Tema: Space-time mappings, metaphors and fusions, in a cross-linguistic perspective

Ponente: Chris Sinha

Chris Sinha is Distinguished Professor of Cognitive Science at the School of Foreign Languages, Hunan University. He gained his BA in Developmental Psychology at the University of Sussex and his doctorate at the University of Utrecht. Before moving to Hunan University in 2014, Chris taught in departments of Education, Psychology, and Language and Communication, in Brazil, Britain, the Netherlands, Denmark, India, and Sweden, including two previous positions at Faculty full professor rank. He held the position of Head of the Department of Psychology at the University of Portsmouth, 2002-2005. He is an experienced lecturer at international conferences (including 32 keynote and plenary lectures at international conferences), and has taught at many graduate and research schools. He is Past President of the UK Cognitive Linguistics Association and of the International Cognitive Linguistics Association; General Editor of the journal Language and Cognition; and a member of three international journal editorial boards and three book series editorial boards.

Chris Sinha''s central research interest is in the relations between language, cognition and culture, and a main aim of his research is to integrate cognitive with socio-cultural approaches to language, communication and human development. He is experienced in field experimental and observational methods. He has authored 2 monographs and some 130 articles, and edited 4 volumes, in disciplines including anthropology, linguistics, education, evolutionary biology, connection science, as well as developmental and cultural psychology.

Amongst other grant-funded activities, Chris Sinha was co-ordinator of the Language Acquisition and Cognition Network, funded by the Danish Research Council for the Humanities (1997-2001); Principal Investigator of the project "Cognition, Culture and Typology in Language Acquisition and Evolution", funded under the European Science Foundation EUROCORES research programme Origin of Man, Language and Languages (2002-2005); and University of Portsmouth Partner Leader for the project ''Stages in the Development and Evolution of Sign Use'' (SEDSU), funded by the European Union under the 6th Framework PATHFINDER initiative ''What it Means to Be Human'' (2005-2008). He was the main proposer for the European Science Foundation EUROCORES Programme “Understanding and Misunderstanding: Cognition, Communication and Culture”, adopted by the ESF General Council in 2010.

Fecha: 27 abril, 2015

Hora:  15：00—17:00

Lugar: Aula 606, Biblioteca, Campus Hongkou