DLG Conference

Grounding language in perception and (inter) action
A Symposium of the Distributed Language Group
June 4-6, 2009
Gordon College, Wenham, Massachusetts   USA

CALL FOR PAPERS
Abstracts due December 3, 2008

We invite original papers that contribute to the conference theme, Grounding language in perception and (inter) action. Papers should address language (or conversing) as situated in the context of interaction, action, and perception, or, more strongly, as distributed, dialogical, and directed (i.e., intentional, normative) modes of interaction, perception, and action. Papers may be theoretical, empirical, interpretive (e.g., reviews), and/or methodological in their focus.

We especially invite papers that address ecological and dynamical accounts of perception, action, and language. 
For more information about our objectives, topics, etc., see below and download the PDF of conference details.

DLG Conference Schedule (PDF)

INVITED  SPEAKERS

Philip Carr, Department of English, Université Paul Valéry, Montpellier, France
Carol Fowler, Haskins Laboratories and Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, USA
Bruno Galantucci, Haskins Laboratories and Department of Psychology, Yeshiva University, New York, USA
Alexander Kravchenko, Department of Foreign Languages, Baikal National University of Economics and Law, Irkutsk, Russian Federation
Nigel Love, Department of Linguistics, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Robert Port, Departments of Linguistics and Cognitive Science, Indiana University, Bloomington, USA
Joanna Raczaszek-Leonardi, Department of Cognitive Psychology, University of Warsaw, Poland, and University of Bologna, Italy
Paul Thibault, Department of Linguistics and Media Communication, Agder University, Kristiansand, Norway
Guy Van Orden, Department of Psychology, University of Cincinnati, USA

Organizers: Bert Hodges (Gordon College) and Stephen J. Cowley (University of Hertfordshire)

Gordon College is a beautiful campus about 45 minutes north of Boston on the historic North Shore, near Salem, Ipswich, Manchester-by-the-Sea, and Gloucester.

PLEASE FORWARD THIS CALL FOR PAPERS TO APPROPRIATE OTHERS
Abstracts due December 3, 2008

Paper sessions will be either about 50 minutes or 25 minutes in length. Ample time should be left for discussion. In other words, papers should be about 20 or 40 minutes long. We cannot guarantee that we will be able to accommodate requests for preferred length, but we will take it into account in organizing the program.

Abstracts of 300-450 words are due December 3, 2008. They will be reviewed by at least two readers and you will be notified by January 2, 2009 of their acceptance or not. If you need to know sooner if your paper will be accepted, please notify one of the organizers.

Send abstracts to bert.hodgesgordon.edu or s.j.cowleyherts.ac.uk.