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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=FI link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>SALC IV<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>Joensuu, Finland, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='color:#1F497D'>June 12 – 14, 2013.</span><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Dear colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>We are pleased to announce that registration for <b>The Fourth Conference of the Scandinavian Association for Language and Cognition (SALC IV)</b> is now open. The conference will take place on the Joensuu campus of the University of Eastern Finland (UEF), June 12 – 14, 2013. The conference program and the registration page are found on the conference website at <a href="http://www.uef.fi/fi/salc2013">http://www.uef.fi/fi/salc2013</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>Keynote speakers: <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>Elisabeth Engberg-Pedersen</span></b><span lang=EN-US>, University of Copenhagen: <i>Forces that shape linguistic structure in sign languages<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>Raymond W. Gibbs Jr</span></b><span lang=EN-US>, University of California, Santa Cruz: <i>What does metaphor in language reveal about metaphor in thought?<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>Irene Mittelberg</span></b><span lang=EN-US>, RWTH Aachen University: <i>The exbodied mind: Cognitive-semiotic principles as motivating forces in gesture<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>Anatol Stefanowitsch</span></b><span lang=EN-US>, Freie Universität Berlin: <i>Quantitative corpus linguistics and the Usage-Based Model: Natural allies or uneasy partners?<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>Emile van der Zee</span></b><span lang=EN-US>, Lincoln University: <i>Word learning in Canis Familiaris: What does word learning in other species such as the dog tell us about word learning mechanisms in humans?<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>The registration fee for non-members of SALC or FiCLA is </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt'>180 € (regular), or 90 € (student). There are reduced fees for SALC/FiCLA members: 150 € (regular), or 60 € (student). </span><span lang=EN-US>The registration fee includes the program pack, coffee/tea and other refreshments, the reception on June 12, and a conference dinner on June 13. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt'>Contact:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt'>Conference website: <a href="http://www.uef.fi/fi/salc2013">http://www.uef.fi/fi/salc2013</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt'>Conference mail: <a href="mailto:salc4@uef.fi">salc4@uef.fi</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>