The 7th International Forum on Language, Brain, and Cognition Incorporating Culture into Studies of Cognition and Language |
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| 9:30- | Registration | |
| 10:00- | Opening Remarks |
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Kaoru Horie, COE Program, Tohoku University |
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| Morning Session: Field Linguistics in Central, South, and Southeast Asia | ||
Chair: Shoichi Iwasaki, UCLA/ICU |
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| 10:05-10:35 | EAT expressions in Central Asian languages | |
Shinji Ido, Tohoku University |
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| 10:35-11:05 : | On the aptative and distributive modes in Kapampangan, a Philippine language | |
Hiroaki Kitano, Aichi University of Education |
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| 11:10-11:50 | From Tamil Linguistics to Tamilology: In search of an integrated discipline of linguistics and cultural studies | |
Hiroshi Yamashita, Tohoku University |
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| Plenary Lecture 1 | ||
Chair: Kaoru Horie, Tohoku University |
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| 12:00-12:50 | Social intelligence in language and interaction: New perspectives on the language-cognition-culture relationship | |
Nick Enfield, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics |
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| 12:50-14:10 | Lunch | |
| Afternoon Session: Culture, Language, and Cognition | ||
| Plenary Lecture 2 | ||
Chair: Toshio Ohori, University of Tokyo |
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| 14:10-15:00 | Factors determining cross-cultural variations of gestures: Language, cognition, and culture-specific values | |
Sotaro Kita, University of Bristol |
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| 15:00-15:30 | Coffee Break | |
| Keynote Lecture | ||
Chair: Yasuhiro Katagari, Future University Hakodate |
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| 15:30-16:20 | Referring to persons in Maya conversation | |
William Hanks, University of California , Berkeley |
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| 16:30-17:30 | Discussion: How can we incorporate culture into studies of cognition and language? |
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William Hanks, Hiroshi Yamashita, Sotaro Kita, Nick Enfield, and Sachiko Ide |
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Moderator: Scott Saft, University of Hawaii , Hilo |
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| 17:30 | Closing Remarks | |
Sachiko Ide, Japan Women's University |
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| 18:00 | Reception | |