LINGUIST List 22.973 Sun Feb 27 2011 Calls: English, Semantics, Text/Corpus Ling/Spain 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.     Antonio José Silvestre-López , Metaphor and Discourse: Verb-particle Constructions Message 1: Metaphor and Discourse: Verb-particle Constructions Date: 27-Feb-2011 From: Antonio José Silvestre-López <asilvestang.uji.es> Subject: Metaphor and Discourse: Verb-particle Constructions E-mail this message to a friend Full Title: Metaphor and Discourse: Verb-particle Constructions Date: 19-Oct-2011 - 20-Oct-2011 Location: Castellón de la Plana, Spain Contact Person: Antonio José Silvestre-López Meeting Email: < click here to access email > Web Site: http://www.metaphordiscourse.com/ Linguistic Field(s): Semantics; Text/Corpus Linguistics Subject Language(s): English Call Deadline: 31-Mar-2011 Meeting Description: 3rd International Seminar on Metaphor and Discourse: Verb-particle Constructions and their Underlying Semantic Systems The seminar series on Metaphor and Discourse, held at Universitat Jaume I in 2003 and 2006, sees its continuation in its third edition, which focuses on literal and figurative uses of verb-particle constructions (VPCs, multi-word verbs, phrasal verbs, prepositional verbs, phrasal-prepositional verbs) in the English language. Invited Speakers: Francisco José Ruiz de Mendoza Ibáñez (University of La Rioja, Spain) Beate Hampe (Erfurt University, Germany) Call for Papers: We cordially invite researchers to submit paper proposals on theoretical and applied studies on VPCs. The following thematic lines are especially welcome: -Figurative uses of VPCs -VPCs: semantics and compositionality -VPCs and construction grammars -VPCs and the lexicalization continuum -Idiomaticity and phraseology -VPCs and corpus studies: syntactic and semantic patterns Abstract Submission: We invite abstracts, in English, for 20-minute presentations, plus 10-minute discussion. Abstracts submitted for consideration should clearly state the problem, objectives, methodology, and possible results/findings where applicable.Abstract length must range between 800 and 1000 words, including title, 5 keywords and a maximum of 8 references. Abstracts should be sent via email as an attachment (in .doc format) to vpcuji.es by March 31st 2011. The attached file must only include the title of the contribution in boldface and the abstract itself (including keywords and references). Please do not include the author's details in the attachment. Further information to be included in the body of the email: - Title of the contribution - Author's full name - Affiliation - Address (electronic and post) - Phone number Please include the following information in the ''subject'' of the Email: 'VPC:' Plus 'title of paper'. Full paper submission deadline: 4 September 2011 Important Dates: Abstract submission deadline: 31 March 2011 Notification of proposal acceptance/rejection (via email): 30 April 2011 Full paper submission deadline: 4 September 2011 Seminar: 19-20 October 2011 Registration and Fees: Early bird: May 30th/ 100€ Late registration: September 16th/120€ For further information please visit: http://www.metaphordiscourse.com Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 27-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.