Corpora: Call - conference on metaphor and language / corpus-based research

[Tony Berber Sardinha]

 ***** ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS *****

++++ CONFERENCE ON METAPHOR IN LANGUAGE AND THOUGHT ++++

21-25 OCTOBER 2002

PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO

SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL

Conference website: http://lael.pucsp.br/~tony/metaphor
Conference email: metaphor at lael.pucsp.br

1- SCOPE OF THE CONFERENCE

The Conference aims at bringing together researchers interested in the
exploration of the role of metaphor in language and thought.

We invite abstracts on all topics related to the conference theme,
including,
but not limited to:

* typology of metaphor in language;
* metaphor and electronic corpus analysis;
* metaphor identification and processing;
* interaction between metaphor in language and metaphor in thought;
* metaphor & discourse;
* metaphor ,cognition and culture;
* metaphor, semantics and pragmatics.

2- IMPORTANT DATES

* Abstract submission deadline: 15 May 2002.
* Notification of acceptance: by 15 June 2002.
* Further information on the venue, registration fee, accommodation and
travel
arrangements, as well as the social program will be provided by 15 June 2002
* Registration forms to be received by: 15 July 2002. The registration form
 will
be distributed soon.

3- PROPOSALS

Proposals should include :

(a) title, author's name, academic affiliation;
(b) full address, including telephone/fax and e-mail;
(c) a 200-word abstract, which must be sent in the body of the e-mail (no
attachments, please). The subject line should mention: "Submission to
metaphor
event"
(d) Specification of necessary audiovisual equipment: overhead projector,
computer projector, tape or video recorder, etc.
(e) Abstracts may be written in English, Spanish, French or Portuguese.

Send your proposal to the conference email address: metaphor at lael.pucsp.br

The language of the abstract will be expected to be the language of
presentation.

All abstracts will be refereed by the Scientific Committee.

Papers with more than one author: Correspondence will be sent to the main
author's address only.

4. INVITED SPEAKERS (preliminary)

We are pleased to announce four internationally renowned scholars as invited
speakers:
Lynne Cameron (Univ. of Leeds), Raymond Gibbs (California, USA) , Jacob Mey
(Odense Univ., Denmark) and Gerard Steen (Free Univ. of Amsterdam, Holland).

At the moment, invited speakers include:

Margarida Basílio (PUC - RJ, Brazil)
Lynne Cameron (University of Leeds, UK )
Raymond Gibbs ( Santa Cruz, California, USA)
Jacob Mey (Odense Univ., Denmark)
Heronides Maurílio de Melo Moura (UFSC, Brazil)
Maria Isabel Asperti Nardi (UNESP, Brazil)
Kanavillil Rajagopalan ( Unicamp - Universidade Estadual de Campinas,
Brazil)
Margarida Salomão ( Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Brazil)
Gerard Steen (Free Univ. of Amsterdam)
João Telles (Universidade Estadual Paulista, Assis, Brazil)

5. FORMAT

The event will include plenary sessions, round tables, and papers
(presentations not exceeding 20 minutes followed by 10 minutes for
questions).
Mini-courses (eight hour in length) will be held in conjunction with the
above
sessions.

The official language of the conference will be English. Exceptionally
Portuguese, Spanish and French will be accepted for the paper presentations.
 The language of the abstract will be expected to be the language of
 presentation.

 There will be no simultaneous activities, except for paper presentations.

6. CONFERENCE PLANNING

The following groups will be in charge of the organisation of the
conference:

Postgraduate Programme in Applied Linguistics and Language Studies,
Pontifical
Catholic University of Sao Paulo (PUC-SP), and
GEIM - LA - Grupo de Estudos da Indeterminacao e da Metáfora em Lingüística
Aplicada (PUC-SP, UFSC, UFF, UNESP-Marilia, UnB, UFPB)

7. ORGANISING COMMITTEE

Leila Barbara
Tony Berber Sardinha
Clemira Canola
Sumiko Ikeda
Helena Gordon Leme
Dieli Vesaro Palma
Mara Sophia Zanotto (general coordinator)


9. INTERNET ADDRESSES

For further information, please visit the conference website at
http://lael.pucsp.br/~tony/metaphor
or email the organisers at the conference email: metaphor at lael.pucsp.br

10. MAIL ADDRESS

If necessary, participants may reach the organisers by post, instead of by
email, at the address below. We remind you, though, that we strongly
recommend
email.

Prof Mara Sophia Zanotto
LAEL - PUC/SP
Rua Monte Alegre, 984
05014-001 - São Paulo SP
Brazil