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Programme
Friday, 4th July
Registration, coffee
| 11.00-12.45
| Welcome
Egbert Bakker, Yale. ‘From the past into the future: a cognitive account of “tense” in Greek’
Seth Schein, UC Davis: ‘Greek metre in the light of cognitive linguistics: some thoughts on Hermann’s Bridge’
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| Lunch
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| 1.45-3.30
| Nancy Felson, UGA: ‘Narratology from a cognitive perspective: how a text element triggers a spectator's memory of plot types’
Nick Lowe, Royal Holloway: ‘Memory, narrative, and the birth of historiography’
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| Tea
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| 4.00-5.45
| James Robson, Open University: ‘Cognition, humour appreciation, and Aristophanes’ punch lines’
Felix Budelmann, Open University: ‘A cognitive perspective on ambiguity in Greek tragedy’
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| Conference dinner
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Saturday, 5th July
| 9.00-10.45
| Douglas Cairns, Edinburgh: ‘Rites of passage, cognitive metaphor, and the symbol of the veil’
Elizabeth Minchin, Australian National University: ‘Plans, goals and themes: cognitive studies and the creation of character in Homer’
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| Coffee
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| 11.15-1.00
| Gregory Hutchinson, Oxford: ‘Te, Luna, fefellit: address and deixis in Greek and Latin poetry and prose’
Luigi Battezzato, Piemonte: ‘Techniques of reading and textual lay-out in ancient Greek texts’
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| Lunch
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| 1.45-3.30
| Malcolm Heath, Leeds: ‘Formalism in interpretation: its cognitive grounds’
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| Plenary discussion
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