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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span lang="EN">2nd CfP: Yearbook of the German Cognitive
Linguistics Association</span></b>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN">We
invite paper submissions for the <b><a
href="https://www.degruyter.com/journal/key/gcla/html"
moz-do-not-send="true">Yearbook of the German Cognitive
Linguistics Association</a> (DGKL/GCLA) 2026</b>. The
Yearbook aims to enable the dynamic exchance of ideas relating
to all aspects of Cognitive Linguistics both within the
association and in the global Cognitive Linguistics community.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN">The
spectrum of topics covered by the Yearbook is as broad as
Cognitive Linguistics itself. As such, the Yearbook of the
DGKL/GCLA does not impose specific topical requirements on
contributions, as it aims to document the full range of topics
investigated by members of the Cognitive Linguistics
community. This includes work not just in Cognitive
Linguistics in a narrow sense, but also in closely related
fields such as psycholinguistics, gesture research, and
Cognitive Poetics. It also includes work by researchers in
related frameworks that do not (yet?) consider themselves part
of the Cognitive Linguistics research program, as long as
there is a clear connection to the perspective adopted by the
latter.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN">The
yearbook also does not impose specific methodological
requirements, as it aims to document the full range of methods
employed by researchers in the community. However, recent
decades have seen a clear shift away from introspective
approaches and towards a range of empirical methods, including
standard experimental paradigms from psychology and
psycholinguistics as well as a wealth of usage-based methods,
ranging from the analysis of individual texts and
conversations to quantitative corpus-linguistic methods
applied to very large corpora. This is a highly desirable
trend and we hope to see it represented strongly in the
Yearbook of the German Cognitive Linguistics Association.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b
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normal"><span lang="EN">Formatting</span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN">Manuscripts
should follow the standard conventions of the field (outlined
in more detail in the <a
href="https://www.eva.mpg.de/lingua/pdf/GenericStyleRules.pdf"
moz-do-not-send="true"><span style="color:#1155CC">Generic
Style Rules for Linguistics</span></a>):</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN"> </span></p>
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style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:
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style="mso-list:Ignore">●<span
style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span
lang="EN">The manuscript starts with a title, followed by an
abstract of ca. 100-300 words, followed by up to five keywords</span></p>
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style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:
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style="mso-list:Ignore">●<span
style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span
lang="EN">The sections are numbered, starting with 1 (1, 1.1,
1.2, 1.2.1, 1.2.2, ...).</span></p>
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style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:
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style="mso-list:Ignore">●<span
style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span
lang="EN">References are given as in-text citations, e.g.
(Lakoff 1987). The full bibliographical references are listed
alphabetically at the end of the paper, following the <a
href="https://www.linguisticsociety.org/sites/default/files/style-sheet_0.pdf"
moz-do-not-send="true"><span style="color:#1155CC">Unified
Style Sheet for Linguistics</span></a>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN">Apart
from that, there are no specific formatting requirements; we
recommend to use minimal formatting. Initial submissions can
be in PDF format; once accepted, we need the submission in an
editable format (.docx, .odt, LaTeX source files) with
high-resolution versions of all figures in the paper as
separate files. Apart from the manuscript, please add a
separate title page with the names and email addresses of all
authors. Please also fill in the "Template for legal and
ethical declarations"; you will find the template in the
ScholarOne submission system (see link in the next section) as
a Microsoft Word file (if you don't have Word, the template
can also be edited in e.g. LibreOffice, GoogleDocs, or other
word processing software).<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b
style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN">Please
submit your papers (ca. 7,000–10,000 words without references)
<b>via ScholarOne:</b> <a
href="https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/gcla"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext" moz-do-not-send="true">https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/gcla</a>.
