Meaning in Flux 2019 Conference: Connecting development, variation and change; Oct 2019 - New Haven, CT

Flux 2019 会议的意义：连接发展、变化和变化；

• 批准号: 1935160
• 负责人: Maria Pinango
• 金额: $ 1.55万
• 依托单位: Yale University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2019-08-01 至 2021-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1935160&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Meaning; Flux; 2019; Conference; Connecting

The connections between meanings and the speech signals through which they are linguistically conveyed vary systematically and change systematically over time, not only across speech communities but crucially, within the same speech community. Meaning in Flux 2019 is a conference, unique in the world, that showcases cutting-edge empirical and experimental research at the intersection of language variation and change dynamics and how these dynamics are driven by and/or constrained by the human cognitive architecture and by the processes of language growth that take place during human early development (early childhood through adolescence). The specific questions of the conference are: (a) to what extent are linguistic meaning and linguistic sound dynamics construable as dynamics that emerge from and are guided by real-time implementation processes? (b) how are the actuation and propagation of these dynamics driven by discourse context and other communicative constraints? By societal pressures? (c) are there causal relations between the arcs of meaning-sound acquisition/development and change?Answers to these questions have ramifications throughout society, such as the study of language impairments and developmental disabilities, and the understanding of individual differences as they impact language use in educational settings. It also has direct implications for our understanding of lesser understood speech communities, such as those connected to developmental disabilities (i.e. Autism), societally marginalized peoples (i.e. Black, LGBTQ+), and the Deaf Signing population. Such understanding will help demonstrate that these communities are all expected manifestations of the linguistic, cognitive, and social properties of humankind, which should inform the creation of fair economic, educational, and social policy. The conference also incorporates disciplines that are guiding the creation of new tools for speech technology and improved human-machine interaction. The inclusion for this iteration of sound and speech will only amplify the potential impact that the stimulus that the conference represents can have on these applied areas of knowledge and potentially of industry.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

意义和通过语言传达意义的语音信号之间的联系会系统地变化，并随着时间的推移而系统地变化，不仅在不同的语音社区之间，而且至关重要的是，在同一语音社区内也是如此。 Meaning in Flux 2019 是一次世界上独一无二的会议，展示了语言变异和变化动态交叉点的前沿实证和实验研究，以及这些动态如何由人类认知架构和认知结构驱动和/或约束。人类早期发展（幼儿期至青春期）期间发生的语言成长过程。 会议的具体问题是：（a）语言意义和语言声音动态在多大程度上可以解释为实时实施过程中出现并受其指导的动态？ (b) 这些动态的启动和传播是如何受到话语背景和其他交流限制的驱动的？迫于社会压力？ (c) 意义-声音习得/发展和变化的弧线之间是否存在因果关系？这些问题的答案会对整个社会产生影响，例如对语言障碍和发育障碍的研究，以及对影响语言的个体差异的理解在教育环境中使用。它还对我们理解不太了解的言语群体有直接影响，例如那些与发育障碍（即自闭症）、社会边缘群体（即黑人、LGBTQ+）和聋人手语群体有关的群体。这种理解将有助于证明这些社区都是人类语言、认知和社会属性的预期表现，这应该为公平的经济、教育和社会政策的制定提供信息。该会议还纳入了指导语音技术新工具创建和改进人机交互的学科。此次声音和演讲的迭代只会放大会议所代表的刺激因素对这些应用知识领域和行业潜力的潜在影响。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过评估被认为值得支持利用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准。