[PLing] Talk Rosario Tomasello - now with abstract

[Jutta Mueller]

Dear PLing-list members,

sorry for repeated posting - but some of you have asked for an abstract 
and our speaker now provided one. Hope this makes it even more 
interesting for you to join the talk :-)

...........

this is an invitation to our upcoming guest talk by *Rosario Tomasello 
(FU Berlin)* on

*Wednesday, 16.03.2022, 5pm *

The topic of his talk will be

*Linguistic signs in action: Brain correlates of speech act processing*

/I//n everyday social interactions, linguistic signs are used as tools 
allowing effective expression of our intentions to others. These 
intentions, described by linguistic-pragmatic theories as speech acts, 
are embedded in a set of complex settings and actions, including 
associated commitments, that define the specific nature of their actions 
in context. Here I summarise a series of studies on the brain correlates 
underlying the fine-grained distinction between different speech act 
types in written, spoken and gestural modalities, including speech 
prosody and the role of common ground. I will provide novel insights 
into the long-standing debate about when brain indexes of 
linguistic-pragmatic information of communicative functions first occur. 
Further, by presenting a neuromechanistic model, the Action Prediction 
Model of Communicative Function, I will argue that understanding a 
speech act requires the expectation of typical partner actions that 
follow it and that this predictive knowledge is reflected in the human 
brain./**

We are planning the event in hybrid format in seminar room 7, 
Sensengasse 3a, 2nd floor. There is the possibility to join on-site. If 
you would like to do this, please write me a quick email so that I can 
keep track of the numbers - space is somewhat restricted. Yet, the talk 
will also be streamed via ZOOM - here:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86747195437?pwd=UWY1VmpMZHN4a3BlTXNYMzFWdUtwdz09
Meeting-ID: 867 4719 5437
Kenncode: 197883

If you plan to participate on-site please wear an FFP2 mask at all times 
except when you speak. We will also ask you to leave your name and email 
for the purpose of contact tracing if necessary.

We will go out for dinner after the talk in a restaurant nearby. You are 
invited to join and to use the opportunity to meet our speaker in an 
informal setting. Please let me know if you would like to join so that I 
can make a reservation accordingly.

Best,

Jutta




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Univ.-Prof. Dr. Jutta L. Mueller
Institute of Linguistics
University of Vienna
Sensengasse 3A, Room O5.08
1090 Vienna

Phone: +43-1-4277-41733

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