LINGUIST List 22.962 Sat Feb 26 2011 Calls: Cognitive Science, Pragmatics, Semantics/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.     Gabriella Rundblad , 4th UK Cognitive Linguistics Conference Message 1: 4th UK Cognitive Linguistics Conference Date: 25-Feb-2011 From: Gabriella Rundblad <gabriella.rundbladkcl.ac.uk> Subject: 4th UK Cognitive Linguistics Conference E-mail this message to a friend Full Title: 4th UK Cognitive Linguistics Conference Short Title: UK-CLC4 Date: 10-Jul-2012 - 12-Jul-2012 Location: London, United Kingdom Contact Person: Gabriella Rundblad Meeting Email: < click here to access email > Web Site: http://www.kcl.ac.uk/schools/sspp/education/events/ukclc4/ Linguistic Field(s): Cognitive Science; Pragmatics; Semantics Call Deadline: 20-Dec-2011 Meeting Description: 4th UK Cognitive Linguistics Conference (UK-CLC4) The UK Cognitive Linguistics Association is pleased to announce the 4th UK Cognitive Linguistics Conference (UK-CLC4), to be held at King’s College London on July 10-12, 2012. For more information, please visit the conference website at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/schools/sspp/education/events/ukclc4/ Confirmed Keynote Speakers: - Professor Stephen Levinson (Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics) - Professor George Lakoff (University of California - Berkely) - Professor Gilles Fauconnier (University of California - San Diego) - Professor Elena Lieven (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology) - Professor Martin Pickering (University of Edinburgh) - Professor Lawrence Barsalou (Emory University) Call for Papers: Abstracts: We invite the submission of abstracts (for talks or poster presentations) addressing all aspects of Cognitive Linguistics. These include, but are by no means limited to: - Domains and frame semantics - Categorisation, prototypes and polysemy - Metaphor and metonymy - Mental spaces and conceptual blending - Cognitive and construction grammar - Embodiment and linguistic relativity - Language acquisition and language impairment - Language evolution and language change - Language use Cognitive Linguistics is an inherently interdisciplinary enterprise which is broadly concerned with the connection between language and cognition in relation to body, culture and contexts of use. We therefore invite interdisciplinary research that combines theories and methods from across the cognitive, biological and social sciences. These include, but are not limited to: - Linguistics - Psycholinguistics - Anthropology - Evolution - Paleoanthropology - Primatology - Neuroscience - Cognitive and developmental psychology - Discourse and Communication studies Talks will be allocated 20 minutes, plus 10 minutes for question. Posters will stay up for a day and be allocated to dedicated, timetabled sessions. The language of the conference is English. Submission: Abstracts of no more than 300 words (excluding references) should be submitted online via the conference website: http://www.kcl.ac.uk/schools/sspp/education/events/ukclc4/ All abstracts will be subject to double-blind peer review by an international Scientific Committee. The deadline for abstract submission is 20 December 2011. Notification of acceptance decisions will be communicated by 15 February 2012. Important Dates: - Abstract submission deadline: 20 December 2011 - Notification of authors: 15 February 2012 - 'Early bird' registration deadline: 1 March 2012 - Registration deadline: 1 May 2012 - Conference: 10-12 July 2012 Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 26-Feb-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.