LINGUIST List 22.2172 Mon May 23 2011 Calls: Socioling, Text/Corpus Ling, Cognitive Sci/Japan Editor for this issue: Alison Zaharee <alisonlinguistlist.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.     Keizo Nanri , Oita Text Forum Workshop Round 3 Message 1: Oita Text Forum Workshop Round 3 Date: 23-May-2011 From: Keizo Nanri <keizo-nanrioita-u.ac.jp> Subject: Oita Text Forum Workshop Round 3 E-mail this message to a friend Full Title: Oita Text Forum Workshop Round 3 Short Title: OTF Workshop Round 3 Date: 04-Dec-2011 - 04-Dec-2011 Location: Oita-shi, Oita-ken, Japan Contact Person: Keizo Nanri Meeting Email: < click here to access email > Web Site: http://www.oitatextforum.com/ Linguistic Field(s): Cognitive Science; Sociolinguistics; Text/Corpus Linguistics Call Deadline: 31-Oct-2011 Meeting Description: Oita Text Forum Workshop Round 3 Date: Sunday 4th December 2011 Venue: Dannoharu Campus of Oita University, Oita, Japan Registration: Free The Oita Text Forum was founded in August 2009 by 5 scholars in Japan and China. The goals of the OTF are to: - Provide an open forum where researchers from different disciplinary backgrounds can exchange information and share knowledge of how texts are produced and structured, and; - Elucidate the process of text generation from social or cognitive or socio-cognitive perspectives. The OTF defines text as any form of structured semiotic entity, and includes: - Linguistic texts, whether written or spoken - Paintings, sculptures, and any form of art - Film - Architecture - Dance, etc. - Any combination of these semiotic modes Call for Papers: OTF Workshop Round 3 focuses on fundamental elements in understanding the relationship between text, context, beliefs (including ideology and semiotic or knowledge base), culture, and cognition. Specifically, we may explore questions such as: - What is the relation between text and context? - What can we say about culture in relation to text? - What is the relationship between the context of situation and material situational setting? - To what extent, if any, do extra-linguistic features play in formulating descriptions of texts? - How are beliefs and ideologies constructed in text? - What is the relationship between language and cognition? - What is the relationship between language and other semiotic systems in the construal of meaning? The OTF welcomes scholars from different disciplinary backgrounds. You may present a 30-minute long paper (a 20-minute presentation, followed by a 10-minute discussion) or a 60-minute workshop. Please send a 300-word abstract (if you wish to read a paper) or a 600-word abstract (if you wish to present a workshop) to keizo-nanricc.oita-u.ac.jp. Workshops must be interactive and involve the audience, and abstracts must clearly outline how the workshop will proceed. Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 23-May-2011       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.