<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
</head>
<body>
<h2><strong>First Call for Papers: 16th International Cognitive
Linguistics Conference</strong></h2>
<p><strong>ICLC 16: Modeling Language and Cognition</strong></p>
<p>August 7-11, 2023<br>
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf<br>
Theme Session Proposal Deadline: October 15, 2022<br>
Abstract Submission Deadline: December 15, 2022</p>
<h1>About the conference</h1>
<p>The <strong>16th International Cognitive Linguistics Conference
Conference (ICLC16)</strong> will take place at Heinrich Heine
University Düsseldorf from <strong>August 7 through 11, 2023</strong>.
ICLC is the biennial meeting of the International Cognitive
Linguistics Association (ICLA), which connects scholars from
various linguistic disciplines and theoretical approaches who
share a cognitive-functional view of language, according to which
language is seen as an integral part of cognition. In recent
years, Cognitive Linguistics has become more and more
interdisciplinary, combining insights from typology, psycho- and
neurolinguistics, language history, and many other areas.</p>
<p>We invite a broad range of papers on any topic taking a
cognitive, functional, typological, or discourse approach to the
study of language and cognition. Typical topics treated in the
conference include, but are not limited to, the following:</p>
<ul>
<li>cognitive grammar </li>
<li>construction grammar</li>
<li>constructicography</li>
<li>metaphor and metonymy</li>
<li>frame semantics</li>
<li>prototypes and categorization</li>
<li>cognitive phonology</li>
<li>discourse analysis</li>
<li>pragmatics and cognition</li>
<li>corpus linguistics</li>
<li>language processing</li>
<li>neurolinguistics</li>
<li>language change and grammaticalization</li>
<li>cognitive typology</li>
<li>motion and space</li>
<li>first language acquisition</li>
<li>applied linguistics and pedagogy</li>
<li>language evolution</li>
<li>translation and cognition</li>
<li>multimodality</li>
<li>sign language research</li>
<li>writing systems</li>
<li>cognitive sociolinguistics</li>
<li>cognitive semiotics</li>
</ul>
<p>The main topic of ICLC16 is “Modeling language and cognition”. We
particularly encourage papers discussing theoretical advances in
modeling linguistic knowledge from a usage-based perspective, or
empirical methods that help us get a better grasp of the “grammar
network” using authentic data and/or computational modeling,
including constructicography and data-based developments of
linguistic resources of various kinds. As usual, however, we
strive at representing the full breadth of cognitive-linguistic
research. In our first in-person meeting since 2019, we therefore
look very much forward to vivid discussions about papers from all
domains of Cognitive Linguistics.</p>
<p>The organization of ICLC16 is guided by the principles summarized
in the <a
href="https://www.cognitivelinguistics.org/about/diversity">ICLA
Statement of Diversity and Inclusion</a>.</p>
<p>All information on the conference can be found on the <a
href="https://iclc16.com/">ICLC16 website</a>.</p>
<p>The language of the conference is English.</p>
<p>Our confirmed plenary speakers are:</p>
<ul>
<li> Heike Behrens, University of Basel</li>
<li> Alice Gaby, Monash University</li>
<li> Thomas Hoffmann, University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt</li>
<li> Terry Janzen, University of Manitoba</li>
<li> Kyoko Ohara, Keio University</li>
<li> Jordan Zlatev, Lund University</li>
</ul>
<p>For conference participation there is no requirement to be an
ICLA member, but members will get a substantial reduction in the
conference fees as well as enjoy other benefits (more information
and member signup via the <a
href="http://www.cognitivelinguistics.org/en/membership">ICLA
website</a>).</p>
<p>The ICLA has set up a fund for student scholarships; students who
have their abstracts for a poster or presentation accepted can
apply for a scholarship. More details can be found <a
href="https://www.cognitivelinguistics.org/en/studentscholarships">here</a>. </p>
<h1>Call for papers</h1>
<h3>Theme Sessions:</h3>
<p>There are two stages for submissions for a theme session. First,
theme session organizers should submit their theme session
proposals directly to the conference organizers at the following
address <strong>by October 15, 2022</strong>.</p>
<p><a href="mailto:iclc16@hhu.de" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">iclc16@hhu.de</a></p>
<p>Theme session proposals should include: the session title, the
name and affiliation of the theme session organizer, an
introduction of up to 400 words (excluding examples and
references) explaining the theme, as well as a list of the authors
and titles of the individual papers, and all abstracts of the
papers in the proposed theme session (100 words each) in a
suitable order. </p>
<p>We strongly encourage diversity at the level of the affiliations
involved in the theme session – at least one third of the papers
should be contributed by authors outside the affiliation of the
theme session organizer/s. We also encourage theme session
organizers to take other diversity aspects into account, e.g. by
aiming at a good gender balance. The acceptance of theme session
proposals will be announced by November 15, 2022.</p>
<p>Once a theme session has been accepted as a whole, individual
theme session authors will need to submit their abstracts for
review, following the same guidelines of submission for general
and poster sessions below. Papers need to be individually accepted
in order to form a theme session. </p>
<h3>General Session and Poster Session:</h3>
<p>Abstracts for general (oral) sessions and poster sessions are to
be submitted through our abstract submission page, following the
guidelines below. On the submission page you are asked to state
whether the paper should be considered for oral session only,
poster session only, or both. <strong>The deadline for abstract
submission is December 15, 2022</strong>.</p>
<p>Each presentation slot in the general session will be 25 minutes
long, including questions and discussions (20 minutes of
presentation + 5 minutes for questions and discussion).</p>
<p>Posters will be allocated to dedicated, timetabled sessions, and
will be thematically organized in terms of time and space of
display. </p>
<h2>Submission guidelines</h2>
<p>The abstract submission page can be found <a
href="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iclc16">here</a>.</p>
<p>Abstracts should not exceed 500 words (excluding examples and
references). Author names should not appear anywhere in the text
(you may cite yourself as [Author] or in the third person for
previously published work). Please copy & paste the abstract
text into the Easychair window. A PDF file is optional at this
stage. If you want to include figures or graphics, feel free to
upload the abstract as a PDF and write “see pdf” in the abstract
window. Theme session authors should make sure to note the title
of the theme session at the top of their abstracts. References
should be formatted according to the <a
href="https://www.linguisticsociety.org/resource/unified-style-sheet">Unified
Style Sheet for Linguistics Journals</a>.</p>
<p>Each author may submit a maximum of one single-authored paper and
one first-authored paper (or two first-authored papers),
regardless of whether they are intended for the general, poster,
or theme session.</p>
<p><br>
</p>
<p><strong>Local organizing committee</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://stefanhartmann.eu" target="_blank"
rel="noreferrer noopener">Stefan Hartmann</a></li>
<li><a
href="https://www.germanistik.hhu.de/abteilungen/abteilung-i-germanistische-sprachwissenschaft/univ-prof-dr-alexander-ziem/team-des-lehrstuhls-univ-prof-dr-alexander-ziem/alexander-willich-ma"
target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Alexander Willich</a></li>
<li><a
href="https://www.germanistik.hhu.de/abteilungen/abteilung-i-germanistische-sprachwissenschaft/univ-prof-dr-alexander-ziem/lehrstuhlinhaber"
target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Alexander Ziem</a></li>
</ul>
</body>
</html>