LINGUIST List 12.2735

Thu Nov 1 2001

Confs: Mind, Language and Metephor, The Netherlands

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1. Corinne Le Moal - Euresco, RE: Euresco conference on Mind, Language and Metaphor - Kerkrade, 20-24

April 2002
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 16:42:35 +0100


Mind, Language and Metaphor
EuroConference on Consciousness and the Imagination
Chair: Zazie Todd (University of Leeds, School of Psychology, UK)
Kerkrade (near Maastricht), The Netherlands, 20-24 April 2002

Speakers will include: Cristina Cacciari (Bologna, I); Rachel Giora (Tel Aviv, IL); 
Ray Paton (Liverpool, UK); Nicoletta Caramelli (Bologna, I); Susan Greenfield 
(Oxford, UK); Maxim Stamenov (G�ttingen, D); Wallace Chafe (Santa Barbara, US); Mark 
Johnson (Oregon, US); Gerard Steen (Amsterdam, NL); Ann Dowker (Oxford, UK); George 
Lakoff (Berkeley, US); Mark Turner (Maryland, US); Ray Gibbs (Santa Cruz, US); Steven
 Mithen (Reading, UK); Beatrice Warren (Lund, S); Marie-D. Gineste (Paris, F); 
Brigitte Nerlich (Nottingham, UK)

Scope: Mind, language and metaphor is a new conference series that will explore the 
role of metaphor and metonymy in language and thought. This first conference will 
consider points of convergence between three major fields of contemporary research: 
figurative language, imagination and consciousness. It will consider such questions 
as: the role of conscious and unconscious processes in metaphor production and 
interpretation; the role of 'seeing as' in the development of consciousness; 
interactions between imagination, perception and cognition; and how bodily and neural
 processes create and constrain the imagination. The aim is to generate a new 
understanding of the relationship between consciousness and the imagination. 
Cross-linguistic data and research into all European languages is particularly 
encouraged.

The conference is open to researchers world-wide, whether from industry or academia. 
Participation will be limited to 100. The emphasis will be on discussion about new 
developments. The conference fee covers registration, full board and lodging. Grants 
will be available, in particular for nationals under 35, from EU or Associated States.

On-line application form at: http://www.esf.org/euresco/02/hc02184

Deadline: 1st February 2002.

For further information on this event, please contact Ms. Anne-Sophie Gablin, 
Conference Organiser at: asgablinesf.org

Kind regards,
Corinne Le Moal
Euresco Office