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<div align="center">GCLA/ DGKL 8 on Applied Cognitive Linguistics<br>
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<div align="center"> <b>****3rd CALL FOR THEME SESSIONS &
CALL FOR PAPERS****</b><br>
<font color="#ff0000">(Due to technical issues, we have had to
change the submission procedure and thus have</font><br>
<font color="#ff0000">extended the deadline for submissions for
a last time. We are sorry for any inconveniences</font><br>
<font color="#ff0000">and are looking forward to your
submissions.)</font><br>
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<b>Full Title:</b> 8th International Conference of the German
Cognitive Linguistics Association<br>
<b>Short Title:</b> DGKL/GCLA 8<br>
<b>Date:</b> 26-Sep-2018 – 28-Sep-2018<br>
<b>Location: </b>Koblenz, Germany<br>
<b>Contact Person:</b> Constanze Juchem-Grundmann<br>
<b>Meeting E-Mail:</b> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:dgkl2018@uni-koblenz.de" moz-do-not-send="true">dgkl2018@uni-koblenz.de</a><br>
<b>Website:</b> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://dgkl.uni-koblenz.de" moz-do-not-send="true">http://dgkl.uni-koblenz.de</a><br>
<b>Deadline Call for Theme Sessions:</b> 14-Feb-2018<br>
<b>Deadline Call for Papers:</b> 28-Feb-2018<br>
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<b>Meeting description:</b><br>
The 8th International Conference of the German Cognitive
Linguistics Association (GCLA 8) takes place at the University of
Koblenz-Landau, Campus Koblenz, Germany from September 26th to
September 28th, 2018.<br>
The focus of the conference is “Applied Cognitive Linguistics”. <br>
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Confirmed keynote speakers:<br>
• Teresa Cadierno (University of Southern Denmark, Denmark)<br>
Thinking for speaking in an L2: From research findings to
pedagogical implications<br>
• Jörg Roche (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich, Germany)<br>
Foundations and applications of a cognitive language pedagogy
(Didactics)<br>
• Ute Römer (Georgia State University, USA):<br>
Emerging L2 constructions: From corpus evidence to pedagogical
implications<br>
• Anatol Stefanowitsch (Freie Universität Berlin, Germany)<br>
The cognitive linguist and public discourse about language<br>
• Mark Turner (Case Western Reserve University, USA)<br>
Multimodal constructions for blended classic joint attention<br>
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Furthermore, we are organizing a pre- as well as a post-conference
workshop. The pre-conference workshop takes place on Tuesday,
September 25th 2018, before the main conference and is aimed at
language teachers interested in the basic principles and key ideas
of cognitive linguistics. The post-conference workshop, which will
take place on Saturday, September 29th 2018, after the main
conference, is going to be a Red Hen workshop
(http//redhenlab.org), which presents the Red Hen tools and
infrastructure for research into cognitive linguistics. Details
will be available on the conference website in due time.<br>
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<b>Call for Theme Sessions:</b><br>
We invite submissions for theme sessions concentrating on specific
topics in cognitive and usage-based linguistics (see further
details on topics in Call for Papers below). Theme sessions are
expected to conform to the 30-minute rhythm of the general
sessions and maycontain six OR nine 30-minutes talks (please
indicate your choice in your proposal). At least half of the slots
(i.e., a minimum of three slots if a session of six is suggested
and a minimum<br>
of five slots if a session of nine is aimed at) already need to be
filled with potential contributors when the proposal is submitted.
Please submit your theme session abstract by <b>Wednesday,
February 14, 2018</b> as email attachment <b>via the</b> <b>conference
email </b>(<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:dgkl2018@uni-koblenz.de" moz-do-not-send="true">dgkl2018@uni-koblenz.de</a>).<br>
Please note that the abstract for your theme session should not
contain your name(s) or affiliation(s) and be no longer than 500
words (plus references). The abstracts of the individual talks
should follow below and should also neither mention names nor
affiliations. The abstracts of the individual talks should not
exceed 200 words each.<br>
Proposals for theme sessions will be anonymously reviewed as a
whole. Review criteria are coherence, cross-references among the
individual contributions, relevance of topics, originality of
research, clarity of structure and language as well as strength of
argumentation. The notification of acceptance for the theme
sessions is scheduled for end of February 2018, i.e., a few days
before the regular call for papers closes, which gives you the
chance to inform your contributors concerning the possibility to
resubmit their individual papers for the general sessions in case
the theme session proposal in question was not successful.<br>
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<b>Call for Papers:</b><br>
We are inviting abstracts dealing with topics from cognitive and
usage-based linguistics. We especially encourage the submission of
papers engaging with the main topic of the conference, Applied
Cognitive Linguistics, i.e., exploring the potential of cognitive
linguistic findings for language teaching and learning.
Furthermore, we welcome contributions dealing with different
aspects of cognitive linguistics, ideally taking a cognitive
perspective on language on the basis of methods employed in corpus
linguistics, psychology, psycholinguistics, neurolinguistics,
artificial intelligence and other fields in cognitive science.
Explorations of the links between these disciplines and cognitive
linguistics are also very welcome.<br>
Conference languages are English and German.<br>
There are two types of presentation:<br>
- 20-minute oral presentations (plus 10 minutes for discussion)<br>
- poster presentations (gallery walk)<br>
Please submit your abstract by <b>Wednesday, February 28, 2018</b>
as email attachment via the <b>conference email</b> (<a
class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:dgkl2018@uni-koblenz.de" moz-do-not-send="true">dgkl2018@uni-koblenz.de</a>).
Please note that your abstract should not contain your name(s) and
affiliation(s) and should be no longer than 500 words (plus
references). All abstracts will be reviewed anonymously on the
basis of the following criteria: relevance of topic, originality
of research, clarity of structure and language as well as strength
of argumentation. <br>
The notification of acceptance for papers and posters is scheduled
for mid-March.<br>
Online registration for the conference opens on April 15, 2018.<br>
For further details, please visit the conference website: <a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://dgkl.uni-koblenz.de"
moz-do-not-send="true">http://dgkl.uni-koblenz.de</a><br>
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