Mental Representation in Linguistics
Leeds
United Kingdom
Sponsor(s):
- Nature of Representation Project (supported by the European Research Council)
- The Analysis Trust
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Aim: To bring together linguists and philosophers to discuss the characterisation of human cognition involved in contemporary linguistic theorising and the disputed role in the theory of attributions of mental states with representational content.
Georges Rey (Maryland), TBA
David Adger (QMU), “Representation, derivation and syntactic structure”
Frances Egan (Rutgers), “A deflationary account of mental representation in linguistics"
John Collins (UEA), “What does a syntactic representation represent?”
Ianthi Tsimpli (Cambridge), TBA
Wolfram Hinzen (Universitat Pompeu Fabra), “On method in the study of mental representation”
Registration is free but space is limited. Please email [email protected] if you wish to attend. Please state if you would like to attend the conference dinner on the evening of Thursday 26 May.
Postgraduate attendance is supported by the Analysis Trust. Postgraduate students from outside Leeds are eligible to apply for a grant of up to £70 to cover a maximum of 50% of the cost of accommodation and evening meals. Grants will be attributed on a first-come, first-served basis.
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May 19, 2016, 5:00am BST
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