[Corpora-List] Mind, Language and Metaphor EuroConference on the Processing of Metaphor and Metonymy - From Computers to Neuropsychology

[Alan M Wallington]

Apologies for cross-postings.


Please find below information on a EURESCO Conference on metaphor,
metonymy and closely related forms of figurative language (e.g., idiom,
simile), which may be of particular interest to you.  Scientific
programme, application form and practical information are accessible
on-line via http://www.esf.org/euresco/04/hc04184. For further details
on this event, please contact Ms. Anne-Sophie Gablin (asgablin at esf.org)
from the Euresco Office.  Many thanks also for passing on this
announcement to your colleagues who may be interested in this event.

One goal of the conference is to engender more interplay between
psychological, computational and neuroscientific work on figurative
language/thought. Applicants in other disciplines who are interested in
figurative language/thought are welcome as well.

Please note that the application deadline, for both attendance and
proposing a contribution, is quite soon (February 6th) but that only a
one-page abstract is required in proposing a contribution.

Kind regards,
John Barnden
University of Birmingham, UK
(academic chairman of the conference)

on behalf of

Corinne Le Moal
Publicity Officer - EURESCO Office
EURESCO Office - European Science Foundation
1 quai Lezay-Marn=E9sia, 67080 Strasbourg, France
Tel +33 388 76 71 35  Fax +33 388 36 69 87
http://www.esf.org/euresco <http://www.esf.org/euresco

Mind, Language and Metaphor
EuroConference on the Processing of Metaphor and Metonymy - From
Computers to Neuropsychology
Granada, Spain, 24-29 April 2004

chair: John A. Barnden (University of Birmingham, UK)

Vice-chair: Antonio Barcelona (Universidad de Murcia, E)

Speakers:

Antonio Barcelona (Murcia U., E);
John Barnden (Birmingham U., UK);
Cristina Cacciari (Modena U., I);
Dan Fass (Gavagai Tech. & Simon Fraser U., CA);
Rachel Giora (Tel Aviv U., IL);
Sam Glucksberg (Princeton U.,US);
Jerry Hobbs (SRI International, US);
Albert Katz (U. of Western Ontario, CA);
Chiara Levorato (U. of Padua, Italy);
Katja Markert (Leeds U., UK);
Srini Narayanan (SRI International, US);
Costanza Papagno (Milan U., I);
Francisco J. Ruiz De Mendoza Ibanez (Rioja U., E);
Michael Thomas (Inst. of Child Health, London, UK);
Zazie Todd (Leeds U., UK);
Tony Veale (Univ. College Dublin, Ireland);
Yorick Wilks (Sheffield U., UK).

Scope:

The conference covers the processing of metaphor, metonymy and other
closely related forms of figurative language, whether by brains or by AI
systems. It encompasses computational (symbolic and non-symbolic),
psychological and neuroscientific approaches to processing. Specific
topics of interest include understanding and generation, information
retrieval and extraction, context handling, machine translation,
identification of figurative language, child development, relationships
with mental or developmental disorders, and brain regions and mechanisms
involved in processing. The conference aims especially to foster
increased interchange between researchers from different disciplines.

Financial support:
A certain number of grants will be available for young researchers - 35
or under - who are nationals of a Member State of the European Union or
of an Associated State and who are active inside or outside these Member
or Associated States at the time of the event. Associated States are:
Bulgaria, Republic of Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Iceland,
Israel, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Romania,
Slovakia and Slovenia.
Applications from female researchers are encouraged.

Deadline for applications:
6 February 2004.