LINGUIST List 21.4707 Tue Nov 23 2010 Calls: Anthroling, Cognitive Sci, Discourse, Analysis,Pragmatics/Denmark 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.     Simon Harrison , Theme session on Gesture Space at SALC III Conference Message 1: Theme session on Gesture Space at SALC III Conference Date: 22-Nov-2010 From: Simon Harrison <harrisonhumtec.rwth-aachen.de> Subject: Theme session on Gesture Space at SALC III Conference E-mail this message to a friend Full Title: Theme session on Gesture Space at SALC III Conference Date: 14-Jun-2011 - 16-Jun-2011 Location: Copenhagen, Denmark Contact Person: Simon Harrison Meeting Email: < click here to access email > Web Site: http://salc3.ku.dk/ Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics; Cognitive Science; Discourse Analysis; Pragmatics; Sociolinguistics Call Deadline: 01-Dec-2010 Meeting Description: Within and Across Spaces: Towards Multi-dimensional Models of Gesture Space Theme session on gesture space at the Third Conference of the Scandinavian Association for Language and Cognition (SALC III) Copenhagen, June 14 - 16, 2011 Conference website: http://salc3.ku.dk/ SALC website: http://www.salc-sssk.org/ Gestural forms are usually described with four parameters: hand shape, palm orientation, movement pattern, and location in gesture space (e.g. Webb 1999, Becker 2004, Bressem 2008). Gesture researchers have tended to represent the parameter of space as a flat two-dimensional grid (e.g. McNeill 1992), but recent theoretical and technical advances in gesture analysis suggest going beyond this view. We require a multi-dimensional model of gesture space that reflects the gradient, dynamic, and interactive nature of gestural action (e.g. Cienki & Müller 2008, Duncan et al. 2007, Fricke 2008, Kendon 2004, Ladewig 2010, Mittelberg 2010, Müller 2008, Müller & Tag in prep., Sweetser 2007, Sweetser & Sizemore 2008, Talmy 2000). Combining cognitive, semiotic, interactive, and applied perspectives, the goal of this theme session is at least two-fold: to examine how speakers communicate within and across spaces (e.g. in different cultural, social, and physical contexts), and to work towards fine-grained models of gesture space. Call for Papers: We invite contributions that may address the following issues but others are also welcome: -Gesture space and conceptual space -Interacting spaces -Gesture space and communicative dynamism -Space as a formal parameter of gestural action -Proxemics, kinesics, chronemics, and gesture space -Recording, analyzing, and transcribing spatial parameters of gestural action -Multidimensionality of gesture space -Gradience in gesture space -3D analyses using motion capture systems In accordance with the general SALC III submission guidelines, the deadline for submitting abstracts is December 1, 2010. Presentations will be allotted 20 minutes plus 10 minutes for discussion. The language of the conference is English. Abstracts should not exceed 300 words (references excluded) and be emailed as a Word attachment directly to SALC3hum.ku.dk (subject: SALC III abstract). The attached document should contain the title of the talk and the abstract, but no information identifying the author(s). Please specify author(s), affiliation(s), title of talk, and 3-5 keywords in the main body of your email, and mention that you would like the submission to be considered for the gesture theme session. All abstracts will be reviewed by the SALC III scientific committee. Notification of acceptance by February 1, 2011. Session Organizers: Irene Mittelberg (HumTec, RWTH Aachen University) Simon Harrison (HumTec, RWTH Aachen University) If you have any questions regarding the theme session, please email Simon Harrison at: harrisonhumtec.rwth-aachen.de Natural Media Group Human Technology Centre (HumTec) RWTH Aachen University http://www.humtec.rwth-aachen.de/naturalmedia Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 23-Nov-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.