Workshop Support: Empirical Methods in Cognitive Linguistics, to be held May 2-4, 2003, Ithaca, NY

在国家科学基金会的支持下，认知语言学研讨会的经验方法汇集了来自世界各地的一大批语言学家和心理学家(外加30多名精选的研究生)。该研讨会由迈克尔·斯皮维博士组织，展示了认知语言学中最先进的经验方法。认知语言学的研究纲领打破了传统，认为语言不是大脑的一种封闭功能。语言与感知、行动和认知交织在一起，所有这些都包括语言习得和普通语篇。研讨会由10个教员主导的课程组成，其中包括自然语言语料库的统计分析指导和实验室规程(如言语礼仪、反应时间任务、眼球跟踪、神经成像)的动手培训。其目的是交叉授粉语言学和心理学的学科。研讨会的明确目标是灌输共享的知识，研究战略允许在如何进行语言的深入研究方面有共同的直觉。为此，有一次会议专门侧重于国际合作的后勤和基础设施建设。讲习班的主要优点包括前所未有地分享实验方法和解决方案，并侧重于研究生的培训。除了全体演讲者伦纳德·塔米博士，一长串备受尊敬的认知语言学家和实验心理学家将作为会议领导者和参与者出席。研讨会的影响包括有组织的机会，在语言学家和心理学家之间形成新的国际和跨学科合作，以及一个独特的研究生培训机会。

With National Science Foundation support, the Empirical Methods in Cognitive Linguistics Workshop brings together a large group of linguists and psychologists from around the world (plus three-dozen selected graduate students). Thw workshop, organized by Dr. Michael Spivey, demonstrates state-of-art empirical methods in Cognitive Linguistics. The research progrm of Cognitive Linguistics breaks from tradition with it's claim that language is NOT an encapsulated function of the mind. Language intertwines with perception, action, and cognition, all of which hsape language acquistion and ordinary discourse.The workshop consists of 10 faculty-led sessions that include instruction in statistical analyses of natural langage corpora and hands-on training in laboratory protocols (e.g. verbal protocol, reaction-time tasks, eye-tracking, neuroimaging). The purpose is to cross-pollinate the disciplines of Linguistics and Psychology. The explicit goal of the workshop is to instill shared knowledge research strategies allows for shared intuitions in how to conduct impirical studies of language. To that end, one session focuses exclusively on the logistics and infrasturcture of international collaborations.INTELLECTUAL MERITS of the workshop include an unprecedented sharing of experimental methods and solutions and a focus on training of graduate students. In additon to the plenary speaker, Dr. Leonard Talmy, a long list of highly respected cognitive linguists and experimental psychologists will be attending as session-leaders and as particpants.BROADER IMPACTS of the workshop include structured opportunities to form new international and interdisciplinary collaborations between linguists and psychologists and a unique opportunity for training of graduate students.