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Speaker: Dr Rie Asano and Professor Cedric Boeckx

Dr Rie Asano and Professor Cedric Boeckx | Syntax and Descent (with modification)

Leipzig Lectures on Language
  • Date: Jul 14, 2021
  • Time: 03:00 PM - 04:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Dr Rie Asano and Professor Cedric Boeckx
  • Cognitive Biology of Language Group, Universitat de Barcelona and Universitat de Barcelona Institute of Complex Systems (UBICS)), Spain and Catalan Institute for Advanced Studies (ICREA), Universitat de Barcelona Institute of Complex Systems (UBICS), Departament de Filologia Catalana i Lingüística General, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain, & Institute of Musicology, Universität zu Köln, Germany
  • Location: MPI for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences
  • Room: Zoom Meeting
  • Host: Department of Neuropsychology
Rie Asano is a post-doctoral researcher at the Institute of Musicology in Cologne, Germany. Her research focuses on syntax in language, music, and action, as well as the relationship between linguistic syntactic processing and musical rhythm, and computational evolutionary neuroscience. Cedric Boeckx is Professor at the Catalan Institute for Research & Advanced Studies, University of Barcelona. His current research focuses on the neurobiological foundations of the human language faculty, with special emphasis on evolutionary issues. Keywords: language evolution // emergence of language; speech processing; vocal learning [more]
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