University of Maryland)
Camilo Jose Cela Conde (Universitat de les Illes Balears)


Further information

Further information, about plenary speakers, accommodation, conference
fees, etc. will be forthcoming from time to time by email, and by updating of
the web
pages. If you would like to be included in further emailings, please subscribe
to the
EvoLang email list. You can do this by sending an email to
majordomo@... with
the following single-line message (not in the subject header):

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Conference Organizing Committee:

Angelo Cangelosi (University of Plymouth)
Jean-Louis Dessalles (Ecole Nationale Superieure des Telecommunications, Paris)
Tecumseh Fitch (University of St Andrews)
James R Hurford (University of Edinburgh)
Chris Knight (University of East London)
Maggie Tallerman (University of Newcastle upon Tyne)