<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><p class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst" align="center" style="text-align: center; "><span>The Center for the Study of Languages at the University of Chicago together with<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" align="center" style="text-align: center; "><span>The Center for East European and Russian/Eurasian Studies (CEERES)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" align="center" style="text-align: center; "><span>and The Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS)</span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" align="center" style="text-align: center; "><span>present<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" align="center" style="text-align: center; "><span><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" align="center" style="text-align: center; "><span>Empirical Methods in Cognitive Linguistics 5.2 (EMCL-5.2) — Chicago<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" align="center" style="text-align: center; "><span>The Integration of Corpus and Experimental Methods<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" align="center" style="text-align: center; "><span>13 – 18 June 2011<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify; "><span><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" align="center" style="text-align: center; "><span><a href="http://languages.uchicago.edu/emcl5-2">http://languages.uchicago.edu/emcl5-2</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify; "><span><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify; "><b><span>Call for Participation<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify; "><span><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify; "><span>We invite applications to the next workshop on Empirical Methods in Cognitive Linguistics – EMCL 5.2 – to be held at the University of Chicago (Chicago, IL), 13 – 18 June 2011.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify; "><span><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify; "><span>The EMCL workshop series aims to encourage dialogue between language researchers who routinely employ different methodologies.<span> </span>This dialogue is initiated within an environment where novices and specialists combine their skills to develop a research project together.<span> </span>For EMCL 5.2, we will focus on the integration of corpus and experimental methods in language research.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify; "><span><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify; "><span>Intended audience:<span> </span><span> </span>Early career language researchers (i.e., graduate students, postdocs, junior faculty, etc.) grounded in theoretical issues surrounding cognitive linguistics, cognitive science, embodiment, and/or situated cognition.<span> </span>No prior training with corpus or experimental methods is necessary.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify; "><span><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify; "><span>Format:<span> </span>Selected students (maximum 8 per group, for a total of 24) will be invited to join one of the 3 hands-on mini-labs at the workshop.<span> </span>Each group will be led by two researchers who will work cooperatively – one specializing in corpus methods, and one in experimental methods.<span> </span>As a group, each mini-lab will walk through the process of deciding on a research question; developing empirically testable hypotheses and designing the means to test those hypotheses; collecting, analyzing, and interpreting the data; and presenting their findings before an audience.<span> </span>The workshop will end with a mini-conference in which each group will have the opportunity to present their study and participate in a general discussion.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify; "><span><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify; "><b><span>Workshop faculty:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify; "><span><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify; "><span>Group 1:</span><span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify; "><span>Michele Feist<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify; "><span>University of Louisiana at Lafayette</span><span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify; "><a href="mailto:feist@louisiana.edu"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; ">Research interests:<span> </span>lexical semantics; spatial and motion language; acquisition of semantics; linguistic typology; language and thought</span></a><span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify; "><a href="http://www.ucs.louisiana.edu/~mif8232"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; ">www.ucs.louisiana.edu/~mif8232</span></a><span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify; "><span> </span><span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify; "><span>Steven Clancy</span><span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify; "><span>University of Chicago</span><span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify; "><span>Research interests: cognitive linguistics; case semantics and verbal semantics; grammaticalization; historical linguistics; quantitative methods and corpus methods<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify; "><a href="http://home.uchicago.edu/~sclancy"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; ">home.uchicago.edu/~sclancy</span></a><span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify; "><span> </span><span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify; "><span>Group 2:</span><span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify; "><span>Dagmar Divjak</span><span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify; "><span>University of Sheffield</span><span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify; ">Research interests: lexical semantics, usage-based cognitive linguistics, the role of frequency, corpus methods, grammar-lexis interface, near-synonyms, aspect and modality, language acquisition</p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify; "><a href="http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/russian/staff/profiles/divjakd.html"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; ">www.sheffield.ac.uk/russian/staff/profiles/divjakd.html</span></a></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify; "><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify; "><span>Ben Bergen</span><span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify; "><span>University of California San Diego</span><span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify; "><span>Research interests: l</span><span>exical and constructional meaning processing; figurative language comprehension; embodiment in models of language</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "> </span><span>use<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify; "><a href="http://www.cogsci.ucsd.edu/~bkbergen"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; ">www.cogsci.ucsd.edu/~bkbergen</span></a><span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify; "><span> </span><span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify; "><span>Group 3:</span><span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify; "><span>Laura Carlson</span><span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify; "><span>University of Notre Dame</span><span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; "><span>Research interests: <span> </span>s</span><span>patial language; spatial reference frames; how we remember and use landmarks; why we get lost<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify; "><a href="http://www.nd.edu/~lcarlson/Laura_Carlson/Welcome.html"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; ">www.nd.edu/~lcarlson</span></a><span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify; "><span> </span><span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify; "><span>Mark Davies</span><span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify; "><span>Brigham Young University</span><span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; ">Research interests: <span> </span>c<span>orpus design, creation, and use; historical change (especially syntax); genre-based variation (especially syntax), frequency and collocational data; English, Spanish, and Portuguese</span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify; ">http://<a href="http://davies-linguistics.byu.edu/personal"><u><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; ">davies-linguistics.byu.edu</span></u></a>/<span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify; "><span> </span><span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify; "><b><span>Accommodations<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify; "><span><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify; "><span>Accommodations are available within easy walking distance of the university; prices range from $60+ per night for a single, or $80+ per night for a double. Further information will be given to accepted participants after notification of acceptance to the workshop.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify; "><span><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify; "><b><span>Participation fee:<span> </span>$300.00<span> </span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify; "><span><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify; "><span>Fees will cover the costs of organization and faculty travel and accommodations and will also cover most meals for participants during the workshop.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify; "><span><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify; "><b><span>Application<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify; "><span><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpLast" style="text-align: justify; "><span>To apply, please send the following:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in; "><span><span>1.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span></span><span>A letter of application, maximum of two pages, describing<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 1in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in; "><span><span>a.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span></span><span>Your background and research interests<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 1in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in; "><span><span>b.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span></span><span>Your reasons for wanting to participate in EMCL 5.2<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 1in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in; "><span><span>c.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span></span><span>The research group you would like to work in and why<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in; "><span><span>2.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span></span><span>A copy of your curriculum vitae.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst" style="text-align: justify; "><span><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify; "><span>Please submit all materials electronically to <a href="mailto:emcl5.2.chicago@gmail.com">emcl5.2.chicago@gmail.com</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify; "><span>The original application deadline is <b>15 March 2011</b>, but we will continue to accept applications through the extended deadline of <b>22 March 2011.</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify; "><span><span></span>Accepted applicants will be notified on or before 1 May 2011.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify; "><span><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify; "><span>**Please note: Participation is strictly limited to accepted applicants so as to preserve the pedagogical integrity of the workshop atmosphere.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify; "><span><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify; "><span>* * *<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify; "><span>We thank the following organizations for their generous support of EMCL 5.2<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify; "><span><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify; "><span>The Center for the Study of Languages<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify; "><span>The Center for East European and Russian/Eurasian Studies (CEERES)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify; "><span>The Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS)</span></p><div style="text-align: justify; "><span></span> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify; "><span>--<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify; "><span><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify; "><span>EMCL 5.2 Organizing Committee:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify; "><span><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify; "><span>Michele I. Feist, University of Louisiana at Lafayette<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify; "><span>Steven Clancy, University of Chicago</span></p></body></html>