<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial; font-size: medium; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; ">American University (Washington, DC, USA) and the Slavic Cognitive Linguistics Association present<br><br></span><font size="5"><span style="font-size: 18pt; "><b>THE ELEVENTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF <br>THE SLAVIC COGNITIVE LINGUISTICS ASSOCIATION (SCLC-2011)<br>October 14-16, 2011<br>American University (Washington, DC, USA)<br></b></span></font><span style="font-size: 11pt; "><br>The Slavic Cognitive Linguistics Association (SCLA) announces the Call for Papers for the 2011 annual conference. The conference will be held on the campus of American University (Washington, DC, USA) on Friday, October 14 through Sunday, October 16, 2011. Keynote speakers: </span></span></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial; font-size: medium; "><font size="1"><span style="font-size: 9pt; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; "><br></span></font></b></span></font></span></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial; font-size: medium; "><font size="1"><span style="font-size: 9pt; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; ">Gilles Fauconnier, UC San Diego</span></font></b></span></font></span></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial; font-size: medium; "><font size="1"><span style="font-size: 9pt; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; ">Jacques Moeschler</span>, </span></font></b></span></font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; ">Université de Genève</span></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; ">Naomi Baron, American University</span></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial; font-size: medium; "><font size="1"><span style="font-size: 9pt; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; "><br></span></font></b></span></font><b><font size="5"><span style="font-size: 18pt; ">CALL FOR PAPERS<br></span></font></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; ">Abstracts are invited for presentations addressing issues of significance for cognitive linguistics with some bearing on data from the Slavic languages. As long as there is a cognitive orientation, papers may be on synchronic or diachronic topics in any of the traditional areas of phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, discourse analysis, or sociolinguistics. In addition to the Slavic Languages, relevant papers on other languages of Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union are also acceptable.<br></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><br>Abstracts may be submitted up until the deadline of April 8, 2011 to <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium; "><a href="mailto:sclcAbstracts@gmail.com">sclcAbstracts@gmail.com</a></span>. Abstracts should be approximately 500 words, but strict word limits are not required. Notification of acceptance will be provided by May 31, 2011. The abstract should be submitted as a word or pdf file as an attachment to an email message with “SCLC abstract submission” in the subject headline. Abstracts should be anonymous, but the author’s name, affiliation and contact information should be included in the email message.<br><br>Most presentations at SCLC are given in English, but may be in the native (Slavic) language of the presenter. However, if the presentation is not to be made in English we ask that you provide an abstract in English in addition to an abstract in any other SCLA language. </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; ">Each presentation will be given 20 minutes and will be followed by a 10-minute discussion period.<br><br><b>FURTHER INFORMATION<br></b>Information on transportation, accommodations, and the conference venue will be forthcoming. Please see the organization and conference websites for further information: <br><font color="#0000FF"><u><a href="http://languages.uchicago.edu/scla">http://languages.uchicago.edu/scla</a> </u></font></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial; font-size: medium; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; font-size: medium; "><a href="http://www.american.edu/cas/sclc/index.cfm">http://www.american.edu/cas/sclc/index.cfm</a></span><br></u></span></font></b><br>If you have questions, contact Alina Israeli (<a href="mailto:aisrael@AMERICAN.EDU">aisrael@AMERICAN.EDU</a>>) or Tore Nesset (<a href="mailto:tore.nesset@uit.no">tore.nesset@uit.no</a>).</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial; font-size: medium; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; "><br></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial; font-size: medium; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; ">We hope you will be able to join us for SCLC-2011. Please forward this call for papers to your colleagues and graduate students who may be interested in presenting or attending. <br><br>Sincerely,<br><br>Tore Nesset Dagmar Divjak Alina Israeli<br>President, SCLA Vice-President, SCLA Conference Organizer and Host, American University<br><br>on behalf of the SCLA officers and the 2011 SCLA organizing committee</span></span></div></body></html>