LINGUIST List 17.438

Thu Feb 09 2006

Calls: Cognitive Science/UK;Ling & Literature/UK

Editor for this issue: Kevin Burrows <kevinlinguistlist.org>


Directory         1.    Anu Koskela, 1st UK Postgraduate Conference in Cognitive Linguistics
        2.    Mireille Ravassat, Seminar on Shakespeare's language


Message 1: 1st UK Postgraduate Conference in Cognitive Linguistics
Date: 09-Feb-2006
From: Anu Koskela <amk21sussex.ac.uk>
Subject: 1st UK Postgraduate Conference in Cognitive Linguistics


Full Title: 1st UK Postgraduate Conference in Cognitive Linguistics Short Title: 1st PGCCL

Date: 27-May-2006 - 27-May-2006 Location: Brighton, United Kingdom Contact Person: Anu Koskela Meeting Email: amk21cogling.org.uk, with the email subject ''First PG Conference in Cognitive Linguistics'' - The abstract should be sent as an attachment to an email message, in either MS Word (.doc), Rich Text Format (.rtf) or Adobe Acrobat (.pdf ) format - The length of the submissions is a maximum of 500 words or 1 A4 side. The abstract should clearly indicate the title of the talk, and may include references, but the total word count should not exceed 500 words. - The abstracts will be subject to anonymous review, so the abstract should not include the name(s) of the author(s) - The body of the email message should contain the following information: The author's name, affiliation, title of the paper and contact details (postal and email address)

For further details about the conference, please visit www.cogling.org.uk and click on the link for Conferences and then PGCCL.

The First UK Postgraduate Conference in Cognitive Linguistics is associated with the Portsmouth-Sussex Symposium on Language and Cognition, which takes place at the Universities of Sussex and Portsmouth on the two days preceding the First Postgraduate Conference in Cognitive Linguistics - 25-26th May 2006. Links to further information about the Portsmouth-Sussex Symposium on Language and Cognition can be found under Conferences at www.cogling.org.uk.

We look forward to receiving your abstract(s) and seeing you at Sussex at The First UK Postgraduate Conference in Cognitive Linguistics!

Anu Koskela Chair of the Organising Committee for the First UK Postgraduate Conference in Cognitive Linguistics

Anu Koskela DPhil Candidate Dept. of Linguistics and English Language/ Centre for Research in Cognitive Science University of Sussex Falmer, Brighton BN1 9QN UK
Message 2: Seminar on Shakespeare's language
Date: 08-Feb-2006
From: Mireille Ravassat <mireilleravassattele2.fr>
Subject: Seminar on Shakespeare's language



Full Title: Seminar on Shakespeare's language Short Title: ESSE 8

Date: 29-Aug-2006 - 02-Sep-2006 Location: London, United Kingdom Contact Person: Mireille Ravassat Meeting Email: mireilleravassatstrath.ac.uk Please send your abstracts directly to both convenors. Deadline: 1 March 2006

Seminar papers will not be read at the meeting but summarised in such a way as to encourage discussion. Convenors will ask successful proposers to present their paper as a 4-page abstract, if they have not already done so; and to provide a 100-word summary of the abstract to be published on the Conference website. Each seminar will allow a maximum of six participants and will be limited to a single two-hour session. Further information is available on the ESSE 8 website: http://www2.sas.ac.uk/ies/events/conferences/2006/ESSE8/CFP.htm