Course Directors
Inés Olza • Nadia Aldunate • Javier Yániz
What is this course about?
The language sciences are natural allies of other human and social sciences (sociology, Philosophy , psychology or Education ), and also those responsible for the latest advances in artificial intelligence (AI) (engineering, computer science and data ). The AI era is, above all, an era of texts, which are the basis of digital culture. However, there are several “myths” or widespread beliefs about language and languages that should be closely reviewed in light of the most recent findings in linguistics and Philology , in order to better understand the role of language in today's society, and to enrich the teaching of language science at all levels. Led by linguists and philosophers of language who are experts in knowledge knowledge dissemination and social transfer , and through sessions based on real-life cases and examples, this course aims to revisit nine of these current myths about language, in order to discuss them, dispel them, or appropriately refocus them.
The course directors and speakers have consolidated experience in the knowledge dissemination of linguistics and Philosophy of the language.
WEDNESDAY 3
September 3
Myths about language as a human capacity
16:00 | Myth 1: “Language is a human thing”: human communication and animal communication Speakers: Javier Yániz and Mikel Martínez Ciriero |
16:45 | Directed dialogue between speakers and audience |
17:15 | Pause |
17:30 | Myth 2: “Language is innate”: biology and culture in language acquisition and learning Speakers: Andrea Ariño and Laura Filardo |
18:30 | Myth 3: “Writing improves language”: written communication, oral communication, multimodal communication Speakers: Nadia Aldunate, Mikel Martínez Ciriero and Javier Yániz |
19:15 | Directed dialogue between speakers and audience |
THURSDAY 4
September 4
Myths about languages
16:00 | Myth 4: “Some languages are more developed than others”: linguistic typology for beginners speaker : Iraide Ibarretxe-Antuñano |
16:45 | Directed dialogue between speakers and audience |
17:15 | Pause |
17:30 | Myth 5: “Metaphors are for poets and politicians”: metaphor, cognition, and emotion Speakers: Laura Filardo and Lorena Pérez |
18:30 | Myth 6: “Languages don’t discriminate; those who discriminate are those who use them”: languages, ideology, and politically correct language Speakers: Nadia Aldunate and Inés Olza |
19:15 | Directed dialogue between speakers and audience |
FRIDAY 5TH
September 5
Myths about language and AI
16:00 | Myth 7: “AI is intelligent”: what linguistic thinking is all about speaker : Inés Olza and Lorena Pérez |
16:45 | Directed dialogue between speakers and audience |
17:15 | Pause |
17:30 | Myth 8: “AI produces better texts than humans”: linguistic pragmatics and text production Speakers: Andrea Ariño and Inés Olza |
18:30 | Myth 9: “AI is neutral”: Linguistic foundations of AI biases Speakers: Andrea Ariño, Iraide Ibarretxe-Antuñano and Laura Filardo |
19:15 | Directed dialogue between speakers and audience |