The language of us and them: Constructing walls and building bridges Speakers: Hans Hoeken & Tom St.Pierre Human beings routinely categorize the social world into “us” vs. “them,” and will often favor individuals from their own groups over individuals from others groups. This talk will examine the significant role that language plays in these intergroup…

Collaborative Growth: Sociolinguistics, computational and quantitative methods Speakers: Dong Nguyen, Anne-France Pinget Discussant: Antal van den Bosch Sociolinguistics is a dynamic research area which draws inspiration from various disciplines, including the social sciences, computer sciences and humanities, and utilizes diverse research methods, such as experimental work, fieldwork, and quantitative and qualitative data analysis. Recently, there…

Meaning-making beyond the human: linguistic approaches to the study of cat-human interactions By Marlou Rasenberg, Sterre Leufkens & Marjo van Koppen Discussion led by Silvia Terenghi & Tessa van Charldorp ———————– Human and non-human animals draw on a range of embodied resources to constitute social actions: vocalizations (speech), gesture, gaze, body postures, touch and movements….