From owner-cse575-fa07-list@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Thu Nov 8 11:08:33 2007 Received: from ares.cse.buffalo.edu (ares.cse.buffalo.edu [128.205.32.79]) by castor.cse.Buffalo.EDU (8.13.6/8.12.10) with ESMTP id lA8G8XJP002343 for ; Thu, 8 Nov 2007 11:08:33 -0500 (EST) Received: from front3.acsu.buffalo.edu (coldfront.acsu.buffalo.edu [128.205.6.89]) by ares.cse.buffalo.edu (8.13.8/8.13.6) with SMTP id lA8G8SYj038059 for ; Thu, 8 Nov 2007 11:08:28 -0500 (EST) Received: (qmail 11321 invoked from network); 8 Nov 2007 16:08:23 -0000 Received: from deliverance.acsu.buffalo.edu (128.205.7.57) by front3.acsu.buffalo.edu with SMTP; 8 Nov 2007 16:08:23 -0000 Received: (qmail 19332 invoked from network); 8 Nov 2007 16:08:21 -0000 Received: from listserv.buffalo.edu (128.205.7.35) by deliverance.acsu.buffalo.edu with SMTP; 8 Nov 2007 16:08:21 -0000 Received: by LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4256489 for CSE575-FA07-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; Thu, 8 Nov 2007 11:08:21 -0500 Delivered-To: cse575-fa07-list@listserv.buffalo.edu Received: (qmail 18935 invoked from network); 8 Nov 2007 16:08:20 -0000 Received: from mailscan7.acsu.buffalo.edu (128.205.6.158) by listserv.buffalo.edu with SMTP; 8 Nov 2007 16:08:20 -0000 Received: (qmail 8919 invoked from network); 8 Nov 2007 16:08:18 -0000 Received: from castor.cse.buffalo.edu (128.205.32.14) by smtp5.acsu.buffalo.edu with SMTP; 8 Nov 2007 16:08:18 -0000 Received: from castor.cse.Buffalo.EDU (rapaport@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by castor.cse.Buffalo.EDU (8.13.6/8.12.10) with ESMTP id lA8G8Hup002334; Thu, 8 Nov 2007 11:08:17 -0500 (EST) Received: (from rapaport@localhost) by castor.cse.Buffalo.EDU (8.13.6/8.12.9/Submit) id lA8G8HCa002333; Thu, 8 Nov 2007 11:08:17 -0500 (EST) X-UB-Relay: (castor.cse.buffalo.edu) X-PM-EL-Spam-Prob: : 7% Message-ID: <200711081608.lA8G8HCa002333@castor.cse.Buffalo.EDU> Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2007 11:08:17 -0500 Reply-To: "William J. Rapaport" Sender: Introduction to Cognitive Science From: "William J. Rapaport" Subject: UB CogSci 11/14 D.Mark Ethnophysiography Comments: To: cogsci-all-list@listserv.buffalo.edu To: CSE575-FA07-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Precedence: list List-Help: , List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Owner: List-Archive: X-DCC-Buffalo.EDU-Metrics: castor.cse.Buffalo.EDU 1335; Body=0 Fuz1=0 Fuz2=0 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.1.8 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.8 (2007-02-13) on ares.cse.buffalo.edu X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.91.2/4708/Thu Nov 8 01:07:54 2007 on ares.cse.buffalo.edu X-Virus-Status: Clean Status: R Content-Length: 3268 ======================================================================== NEXT WEEK NEXT WEEK NEXT WEEK NEXT WEEK NEXT WEEK NEXT WEEK ======================================================================== Center for Cognitive Science, University at Buffalo presents ------------------------------------------------------------------------ David Mark ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Department of Geography and Center for Cognitive Science Unversity at Buffalo http://www.geog.buffalo.edu/~dmark/ Wednesday, 14 November 2007; 2:00 p.m.; Park 280 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ethnophysiography: Cross-Cultural and Cross-Linguistic Variation in Conceptualization of the Landscape and Its Elements ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ABSTRACT Ethnophysiography studies how people conceptualize the natural landscape, especially landforms and water bodies. Are the concepts underlying terms for landscape features and places more or less the same across the languages, or are there significant differences across languages and cultures? Ethnophysiography focuses on kinds of things in the landscape, and aims to document in detail the things in the world (extensions) that are referred to by each term. Ethnophysiography relies heavily on ethnographic methods for obtaining information through interviews, description, and community participation. Because landscape elements seldom fall into anything like "natural kinds", there is more room for cross-cultural variation than in the cases of plants and animals. Thus, the landscape and its elements provide an interesting venue for studies of categorization in general. For the last several years, my colleagues and I have been conducting ethnophysiography research with the Yindjibarndi people of northwestern Australia and the Dine (Navajo) of New Mexico and Arizona, both of whom live in arid or semiarid landscapes. This presentation will elaborate on ethnophysiography in general, and then present some findings for these two case studies and related work. Almost none of the lexicalized landscape terms in these languages have exact semantic equivalents in the other languages. Yet in most cases the conceptual chunks that are lexicalized in each language seem coherent and reasonable concepts to have terms for. Implications for geographic ontology also will be mentioned. Wednesday, 14 November 2007; 2:00 p.m.; Park 280 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ For further information, please visit: http://www.cogsci.buffalo.edu/ or contact: William J. Rapaport Colloquium Chair, Center for Cognitive Science Associate Professor of Computer Science Affiliated Faculty, Philosophy & Linguistics 201 Bell Hall | (716) 645-3180 x 112 Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering | fax: (716) 645-3464 University at Buffalo (SUNY) | rapaport@cse.buffalo.edu Buffalo, NY 14260-2000 | http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport Buffalo Restaurant Guide: http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/restaurant.guide/ Good Things about Buffalo: http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport/buffalo.html From owner-cse575-fa07-list@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Mon Nov 12 09:06:34 2007 Received: from ares.cse.buffalo.edu (ares.cse.buffalo.edu [128.205.32.79]) by castor.cse.Buffalo.EDU (8.13.6/8.12.10) with ESMTP id lACE6Yug014160 for ; Mon, 12 Nov 2007 09:06:34 -0500 (EST) Received: from front1.acsu.buffalo.edu (warmfront.acsu.buffalo.edu [128.205.6.88]) by ares.cse.buffalo.edu (8.13.8/8.13.6) with SMTP id lACE6SAN098101 for ; Mon, 12 Nov 2007 09:06:28 -0500 (EST) Received: (qmail 24116 invoked from network); 12 Nov 2007 14:06:23 -0000 Received: from deliverance.acsu.buffalo.edu (128.205.7.57) by front1.acsu.buffalo.edu with SMTP; 12 Nov 2007 14:06:23 -0000 Received: (qmail 757 invoked from network); 12 Nov 2007 14:06:21 -0000 Received: from listserv.buffalo.edu (128.205.7.35) by deliverance.acsu.buffalo.edu with SMTP; 12 Nov 2007 14:06:21 -0000 Received: by LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4493804 for CSE575-FA07-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; Mon, 12 Nov 2007 09:06:21 -0500 Delivered-To: cse575-fa07-list@listserv.buffalo.edu Received: (qmail 29180 invoked from network); 12 Nov 2007 14:06:21 -0000 Received: from mailscan7.acsu.buffalo.edu (128.205.6.158) by listserv.buffalo.edu with SMTP; 12 Nov 2007 14:06:21 -0000 Received: (qmail 8256 invoked from network); 12 Nov 2007 14:06:21 -0000 Received: from castor.cse.buffalo.edu (128.205.32.14) by smtp5.acsu.buffalo.edu with SMTP; 12 Nov 2007 14:06:21 -0000 Received: from castor.cse.Buffalo.EDU (rapaport@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by castor.cse.Buffalo.EDU (8.13.6/8.12.10) with ESMTP id lACE6KVs014137; Mon, 12 Nov 2007 09:06:20 -0500 (EST) Received: (from rapaport@localhost) by castor.cse.Buffalo.EDU (8.13.6/8.12.9/Submit) id lACE6KEI014136; Mon, 12 Nov 2007 09:06:20 -0500 (EST) X-UB-Relay: (castor.cse.buffalo.edu) X-PM-EL-Spam-Prob: : 7% Message-ID: <200711121406.lACE6KEI014136@castor.cse.Buffalo.EDU> Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 09:06:20 -0500 Reply-To: "William J. Rapaport" Sender: Introduction to Cognitive Science From: "William J. Rapaport" Subject: CogSci 11/14 David Mark "Ethnophysiography" Comments: To: cogsci-local-list@listserv.buffalo.edu To: CSE575-FA07-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Precedence: list List-Help: , List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Owner: List-Archive: X-DCC-Buffalo.EDU-Metrics: castor.cse.Buffalo.EDU 1336; Body=0 Fuz1=0 Fuz2=0 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.1.8 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.8 (2007-02-13) on ares.cse.buffalo.edu X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.91.2/4728/Fri Nov 9 14:25:27 2007 on ares.cse.buffalo.edu X-Virus-Status: Clean Status: R Content-Length: 3268 ======================================================================== THIS WEEK THIS WEEK THIS WEEK THIS WEEK THIS WEEK THIS WEEK ======================================================================== Center