BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:ILLC Website X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/Amsterdam BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Amsterdam X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Amsterdam BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:19700329T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:19701025T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/NewsandEvents/Archives/2018/newsitem/10219/5- October-2018-Cool-Logic-Wouter-Posdijk DTSTAMP:20180930T223123 SUMMARY:Cool Logic, Wouter Posdijk ATTENDEE;ROLE=Speaker:Wouter Posdijk DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20181005T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20181005T190000 LOCATION:ILLC Seminar Room F1.15, Science Park 107 , Amsterdam, The Netherlands DESCRIPTION:Why do we combine words into sentences ? And why should the meaning of these sentences be dependent on the meaning of the words that consti tute it? Many ideas have been proposed for the evo lution of compositionality (Franke (2016), Skyrms (2010), Steinert-Threlkeld (2016)), but these acco unts all either incorporate some form of cognitive sophistication, or do not show compositionality i n the sense that we want it. In addition, it is un clear whether these learning strategies can invade an already established holophrastic community. I n this talk, I try to make these Franke’s account more evolutionarily plausible by ‘setting the stag e’; that is to say, I try to make the languages of holophrastically communicating agents more compos itional solely through natural processes that lie outside the agent. The idea is that these natural processes emphasize the fact that sentences and th eir constituent words are related. Join us for dr inks and snacks in the common room afterwards! X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\n
Why do we comb ine words into sentences? And why should the meani ng of these sentences be dependent on the meaning of the words that constitute it? Many ideas have b een proposed for the evolution of compositionality (Franke (2016), Skyrms (2010), Steinert-Threlkeld (2016)), but these accounts all either incorporat e some form of cognitive sophistication, or do not show compositionality in the sense that we want i t. In addition, it is unclear whether these learni ng strategies can invade an already established ho lophrastic community.
\n\nIn this talk, I try to make these Franke’s account more evolutiona rily plausible by ‘setting the stage’; that is to say, I try to make the languages of holophrastical ly communicating agents more compositional solely through natural processes that lie outside the age nt. The idea is that these natural processes empha size the fact that sentences and their constituent words are related.
\n\nJoin us for drinks and snacks in the common room afterwards!
URL:http://events.illc.uva.nl/coollogic/talks/91 CONTACT:Mina Young Pedersen, Rachael Colley, Zhuoy e Zhao at coollogic.uva at gmail.com END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR