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 -March-2021-DIP-Colloquium-Annemarie-Kocab
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SUMMARY:DIP Colloquium, Annemarie Kocab
ATTENDEE;ROLE=Speaker:Annemarie Kocab (Harvard)
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20210319T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20210319T173000
LOCATION:Online, via Zoom
DESCRIPTION:All human societies have languages cap
 able of expressing the richness of human thought. 
 To what extent is this achievement an historical a
 ccomplishment, similar to mathematics or science, 
 and to what extent does it rely on our evolved cog
 nitive capacities? I study these questions by look
 ing at language creation in different communities,
  including Nicaraguan Sign Language (a new languag
 e only 50 years old), homesign systems, and labora
 tory-created communication systems. I will present
  results on how a new language comes to have recur
 sion and quantifiers like “some” and “all." In bot
 h cases, I find evidence for rapid emergence of li
 nguistic structure within a few generations. One p
 ossible explanation for these findings is that fea
 tures that emerge early are those that reflect und
 erlying shared semantic structures that are univer
 sal (or nearly) in languages. In contrast, the fea
 tures that emerge later (e.g., grammatical morphol
 ogy) may be those that vary across languages and r
 equire convergence and iterated learning.  This ta
 lk will be given in American Sign Language (ASL) a
 nd interpreted into English. If anyone would like 
 to attend the talk and have it interpreted in Sign
  Language of the Netherlands (NGT), please send an
  email to F.Roelofsen at uva.nl in advance and we 
 will do our best to arrange an NGT interpreter.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\n  <p>All human soci
 eties have languages capable of expressing the ric
 hness of human thought. To what extent is this ach
 ievement an historical accomplishment, similar to 
 mathematics or science, and to what extent does it
  rely on our evolved cognitive capacities? I study
  these questions by looking at language creation i
 n different communities, including Nicaraguan Sign
  Language (a new language only 50 years old), home
 sign systems, and laboratory-created communication
  systems. I will present results on how a new lang
 uage comes to have recursion and quantifiers like 
 “some” and “all.&quot; In both cases, I find evide
 nce for rapid emergence of linguistic structure wi
 thin a few generations. One possible explanation f
 or these findings is that features that emerge ear
 ly are those that reflect underlying shared semant
 ic structures that are universal (or nearly) in la
 nguages. In contrast, the features that emerge lat
 er (e.g., grammatical morphology) may be those tha
 t vary across languages and require convergence an
 d iterated learning.</p>\n\n  <p>This talk will be
  given in American Sign Language (ASL) and interpr
 eted into English. If anyone would like to attend 
 the talk and have it interpreted in Sign Language 
 of the Netherlands (NGT), please send an email to 
 <a class="email" href="#">F.Roelofsen<span class="
 at">&nbsp;at&nbsp;</span>uva.nl</a> in advance and
  we will do our best to arrange an NGT interpreter
 .</p>\n
URL:http://projects.illc.uva.nl/LoLa/DIP-Colloquiu
 m/event/35178/Annemarie-Kocab-Harvard
CONTACT:Dean McHugh at d.m.mchugh at uva.nl
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