The Cognitive Study of Language (CSL)

Devoted to three topics - the role of language in cognition, the philosophy of linguistics, and the evolution of language (in this order) - the sessions for this group will start at 5:30pm on February the 20th, a Tuesday. We shall meet every other Tuesday after that until some time in June, with the sure exception of the 1st of May and the possible exception of the 3rd of April (the schedule will be amended as we go). The current venue is Seminario de Filosofia Teorética and the tentative reading list can be found below.

Language and cognition block:

- Begby (2017). Language from ground up: A study of homesign communication.
- Martínez-Manrique & Vicente (2015). The activity view of inner speech.
- Carruthers (2018). Causes and Contents of Inner Speech.

Philosophy of linguistics block:

- Mondal (2011). Can Internalism and Externalism be Reconciled in a Biological Epistemology of Language?
- Nefdt (2017). Infinity and the foundation of linguistics.

Evolution of language block:

- Sterelny (2017). From code to speaker meaning.
- Tallerman (2014). No syntax saltation in language evolution.
- Dor (2017). The role of lie in the evolution of human language.