ICLC 2013 - ICLC 2013 : International Cognitive Linguistics Conference

We invite a broad range of papers taking a cognitive, functional, typological, and discourse approach to the study of language and cognition in relation to body, culture, and contexts of use, as well as those focusing on the history, present state, and future of the cognitive linguistics movement. The range of topics has typically included (but is not limited to):
categorization, prototypes, and polysemy
Cognitive and Construction Grammars
cognitive corpus linguistics
cognitive phonology
cognitive semantics
discourse and grammar, text and discourse
domains and frame semantics
embodiment and situated cognition
empirical methods in cognitive linguistics
grammaticalization, language evolution, and change
image schemas and force dynamics
language development, impairment, attrition, and loss
linguistic relativity, culture, and ethnosyntax
metaphor and metonymy
mental spaces and conceptual blending
neural models of language
signed languages, gesture, and modality
usage-based approaches
General Plan for the Conference
The conference schedule is designed to strike a balance between a well-attended conference with lively participation and a coherent, well-integrated one. Therefore, we are limiting the number of parallel sessions during the general session to six, shortening the presentation slots from 30 minutes to 20 minutes, ensuring that theme sessions and the general session do not overlap, and increasing the number of poster presentations. We hope ample unstructured time will be available to encourage focused and inclusive communication among participants as we all consider Cognitive Linguistics at 25. There will be the usual excursions and conference banquet on the Wednesday afternoon and evening of the conference.
We have scheduled two “open fora” during the late afternoon of the Monday and Tuesday of the conference that will be moderated, but which are also meant to stimulate open discussion. The Monday forum will focus on the last 25 years and the contributions of (or the failed promises of) the cognitive linguistics movement, while the Tuesday forum will focus on the directions in which cognitive linguistics seems to be moving. Please contact the conference organizers if you would like to moderate or participate on one of the forum panels.
Given the silver jubilee theme, we also invite participants and other interested parties to submit captioned photographs from past conferences. During the conference, there will be an In Memoriam presentation honoring cognitive linguists we have lost since 1989. If you wish to contribute a name or personal tribute, please contact the conference organizers.
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