Workshop on the Evolution of Language

in Belgium and the Netherlands

November 17, 2000 - Atomium, Brussels

Aim of the workshop:

To bring together researchers in the field of language origins and evolution from Belgium and the Netherlands. This way an opportunity is provided to connect research programs and start collaboration among the researchers. Since research on the evolution of language is done in many widely separate disciplines, the workshop shall be interdisciplinary.

The different disciplines at which the workshop aims at are:

• Anthropology
• Archeology
• Computer science
• Ethology
• Linguistics
• (Neuro-) biology
• Paleontology
• Philosophy
• Primatology
• Psychology
• Psycholinguistics
• Sociology

Workshop format:

Oral presentations and discussion panels will be held in a one-day workshop. The workshop language is English. The workshop will include a lunch and a dinner.

Call for abstracts:

Contributors are invited to submit an abstract about their research before August 15th 2000. Abstracts should not be longer than 2000 words and clearly summarize ongoing or finished research together with their goals and results. Notification of acceptance will be given by October 2nd, 2000. Abstracts should be submitted electronically (Word or Postscript) by August 15th 2000 to: bene-evolang@arti.vub.ac.be. If sufficient material is presented at the workshop it will be published.

Organizing committee:

Prof. Luc Steels
Dr. Bart de Boer
Drs. Paul Vogt


Sponsor:

The workshop is sponsored by the CLIF (Computational Linguistics in Flanders).

Important dates:

August, 15 2000	Abstract submission
October, 2 2000	Notification of acceptance
November, 17 2000	Workshop date