主题： The Psychological Roots of Cognitive Linguistics… And Beyond

主讲人：Professor Chris Sinha (曾任国际认知语言学会主席)

主持人：钟书能教授

时 间：2015年10月23日（本周五）下午16:00-18:00

地 点：外国语学院502室

Resume

Chris Sinha is currently Distinguished Professor of College of Foreign Languages and International Studies. He gained his BA in Developmental Psychology at the University of Sussex and his doctorate at the University of Utrecht. Before moving to Changsha in 2014, Chris taught in departments of Education, Psychology, and Language and Communication, in Sweden, Britain, the Netherlands, Denmark and India, including two previous positions at 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 plenary lecturer at international conferences and has been a lecturer 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 four international journal editorial boards and three book series editorial boards.

Research

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 linguistics with socio-cultural approaches to language and communication. He is experienced in field experimental and observational methods in human communication and human development. He has authored 2 monographs and more than 100 articles, and edited 4 volumes, in disciplines including anthropology, linguistics, education, evolutionary biology, connection science, as well as developmental and cultural psychology. He has held numerous research grants.

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2015年10月22日