[PLing] Christiane von Stutterheim (Uni Heidelberg) on "Event representation in language and cognition"

[Eva Wittenberg]

Liebe Kolleginnen und Kollegen, dear colleagues,

wir würden uns sehr freuen, Sie zahlreich nächste Woche bei uns begrüßen zu dürfen zu einem Vortrag von/
the CEU Department of Cognitive Science cordially invites you to the following talk by:

Christiane von Stutterheim<https://www.idf.uni-heidelberg.de/personal/stutterheim.html> , Johannes Gerwien & Abassia Bouhaous, Heidelberg University

Date: Wednesday, April 26, 2023
Time: 4 pm (to 5:30 pm) CET
Venue: D001- (QS Vienna) and Zoom  https://ceu-edu.zoom.us/j/92785272014?pwd=MUgrM2htNDA4cG0wNWpCWWJaaWdOZz09<https://www.google.com/url?q=https://ceu-edu.zoom.us/j/92785272014?pwd%3DMUgrM2htNDA4cG0wNWpCWWJaaWdOZz09&sa=D&source=calendar&usd=2&usg=AOvVaw2UeHwes9gG2VJ4ELIsWS40>
Meeting ID: 927 8527 2014
Passcode: 093568
Chair: Eva Wittenberg

Title: Event representation in language and cognition

Cross-linguistic studies of event time structures which include Semitic (Algerian Arabic, Modern Standard Arabic), Germanic (English, German, Dutch, Norwegian), and Romance languages (French, Italian, Spanish) reveal language-specific effects in the way events are construed, showing that the underlying principles are both perspective driven and linked to patterns of grammaticisation. The studies of the Heidelberg Research Group  cover both verbal and non-verbal tasks in the processing of event-related scenes.
The data elicited from a broad range of typologically different languages were analysed with respect to
·         cross-linguistic differences in the segmentation of the visual input into event units
·         cross-linguistic differences in the selection of components representing events, in particular end points and other types of event boundaries
·         differences in schematisation and with this verb selection and argument structure
·         language-related differences in speech onset times
·         eye movement patterns when processing the visual input for verbalisation

The results are interpreted as language-specific patterns of event construal which are rooted in the respective linguistic system. The contrasts at the level of linguistic form can be linked to differences when processing information for speaking.
The findings will be discussed in the context of the current language-and-cognition debate.

*Anyone not affiliated with CEU wishing to attend in-person in Vienna must RSVP here<https://forms.office.com/e/uyqie8LtxS> to get access to the lecture hall.

If you would like to schedule a meeting with the speaker, please email Elena Marx (Marx_Elena at phd.ceu.edu<mailto:Marx_Elena at phd.ceu.edu>)

Best,
Eva



Eva Wittenberg
http://lcl.ceu.edu

Department of Cognitive Science
Central European University
Quellenstr. 51
1100 Vienna
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