LINGUIST List 21.3050 Fri Jul 23 2010 Confs: Socioling, Discourse Analysis, Cognitive Sci/UK Editor for this issue: Amy Brunett <brunettlinguistlist.org> LINGUIST is pleased to announce the launch of an exciting new feature: Easy Abstracts! Easy Abs is a free abstract submission and review facility designed to help conference organizers and reviewers accept and process abstracts online. Just go to: http://www.linguistlist.org/confcustom, and begin your conference customization process today! With Easy Abstracts, submission and review will be as easy as 1-2-3! Directory         1.    Veronika Koller, Researching and Applying Metaphor Message 1: Researching and Applying Metaphor Date: 22-Jul-2010 From: Veronika Koller <v.kollerlancs.ac.uk> Subject: Researching and Applying Metaphor E-mail this message to a friend Researching and Applying Metaphor Short Title: RaAM Date: 04-Jul-2012 - 07-Jul-2012 Location: Lancaster, United Kingdom Contact: Veronika Koller Contact Email: v.kollerlancs.ac.uk Meeting URL: http://www.raam.org.uk/Forthcoming_Events.html Linguistic Field(s): Cognitive Science; Discourse Analysis; Sociolinguistics Meeting Description: The 9th conference on Researching and Applying Metaphor (RaAM 9) will be held in Lancaster, UK, from 4-7 July 2012. The theme for 2012 is "Metaphor in Mind and Society", and confirmed plenary speakers are Masako Hiraga, Albert Katz and Andreas Musolff. There will be a number of pre-conference workshops on methods of metaphor analysis (confirmed facilitators: Irene Mittelberg, Cornelia Mueller, Anatol Stefanowitsch). The main organisers are Elena Semino and Veronika Koller. More detailed information and a call for papers will be sent out closer to the time. Meanwhile, please see http://www.raam.org.uk for more information about the conference series and association. To find out about the venue and region, go to http://ling.lancs.ac.uk and http://www.citycoastcountryside.co.uk/. We look forward to welcoming you in Lancaster! Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 23-Jul-2010       About LINGUIST    |   Contact Us       While the LINGUIST List makes every effort to ensure the linguistic relevance of sites listed on its pages, it cannot vouch for their contents.