LINGUIST List 15.1125

Tue Apr 6 2004

Calls: Psycholing/UK; Lang & Gender/USA

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  • mg246, EMCL: A Workshop on Image-Schemas and Linguistic Relativity
  • Marlis Hellinger, Language and Gender

    Message 1: EMCL: A Workshop on Image-Schemas and Linguistic Relativity

     Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2004 22:40:12 -0400 (EDT)
    From: mg246 <mg246cornell.edu>
    Subject: EMCL: A Workshop on Image-Schemas and Linguistic Relativity


    EMCL: A Workshop on Image-Schemas and Linguistic Relativity Short Title: Image Schemas, Relativity

    Date: 17-Jul-2004 - 17-Jul-2004 Location: Portsmouth, United Kingdom Contact: Monica Gonzalez-Marquez Contact Email: mg246cornell.edu

    Linguistic Sub-field: Psycholinguistics ,Semantics ,Sociolinguistics ,Cognitive Science ,Language Acquisition

    Call Deadline: 05-May-2004

    This is a session of the following conference: International Conference on Language, Culture and Mind

    Meeting Description:

    Call for abstracts

    EMCL (Empirical Methods in Cognitive Linguistics): A Workshop on Image-Schemas and Linguistic Relativity

    July 17, 2004

    University of Portsmouth, UK To precede the Language, Culture, and Mind conference (July 18-20)

    In cognitive linguistics, image schemas are pre-linguistic cognitive structures, arising from universal aspects of how the human body interacts with its environment, both physical and social, and existing largely outside of conscious awareness. It follows that image schemas are the same for everyone, regardless of the language a person speaks. In contrast, the idea of linguistic relativity maintains that language influences thought. The goal of the workshop is to scrutinize assumptions surrounding image-schemas and linguistic relativity in an attempt to elucidate (and resolve) the conflict between the two research areas.

    We invite submissions from researchers working in either or both areas, and are especially interested in experimental approaches to the issues. Please send a 500 word anonymous abstract as an attachment in text format to Monica Gonzalez-Marquez at mg246cornell.edu

    Deadline: May 5, 2004 Notification of acceptance: May20, 2004

    Organising Committee:

    Stanka Fitneva Monica Gonzalez-Marquez Stephanie Pourcel J�rg Zinken

    Message 2: Language and Gender

     Date: 5 Apr 2004 16:29:47 -0000
    From: Marlis Hellinger <Hellingerem.uni-frankfurt.de>
    Subject: Language and Gender


    Call for papers

    AILA World Congress 2005 SC Language and Gender

    Dear all,

    the 14th AILA World Congress will take place in Madison, Wisconsin, USA, from July 24-29, 2005 (check out the AILA 2005 Website at http://www.aila2005.org). As the convener of the ''Language and Gender'' Scientific Commission, I am inviting contributions in the two topical areas specified below.

    Currently in the study of language and gender, the use of a large variety of theoretical and methodological approaches can be observed. While constructionist theories (with related approaches such as the Community of Practice model) seem to dominate the field (to the practical exclusion of essentialist models), many other important frameworks are used such as variationist models, cognitive/accommodation theory, classical Conversational Analysis and Critical Discourse Analysis. A consensus has emerged among researchers in language and gender that studies be responsive to the interests and needs of the community of language users under investigation.

    Papers are invited in the following two topical areas:

    (1) Taking an explicitly applied perspective, the question should be addressed of how the study of language and gender (in any of the above frameworks) may contribute to the identification, evaluation, and possibly solution of gender-related conflicts in the community of speakers under investigation (e.g., the family, the peer group, the classroom, the workplace, the public sphere, etc.).

    (2) The gender systems of numerous languages in Africa, Asia, the Americas, but also in Europe (e.g., Portuguese, Hungarian), remain unanalysed. In continuation of the work as published by Hellinger & Bussmann (2001-2003. Gender across languages. Amsterdam: Benjamins), analyses are invited of the linguistic representation of women and men in languages with diverse historical origins, typological affiliations and structural properties.

    Presentations will be 20 minutes in length followed by a brief discussion period.

    Abstracts should be ca. 200 words in length and include a brief description of the project, the methodology and the data. Abstracts should contain the title of the paper and the author's name, affiliation, postal address, e-mail and phone number.

    Abstracts should be sent to this e-mail address: hellingerem.uni-frankfurt.de

    Deadline: April 30, 2004.

    Prof. Dr. Marlis Hellinger IEAS Linguistik Goethe-Universit�t Frankfurt am Main Campus Westend D-60323 Frankfurt am Main

    Phone: +49(0)69-798-32530 Fax: +49(0)60-798-32531=20