Chateando con la Ciencia: “Human language: a mechanism of expression, thought and power?”
On Thursday 21 March a new session of the VIII edition of the Cycle of talks
“Chateando con la Ciencia”, organised by the Real Zaragoza Tennis Club with the collaboration of the Aragon Nanoscience and Materials Institute, INMA, a joint institute of the CSIC and the University of Zaragoza, will take place with the lecture by Iraide Ibarretxe-Antuñano (PhD, University of Edinburgh) who will give a talk entitled: Human language: mechanism of expression, of thought and of power?
Summary of the talk:
Language is one of the most important characteristics of human beings. From the moment we are born, it allows us to communicate with other people and with ourselves, but, above all, it allows us to think, live and interact with our environment in a certain way. Therefore, language is a powerful tool of power and knowing how to use it properly becomes an essential skill for any person. In this talk, we will explore what language is and why those who know language know (and can persuade) humanity.
Iraide Ibarretxe-Antuñano (PhD, Universidad de Edinburgh) es Catedrática de Lingüística General e Investigadora del Instituto Universitario de Patrimonio y Humanidades (Grupo Psylex) en la Universidad de Zaragoza (España). Es, además, miembro electo de la Academia Europea de las Ciencias, Humanidades y Letras. Dirige el grupo de acción del campus Iberus ICON (Iberus COgnición en accióN) y el proyecto de investigación MOTIV (Agencia Estatal de Investigación). Su área de especialización se centra en torno a la relación entre el lenguaje, la cognición y la comunicación desde una perspectiva cognitiva, tipológica y psicolingüística. Su investigación versa sobre la motivación del lenguaje multimodal, especialmente sobre temas en torno a la semántica, la iconicidad y la relación entre metáfora, corporeización y cultura. En 2020 recibió el Premio de Investigación AESLA “Rafael Monroy” para investigadores experimentados 2020. Comprometida con la divulgación científica y la transferencia colabora regularmente en diversos foros y medios de comunicación (TEDx talks, Tercer Milenio, The Conversation, Revista Archiletras). Es editora asociada desde 2007 de la revista de divulgación Ciencia Cognitiva y
Iraide Ibarretxe-Antuñano (PhD, University of Edinburgh) is Professor of General Linguistics and Researcher at the University Institute of Heritage and Humanities (Psylex Group) at the University of Zaragoza (Spain). She is also an elected member of the European Academy of Sciences, Humanities and Letters. He directs the campus action group Iberus ICON (Iberus COgnición en accióN) and the research project MOTIV (Agencia Estatal de Investigación). His area of specialisation focuses on the relationship between language, cognition and communication from a cognitive, typological and psycholinguistic perspective. His research focuses on multimodal language motivation, especially on issues of semantics, iconicity and the relationship between metaphor, embodiment and culture. In 2020 she received the AESLA “Rafael Monroy” Research Award for Experienced Researchers 2020. Committed to scientific dissemination and transfer, she is a regular contributor to various forums and media (TEDx talks, Tercer Milenio, The Conversation, Revista Archiletras). She is associate editor since 2007 of the journal Ciencia Cognitiva and coordinator of the multimedia repository Zaragoza Lingüística a la Carta (Intellectual Property U. Zaragoza, PII-2020-0028).
The talk will be offered online. To be able to access the talk on-line, an access code must be requested from the following e-mail address: palacio@unizar.es before 20 March 2024.
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