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Language Origins Conference
Tibor Benke (benke@SFU.CA)
Fri, 23 Feb 1996 21:05:12 -0800
Hi All,
Some of you may remember me, I am Tibor Benke, I have made a few comments
in the past. I still occasionally lurk, but since my service provider's
system has been upgraded, I have not been able to use Eudora and I don't
understand why. The cybernerds at the place keep offwering me a new
Eudora for free, but it entails switching to system 7.xxx and I haven't
got the hard disk space or money to buy a better mac. This reduces me to
using Elm on Unix, which is a bit clunky for someone who doesn't keyboard
well, or pine, for which I have to study the "damn manual" which I
haven't got yet. Well, I guess cyberspace is not only not all it's
cracked up to be, it is also not meant to be available to everyone.
Certainly not us cognitively challenged and financially embarrassed
people. Those doing cyberanthropology might consider the implications of
this supernatural selection mechanism.
Anyway, that is enough ranting. What I really wanted to do was to
forward this notice about a conference on language origins, since the
thread on paleolinguistics might have some interested people
contributing. I mean ... never mind, here it comes, excuse the weird
stuff, I am copying from another file and cant edit it out. Elm was made
for the computer advanced.
Message 9/9 From Stevan Harnad Feb 22, 96
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From: "A. Charles Catania" <catania@umbc.edu>
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 1996 08:22:16 -0500 (EST)
The 1996 Annual Meeting of the Language Origins Society
The 12th LOS meeting will be held at UMBC (University Maryland Baltimore
Message 9/9 From Stevan Harnad
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The 12th LOS meeting will be held at UMBC (University Maryland Baltimore
County) from July 11 through July 15, 1996. The five day program will
include
papers on all aspects of the origins and evolution of spoken, written, and
signed languages. What we know about evolutionary, developmental,
social, and
linguistic processes places severe constraints upon plausible scenarios for
the origins and evolution of language, and papers explicitly concerned with
defining these constraints are especially welcome. As in past meetings, and
consistent with the multidisciplinary character of the LOS, the participation
of scholars from a broad range of disciplines is anticipated.
A keynote lecture in honor of the late Jan Wind, founder of the LOS, will be
presented by Stevan Harnad, editor of the journal, BEHAVIORAL AND BRAIN
SCIENCES, and co-editor, with Steklis and Lancaster, of the seminal volume,
"Origins and evolution of language and speech" (ANNALS OF THE NEW YORK
ACADEMY
OF SCIENCES, No. 280, 1976). Robert R. Provine of the UMBC Department of
Psychology will speak on laughter as an approach to the mechanisms and
evolution of vocal production, perception and social behavior, following upon
work presented in AMERICAN SCIENTIST (1996, Vol. 84, 38-45).
Those who wish to present papers should submit abstracts (300 word maximum)
not later than April 15, 1996. Abstracts are preferred in electronic form
Message 9/9 From Stevan Harnad
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not later than April 15, 1996. Abstracts are preferred in electronic form
(3.5 diskettes; please include both an ASCII version and a version in a
standard word-processing format, such as WordPerfect). Files sent by
electronic mail are also acceptable, provided that the text does not include
non-ASCII characters (such as phonetic symbols). Membership in the LOS
is not
a prerequisite for submission of papers. Papers should be submitted to:
A. Charles Catania
Department of Psychology
University of Maryland Baltimore County
Baltimore, MD 21228-5398 USA
Email: CATANIA@UMBC.EDU
Fax : (1)(410) 455-1055
Phone: (1)(410) 455-2426 or -2973
The standard registration fee for the 1996 LOS Conference will be US$50.00.
(US$30.00 for students). This fee will include the entire academic
program as
well as a Welcome Reception on Thursday evening and a special LOS Dinner on
Sunday evening.
Arrangements have been made for campus lodging and meals. Single or double
Message 9/9 From Stevan Harnad
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Arrangements have been made for campus lodging and meals. Single or double
rooms will be available at approximately US$20.00 per night. These are
dormitory rooms with a shared (between two rooms) bath. Conditional upon
room availability, arrangements can be made for arrival before July 10 and
departure after July 15. The campus meal plan will be available for
approximately US$18.00 per day (three meals). Optional off-campus (hotel)
housing and meals will also be available for meeting attendees.
The UMBC campus is conveniently located ten minutes from downtown Baltimore's
famous Inner Harbor, seven miles from the Baltimore-Washington International
Airport (BWI) and 35 miles from Washington, DC. The taxi ride from BWI to
UMBC is US$10-15. If it is necessary to arrive at Washington National or
Dulles Airports in Washington, DC, the best way to travel to UMBC is by
train.
Take the Washington Flier from the airport to the Washington Amtrak station
(US$8 from National; US$16 from Dulles.) This train runs every 30 minutes
from 5:20 am until 10:20 pm. From the Amtrak Station the Marc Train to BWI
Airport leaves every half hour until 10 pm (cost US$4.50). From BWI, the
UMBC
campus is a short taxi ride away.
Additional, detailed information and registration materials will be available
soon. To receive this information, please contact:
Message 9/9 From Stevan Harnad
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soon. To receive this information, please contact:
Brian Bartholomay
UMBC Continuing Education
Baltimore, MD 21228-5398 USA
Email: BARTHOLO@UMBC.EDU
Phone: (1)(410) 455-2336
Fax: (1)(410) 455-1074
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A. Charles Catania Phone: 1-410-455-2973 or -2426
Department of Psychology Dept: 1-410-455-2567
University of Maryland Baltimore County Fax: 1-410-455-1055
Baltimore, MD 21228-5398 USA Email: CATANIA@UMBC.EDU
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Tibor Benke
benke@sfu.ca
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