Full Title: Language Thought and Society: An Exploration of Identities Through Cognitive (Socio)Linguistics
Short Title: LTS

Date: 01-Feb-2025 - 02-Feb-2025
Location: Thessaloniki - Online, Greece
Contact Person: Anastasios (Tassos) Vogiatzis
Meeting Email: [email protected]
Web Site: https://ltsworkshop365.blogspot.com/

Linguistic Field(s): Cognitive Science; Discourse Analysis; Sociolinguistics

Call Deadline: 20-Dec-2024

Meeting Description:

Call for Papers:

Online workshop
Language Thought and Society: an exploration of identities through Cognitive (Socio)Linguistics

Saturday-Sunday 1-2 February, 2025
Workshop organizer: Dr. A. Vogiatzis
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, School of English
Email: [email protected],
For updates: https://ltsworkshop365.blogspot.com/
Registration fee: Free
Abstract submission by 20 December 2024 (submission form: https://forms.gle/CMisKSRZg5sK592G7 )
Workshop language: English

An issue that has been of extreme interest and has gained momentum the last decades is the exploration of identities in the anthropological (Vargas-Cetina, 2013) and sociolinguistic paradigm (Edwards, 2009; Omoniyi & White 2006). Individuals have challenged the idea of identity, and from being characterized by one identity are now bearers and creators of different identities. Identity is viewed as a dynamic trait of an individual, shaped and expressed through language interactions (Deckert & Vickers, 2011), it“is locally situated; who we are is, at least partially, a product of where we are and who we are with”(Schiffrin, 1996: 198).

This online workshop aims to intersect sociolinguistic research on identities with the Cognitive (Socio)Linguistic (CL) view to language. In terms of cognitive linguistics, the workshop aims to investigate how metaphor, metonymy and other less represented figures in CL research are reflected, or contribute to the creation of a person’s or a group’s identity/ies in different social, economic, political etc., contexts. Apart from figurative language, other areas of interest for exploration in their interaction with identities are Cognitive Grammar, image schemas, frame semantics, construction grammar, (Geeraerts, 2006: 2) and political discourse (Lakoff, 2004; Musolff et al., 2022).

The workshop invites researchers from relevant fields, such as those working on cognitive sociolinguistics, sociolinguistics, discourse analysis, cognitive linguistics, semantics and pragmatics, to contribute with a presentation of their research. It also addresses those who already conduct cross-disciplinary research in the field or are interested in getting engaged in it.

There is provisional agreement with the series Applications of Cognitive Linguistics by Mouton de Gruyter to publish a collective volume with selected papers from the workshop. Registration for audience will be announced on the workshop’s blog on the 15th January 2025.

References:

Deckert, S., K. & Vickers, C., H. (2011). An Introduction to Sociolinguistics Society and Identity. London & New York: Continuum International Publishing Group.
Edwards, J. (2009). Language and Identity: An introduction. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Geeraerts, D. 2006. A rough guide to cognitive linguistics. In Cognitive Linguistics: Basic readings. D.
Geeraerts, R. Dirven, & J., R. Taylor, R., W Langacker (Eds). Berlin & New York: Mouton de
Gruyter. Lakoff, G. (2004). Don’t think of an elephant. Vermont: Chelsea Green.
Musolff, A., Breeze, R., Kondo K., Vilar-Lluch, S (Eds). 2022. Pandemic and Crisis Discourse. Communicating COVID-19 and Public Health Strategy. Blumsbury.
Schiffrin, D. (1996). Narrative as self-portrait: Sociolinguistic constructions of identity. Language in Society, 25(2), 167–203.
Omoniyi, T., & White, G. (Eds.). (2006). The Sociolinguistics of Identity . London : Continuum.
Vargas-Cetina, G. (Ed.). (2013). Anthropology and the Politics of Representation. Tuscaloosa, Alabama: The University of Alabama Press

Call for Papers:

Abstracts should be up to 250 words excluding references.
Please submit all abstracts by 20 December 2024 using the submission form:
https://forms.gle/CMisKSRZg5sK592G7 )

For information about how to submit an abstract, please visit the website below.