11月9日至11日,2012年“演化语言学国际研讨会”在北京大学举行。本次会议由北京大学中国语言学研究中心、北京大学中文系主办,商务印书馆协办。来自美国、法国、日本、韩国等6个国家和地区的46位专家学者参加了本次会议。会上作主题报告的学者有(按发言顺序):王士元(香港中文大学)“Language Evolution From November 9 to November 11, 2012, ”International Symposium on Evolutionary Linguistics“ was held at Peking University. The conference was co-organized by the Chinese Linguistics Research Center of Peking University, the Chinese Department of Peking University, and the Commercial Press. 46 experts and scholars from 6 countries and regions including the United States, France, Japan and South Korea attended the conference. The keynote speakers at the conference are (in order of speaking): Wang Shiyuan (The Chinese University of Hong Kong) ”Language Evolution