The Conference

Invited Speakers:

- Roelien Bastiaanse (Linguistics, University of Groningen)

- William Croft (Linguistics, University of New Mexico)

- Brendan Gillon (Linguistics, McGill University)

- David Kemmerer (Psychology, Purdue University)

- Beth Levin (Linguistics, Stanford University)

- Gail Mauner (Psychology, University at Buffalo)

- Anna Papafragou (Psychology, University of Delaware)

- Paul Pietroski (Philosophy & Linguistics, University of Maryland)

- Cynthia K. Thompson (Communication Sciences & Disorders, Northwestern University)

Conference Format:

- In addition to the invited talks (above), we will have approximately 12 talks selected from  the pool of submitted abstracts. Papers will present theoretical positions on the nature of verb representation (e.g., semantic and conceptual structures, predicate decomposition, argument structure; the nature of events, thematic roles; etc) as well as empirical data gathered using diverse methodologies. Submitted papers represent work from theoretical linguistics, language acquisition, typology, psycholinguistics, and neurolinguistics (including brain imaging) focusing on major themes guiding research on verb representation and processing.

Publication:

-We are planning to publish a volume with selected papers from the conference. Further details will be available at a later date.

Scientific committee:

-Alan Bale (Linguistics, MIT & Concordia University)

-Roberto G. de Almeida (Psychology, Concordia University)

-Anna Maria Di Sciullo (Linguistics, UQAM)

-Dana Isac (Linguistics, Concordia University)

-Marie Labelle (Linguistics, UQAM)

-Christina Manouilidou (Psychology, Concordia University)

-Yves Roberge (French Linguistics, University of Toronto)

-Norman Segalowitz (Psychology, Concordia University)

-Linnaea Stockall (Psychology, Concordia University)

-Lisa deMena Travis (Linguistics, McGill University)

Conference organizers:

Roberto G. de Almeida & Christina Manouilidou

Department of Psychology

Concordia University

Montreal, QC, Canada

H4B 1R6

Phones: 1-514-848-2424 - 2232 (RdA), 5452 (CM), 2210 (lab)

Fax: 1-514-848-4545

Psycholinguistics and Cognition Lab

Website:

http://psychology.concordia.ca/verbconcepts/

Sponsors:

Concordia University Department of Psychology, Linguistics Program, and Special Individualized Program in Cognitive Science; and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC).