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Mon May 24 2004

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    Message 1: 9th English Linguistics Seminar: the historical linguistics-cognitive linguistics interface

     Date: Fri, 21 May 2004 06:24:19 -0400 (EDT)
    From: juan.gabriel <juan.gabrieldfing.uhu.es>
    Subject: 9th English Linguistics Seminar: the historical linguistics-cognitive linguistics interface


    9th English Linguistics Seminar: the historical linguistics-cognitive linguistics interface Short Title: ELS9

    Date: 03-Nov-2004 - 05-Nov-2004 Location: Huelva, Spain Contact: Juan Gabriel V�zquez Gonz�lez Contact Email: juan.gabrieldfing.uhu.es

    Linguistic Sub-field: Historical Linguistics ,Semantics ,Cognitive Science

    Subject Language: English

    Call Deadline: 10-Sep-2004

    Meeting Description:

    ELS9 is the ninth in a series of successful Seminars in the area of English linguistics. This year's topic is the historical linguistics-cognitive linguistics interface. The shift we propose moves the new cognitive science from psychological adequacy to the historical validation of metaphor and metonymy as dynamic factors in the history of English.

    Call for Papers

    Call Deadline: 10 September 2004

    9th English Linguistics Seminar: the historical linguistics-cognitive linguistics interface

    ELS9

    Huelva University, 3-5 November 2004.

    The English Department of Huelva University is organising the 9th English Linguistics Seminar (Novenas Jornadas de Ling��stica Inglesa). The venue will take place in the same city, Huelva (Spain), from 3-5 November 2004. The Seminar has a long-established reputation among the Departments of English Linguistics in Spain, mirrors the interests of a contrastive grammar research project and is ultimately conceived of as the ideal forum for linguistic enquiry into subjects such as the syntax-semantics interface or aspect, to name but a few.

    This year's topic is the historical linguistics-cognitive linguistics interface. The focus is here on the benefits that cognitive linguistics may gain from a historical perspective. In spite of the fact that the new linguistic paradigm has successfully managed to restore diachronic mechanisms like metaphor and metonymy to their central role within language use and change, the historical approach to these issues has remained largely neglected until now. In this respect, the 9th English Linguistics Seminar offers the opportunity to match the dynamics of language with the dynamics of history.

    We invite all interested scholars to submit high-quality proposals (for either papers or workshops) focusing on the role played by metaphor and metonymy across the history of English. Contributors may seek to address the historical validation of primary cognitive insights or may perhaps wish to develop case-in-point analyses applied to one (or several) historical phases. Contrastive studies are welcome as well. The Organising Committee will favour proposals with a solid grasp on empirical methods (the use of corpora, the inclusion of high-frequency rates, etc.).

    Accepted papers must conform to the average time-slot (30 minutes: 20 + 10 for discussion). In turn, workshops will take longer, an hour approximately. Abstracts may not exceed 300 words. The whole body of the proposal (abstract and references) must appear on one page and should be sent via e-mail to juan.gabrieldfing.uhu.es by 10th September 2004.

    The Organising Committee intends to publish a selection of the papers presented at the 9th English Linguistics Seminar in an edited and peer-reviewed volume.

    Further information concerning guest speakers, registration, accommodation, etc. will be included in a future update. If you are planning to attend the Seminar, here is our address:

    9th English Linguistics Seminar (Novenas Jornadas de Ling��stica Inglesa) Departamento de Filolog�a Inglesa Facultad de Humanidades Campus de El Carmen. Avenida de las Fuerzas Armadas, s/n. 21071. Huelva (Spain) Phone number: 34 959 019 142 Fax number: 34 959 019 143

    MAIN ORGANISER: Juan Gabriel V�zquez Gonz�lez

    COMMITTEE MEMBERS: Luisa Gonz�lez Pulido, Beatriz Rodr�guez Arrizabalaga, Pilar Ron Vaz, Regina Gutierrez Perez & Montserrat Martinez Vazquez.

    E-MAIL: juan.gabrieldfing.uhu.es