Workshop on Expression, Communication, and Fiction. Topics Around Mitch Green’s work.

UNED, Madrid, Spain. 15th October 2024

Sala B, Edificio de Humanidades, UNED & online 

Organizers: Paloma Atencia-Linares & Cristina Corredor, on behalf of METIS research group, UNED, Madrid.

Program (all times indicated in CET)

10:00 – 11:00 Michelle Liu (Monash University). “Metaphors, Generics, and the Imagistic Harm of Language.”
11:00 – 11:30 COFFEE BREAK
11:30 – 12:30 Manolo García Carpintero (University of Barcelona). “On the Mood for Fiction.”
12:30 – 13:30 Marc Artiga (University of Valencia). “Signals, Evolution and Human Communication.”
13:30 – 15:30 LUNCH
15:30 – 16:30 Giulia Palazzolo (University of Warwick). “What is Animal Communication?”
16:30 – 17:30 Mitchell Green (University of Connecticut). “The Cultural Evolution of Speech Act Norms.”

If you’d like to attend online, please send us an email: metis@fsof.uned.es. Alternatively, you can just show up, no registration needed.