Feel free to approach the editors </span><span lang="EN">(Stefan
Hartmann, <a
class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="mailto:hartmast@hhu.de" moz-do-not-send="true">hartmast@hhu.de</a>,
and Antje Quick, <a
class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="mailto:antje.quick@uni-leipzig.de"
moz-do-not-send="true">antje.quick@uni-leipzig.de</a>).</span><span
lang="EN"> with expressions of interest ahead of time, to see
if your envisaged paper is a good fit for the Yearbook.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN">Initial
submissions should be in PDF format (with no restrictions on
printing, copying, commenting etc.). Upon acceptance, the
final version should be submitted in an editable format (.docx
or LaTeX source file).</span></p>
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</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span lang="EN">Tentative
timeline (with extended deadlines):</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN">From
2025 onwards, the Yearbook is published continuously, i.e.
accepted papers appear ahead of print as soon as they are
typeset (usually a few weeks after acceptance). The tentative
deadlines below apply if you want to make sure that your paper
is published in the 2026 volume.</span></p>
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style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><b
style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span lang="EN">April 15:</span></b><span
lang="EN"> Deadline for the submission of first drafts</span></p>
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style="mso-list:Ignore">●<span
style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><b>End
of May</b><span lang="EN">: Notifications of acceptance /
rejection</span></p>
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style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><b
style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span lang="EN">August 1</span></b><span
lang="EN">: Deadline for the submission of revised versions</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b
style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span lang="EN">Peer review</span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN">The
Yearbook of the DGKL/GCLA operates a double-anonymous review
process. The referees are asked to assess the following
aspects:</span></p>
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style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:
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style="mso-list:Ignore">●<span
style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span
lang="EN">Are the research questions and hypotheses
convincing?</span></p>
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style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:
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style="mso-list:Ignore">●<span
style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span
lang="EN">Are the methods used appropriate for addressing the
research question?</span></p>
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style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:
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style="mso-list:Ignore">●<span
style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span
lang="EN">Is the paper well-structured?</span></p>
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style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:
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style="mso-list:Ignore">●<span
style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span
lang="EN">Is the paper written in a clear and accessible
style?</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN">Reviewers
will then make one of the following recommendations to the
editors:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN"> </span></p>
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style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:
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style="mso-list:Ignore">●<span
style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span
lang="EN">accept as-is</span></p>
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style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:
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style="mso-list:Ignore">●<span
style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span
lang="EN">accept with minor revisions</span></p>
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style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:
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style="mso-list:Ignore">●<span
style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span
lang="EN">revise and resubmit for review</span></p>
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lang="EN">reject</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN">The
final decision is made by the editors. In the initial round of
reviewing, each paper is assessed by at least two independent
experts from the field. If there is a second round of
reviewing, the editors will usually consult one of the two
original reviewers.</span></p>
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
Prof. Dr. Stefan Hartmann (he/him)
Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf
Philosophische Fakultät
Institut für Germanistik, Abt. Germanistische Sprachwissenschaft
Universitätsstraße 1
40225 Düsseldorf
Gebäude: 24.53
Etage/Raum: U1.94
Tel.: +49 211 81-13684
Website: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://stefanhartmann.eu/" moz-do-not-send="true">https://stefanhartmann.eu/</a>
Personal webex room: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://hhu.webex.com/meet/shartmann" moz-do-not-send="true">https://hhu.webex.com/meet/shartmann</a>
Sekretariat / Secretary's office:
Claudia Franken-Stemmler
Geb. 24.52, Raum U1.23
Tel. +49 211 81-11393
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="mailto:claudia.franken-stemmler@hhu.de"
moz-do-not-send="true">claudia.franken-stemmler@hhu.de</a></pre>
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
Prof. Dr. Stefan Hartmann (he/him)
Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf
Philosophische Fakultät
Institut für Germanistik, Abt. Germanistische Sprachwissenschaft
Universitätsstraße 1
40225 Düsseldorf
Gebäude: 24.53
Etage/Raum: U1.94
Tel.: +49 211 81-13684
Website: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://stefanhartmann.eu/">https://stefanhartmann.eu/</a>
Personal webex room: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://hhu.webex.com/meet/shartmann">https://hhu.webex.com/meet/shartmann</a>
Sekretariat / Secretary's office:
Claudia Franken-Stemmler
Geb. 24.52, Raum U1.23
Tel. +49 211 81-11393
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:claudia.franken-stemmler@hhu.de">claudia.franken-stemmler@hhu.de</a></pre>
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