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Founded in 1994, the ‘Dynamique Du Langage’ (DDL) research lab explores the interface between the diversity of the world’s languages and the universality of
human linguistic capacity. Our research lies at the heart of major challenges of our times: from understanding language development in children and in
language pathologies to issues of language documentation and vitality and the investigation of the origins of language.
Since 2020, the lab is structured around two research axes (DENDY and DILIS : a fusion of the previous DTT
and HELAN2 axes) and a transversal theme (COVALI)
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Workshop Constituency 2021Online 28 April-4 May
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The workshop will be online and is organized by the Laboratoire Dynamique Du Langage (DDL).
It will be concerned with the description and typology of constituency and its relationship to the morphology-syntax distinction. We are interested in studies that empirically motivate the distinction or else show that it is not necessary.
For more information on the conference, see : http://www.ddl.cnrs.fr/colloques/Constituency2020/ or contact constituency.lyon2020@gmail.com.
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G. GONZALES CASTANO IS AWARDED
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Geny Gonzalez Castaño has received an honorable mention for the
Mary R. Haas Book Award of the Society for the Study of the Indigenous Languages of the Americas
for her PhD thesis entitled "Una gramática de la lengua namtrik de Totoró - Lengua barbacoa hablada en los Andes colombianos" (Université Lumière Lyon 2).
The SSILA awards ceremony will take place by videoconference during the business meeting of the SSILA annual conference on Saturday 9/01 between 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.
French time;
see details and registration (free).
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[kosmopoli:t] the movie !
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After the boardgame [kosmopoli:t], now the movie ! If you’d like to know (almost) everything about this adventure
that lead us to create a boardgame here.
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***POSTPONED***
S. BOUTON IS AWARDED
Foraging postures are a potential communicative signal in female Bonobos
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Communication is at the heart of social life and sometimes it can take unexpected forms! A team of researchers from Lyon (www.ddl.cnrs.fr) and (ENESLAB)
has unveiled a very particular way of communicating in humans’ closest living relative: the bonobo. In a study that appeared in Scientific Reports
on September 22, 2020, scientists demonstrated that adult bonobo females adopt a curious and somewhat uncomfortable posture in order to increase the visibility of… their backside!
For almost 400 hours, the researchers observed 21 bonobos hosted at the primate park Vallée des Singes and, for each individual, they noted
the occurrence and duration of the two main postures that these primates adopt when they eat on the ground. These postures are clearly distinguished by the position of the backside,
"up" or "down" (see illustration). Statistical analyses carried out on more than 2,400 observations have shown that adult females differ from immature individuals and adult males.
While the latter eat on the ground by adopting a crouching posture, adult bonobo females have a clear preference for the posture with the backside "up", especially when their genitals
are swollen. In bonobos the sexual swelling signals to males the females’ fertile period... but not only! Indeed, in their society, sexual contacts pervade all type of relationships,
regardless of the gender of individuals. Actually, the sexual swelling is very sexy for other females as well. By attracting other females, each female can strengthen her "feminist"
alliances, that allow bonobo females to be the leaders of their group! By amplifying the visibility of their swollen genitals, bonobo females have found a way to advertise this powerful signal,
even if the posture doesn't seem very comfortable. More generally, this is the first time that such a signal amplification strategy has been demonstrated in a mammal, although
it is likely that the future holds lots of surprises ...
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***POSTPONED to 2022***
ORTHOPHONIE/LOGOPEDIE 2020INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL 06-09 JULY 2020
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The UNADREO co-organizes with the Dynamique Du Langage (CNRS / Université Lyon 2) laboratory and other
international universities,
the International Summer School, in speech therapy, a place of discussion and reflection on clinical practice, powered by recent research data.
For more information, see : https://www.unadreo.org/congres-colloques/ecole-dete/
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DDL at Game Festival in Cannes
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The commercial release of [kosmopoli:t] took place on January 11, 2020, the game went on its first walkabout during the
International Boardgame Festival,
from February 20 to 23, 2020, at the Palais des Festivals in Cannes.
There, members of the laboratory involved in the project had the opportunity to present their game and the scientific booklet
included.
The [kosmopoli:t] stand attracted around 3000 passionate players over the 4 days. The game also received a Cocktail d’Or trophy
and ended at the first place of the 110 000 visitors Buzzmeter of the Festival. A real success !
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Launch of game [kosmopoli:t]
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After 4 years of work, the year 2020 marks the achievement of the [kosmopoli:t] game. The official launching party of the game took place on January 8th, 2020 at 6:30 pm
at the Grand Amphitheater of Lyon 2 University and was organized by the lab
Dynamique Du Langage (DDL).
On this occasion, representatives of our institutions gave a speech: Frédéric Faure, Regional Delegate of the Rhône Auvergne delegation from the
CNRS and Nathalie Dompnier, President of the University of Lyon 2;
as well as Sophie Jullian, President of Pulsalys, Antoine Guillaume, Director of Unit DDL,
Egidio Marsico, project leader DDL, Émilie Ribeiro, project leader Pulsalys and Florent Toscano,
manager of the boardgames company Jeux Opla.
The evening ended after a buffet and several games of [kosmopoli:t]!
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Development Neurocognition Disorders
Linguistic Diversity and its Sources
Description, Typology, Fieldwork
History and Ecology of Language and languages
