Program

3/10 (Wed)

12:00-13:00Registration
13:00-13:10Opening remarks
13:10-14:40 "The evolution of language: Cognitive phylogenetics and the comparative approach"
 Tecumseh Fitch (U Wien)
14:55-16:25 "Biolinguistic minimalism and language evolution"
 Koji Fujita (Kyoto U)
16:25-16:55 Coffee Break
16:55-18:25 "Prosody and recursion in primate vocalizations"
 Didier Demolin (ULB)
19:00-21:30 Banquet

3/11 (Thu)

09:30-11:00 "Meaning coordination, semantic construals, and bodily action: implication for language evolution"
 Rafael Núñez (UC San Diego)
11:15-12:45 "Constructive approach to language evolution"
 Takashi Hashimoto (JAIST)
12:45-14:45Lunch
14:45-16:15 "The human language faculty evolving"
 Cedric Boeckx (ICREA/UAB)
16:15-16:45 Coffee Break
16:45-18:15 "Cognitive mechanism of language and cultural evolution"
 Yoshihisa Nakamura (Kanazawa U)

3/12 (Fri)

09:30-11:00 "Biological preadaptations for language"
 Kazuo Okanoya (RIKEN BSI)
11:15-13:15Panel discussion
13:15-13:20Closing remarks