for Cognitive Science, University at Buffalo presents ------------------------------------------------------------------------ David Mark ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Department of Geography and Center for Cognitive Science Unversity at Buffalo http://www.geog.buffalo.edu/~dmark/ Wednesday, 14 November 2007; 2:00 p.m.; Park 280 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ethnophysiography: Cross-Cultural and Cross-Linguistic Variation in Conceptualization of the Landscape and Its Elements ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ABSTRACT Ethnophysiography studies how people conceptualize the natural landscape, especially landforms and water bodies. Are the concepts underlying terms for landscape features and places more or less the same across the languages, or are there significant differences across languages and cultures? Ethnophysiography focuses on kinds of things in the landscape, and aims to document in detail the things in the world (extensions) that are referred to by each term. Ethnophysiography relies heavily on ethnographic methods for obtaining information through interviews, description, and community participation. Because landscape elements seldom fall into anything like "natural kinds", there is more room for cross-cultural variation than in the cases of plants and animals. Thus, the landscape and its elements provide an interesting venue for studies of categorization in general. For the last several years, my colleagues and I have been conducting ethnophysiography research with the Yindjibarndi people of northwestern Australia and the Dine (Navajo) of New Mexico and Arizona, both of whom live in arid or semiarid landscapes. This presentation will elaborate on ethnophysiography in general, and then present some findings for these two case studies and related work. Almost none of the lexicalized landscape terms in these languages have exact semantic equivalents in the other languages. Yet in most cases the conceptual chunks that are lexicalized in each language seem coherent and reasonable concepts to have terms for. Implications for geographic ontology also will be mentioned. Wednesday, 14 November 2007; 2:00 p.m.; Park 280 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ For further information, please visit: http://www.cogsci.buffalo.edu/ or contact: William J. Rapaport Colloquium Chair, Center for Cognitive Science Associate Professor of Computer Science Affiliated Faculty, Philosophy & Linguistics 201 Bell Hall | (716) 645-3180 x 112 Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering | fax: (716) 645-3464 University at Buffalo (SUNY) | rapaport@cse.buffalo.edu Buffalo, NY 14260-2000 | http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport Buffalo Restaurant Guide: http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/restaurant.guide/ Good Things about Buffalo: http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport/buffalo.html From owner-cse575-fa07-list@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Wed Nov 14 08:47:55 2007 Received: from ares.cse.buffalo.edu (ares.cse.buffalo.edu [128.205.32.79]) by castor.cse.Buffalo.EDU (8.13.6/8.12.10) with ESMTP id lAEDltq4008452 for ; Wed, 14 Nov 2007 08:47:55 -0500 (EST) Received: from front2.acsu.buffalo.edu (upfront.acsu.buffalo.edu [128.205.4.140]) by ares.cse.buffalo.edu (8.13.8/8.13.6) with SMTP id lAEDlp1h082188 for ; Wed, 14 Nov 2007 08:47:51 -0500 (EST) Received: (qmail 428 invoked from network); 14 Nov 2007 13:47:46 -0000 Received: from deliverance.acsu.buffalo.edu (128.205.7.57) by front2.acsu.buffalo.edu with SMTP; 14 Nov 2007 13:47:46 -0000 Received: (qmail 22831 invoked from network); 14 Nov 2007 13:47:43 -0000 Received: from listserv.buffalo.edu (128.205.7.35) by deliverance.acsu.buffalo.edu with SMTP; 14 Nov 2007 13:47:43 -0000 Received: by LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4581389 for CSE575-FA07-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; Wed, 14 Nov 2007 08:47:43 -0500 Delivered-To: cse575-fa07-list@listserv.buffalo.edu Received: (qmail 17393 invoked from network); 14 Nov 2007 13:47:43 -0000 Received: from mailscan6.acsu.buffalo.edu (128.205.7.95) by listserv.buffalo.edu with SMTP; 14 Nov 2007 13:47:43 -0000 Received: (qmail 6739 invoked from network); 14 Nov 2007 13:47:35 -0000 Received: from castor.cse.buffalo.edu (128.205.32.14) by smtp4.acsu.buffalo.edu with SMTP; 14 Nov 2007 13:47:35 -0000 Received: from castor.cse.Buffalo.EDU (rapaport@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by castor.cse.Buffalo.EDU (8.13.6/8.12.10) with ESMTP id lAEDlZc7008431; Wed, 14 Nov 2007 08:47:35 -0500 (EST) Received: (from rapaport@localhost) by castor.cse.Buffalo.EDU (8.13.6/8.12.9/Submit) id lAEDlZRE008429; Wed, 14 Nov 2007 08:47:35 -0500 (EST) X-UB-Relay: (castor.cse.buffalo.edu) X-PM-EL-Spam-Prob: : 7% Message-ID: <200711141347.lAEDlZRE008429@castor.cse.Buffalo.EDU> Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 08:47:35 -0500 Reply-To: "William J. 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Rapaport" Subject: CogSci TODAY: David Mark (Geography): Ethnophysiography Comments: To: cogsci-local-list@listserv.buffalo.edu To: CSE575-FA07-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Precedence: list List-Help: , List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Owner: List-Archive: X-DCC-Buffalo.EDU-Metrics: castor.cse.Buffalo.EDU 1336; Body=0 Fuz1=0 Fuz2=0 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.1.8 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.8 (2007-02-13) on ares.cse.buffalo.edu X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.91.2/4728/Fri Nov 9 14:25:27 2007 on ares.cse.buffalo.edu X-Virus-Status: Clean Status: RO X-Status: X-Keywords: $NotJunk NotJunk X-UID: 348 Content-Length: 3268 ======================================================================== TODAY TODAY TODAY TODAY TODAY TODAY ======================================================================== Center for Cognitive Science, University at Buffalo presents ------------------------------------------------------------------------ David Mark ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Department of Geography and Center for Cognitive Science Unversity at Buffalo http://www.geog.buffalo.edu/~dmark/ Wednesday, 14 November 2007; 2:00 p.m.; Park 280 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ethnophysiography: Cross-Cultural and Cross-Linguistic Variation in Conceptualization of the Landscape and Its Elements ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ABSTRACT Ethnophysiography studies how people conceptualize the natural landscape, especially landforms and water bodies. Are the concepts underlying terms for landscape features and places more or less the same across the languages, or are there significant differences across languages and cultures? Ethnophysiography focuses on kinds of things in the landscape, and aims to document in detail the things in the world (extensions) that are referred to by each term. Ethnophysiography relies heavily on ethnographic methods for obtaining information through interviews, description, and community participation. Because landscape elements seldom fall into anything like "natural kinds", there is more room for cross-cultural variation than in the cases of plants and animals. Thus, the landscape and its elements provide an interesting venue for studies of categorization in general. For the last several years, my colleagues and I have been conducting ethnophysiography research with the Yindjibarndi people of northwestern Australia and the Dine (Navajo) of New Mexico and Arizona, both of whom live in arid or semiarid landscapes. This presentation will elaborate on ethnophysiography in general, and then present some findings for these two case studies and related work. Almost none of the lexicalized landscape terms in these languages have exact semantic equivalents in the other languages. Yet in most cases the conceptual chunks that are lexicalized in each language seem coherent and reasonable concepts to have terms for. Implications for geographic ontology also will be mentioned. Wednesday, 14 November 2007; 2:00 p.m.; Park 280 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ For further information, please visit: http://www.cogsci.buffalo.edu/ or contact: William J. Rapaport Colloquium Chair, Center for Cognitive Science Associate Professor of Computer Science Affiliated Faculty, Philosophy & Linguistics 201 Bell Hall | (716) 645-3180 x 112 Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering | fax: (716) 645-3464 University at Buffalo (SUNY) | rapaport@cse.buffalo.edu Buffalo, NY 14260-2000 | http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport Buffalo Restaurant Guide: http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/restaurant.guide/ Good Things about Buffalo: http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport/buffalo.html