8th International Cognitive Linguistics Conference (ICLC 2003)

[Francisco Santibáñez Sáenz]

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        8th International Cognitive Linguistics Conference (ICLC 2003)

"Cognitive Linguistics, Functionalism, Discourse Studies: Common Ground
and New Directions"

July 20-25, 2003
University of La Rioja, Spain


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                               FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS
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The ICLC is the biannual meeting of the International Cognitive
Linguistics Association. This is the first call for abstracts for the
GENERAL, POSTER, and THEME sessions. Papers in all areas of Cognitive
Linguistics are welcome.


SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

A) GENERAL SESSIONS: ORAL AND POSTER PRESENTATIONS:

Abstracts are solicited for 20-minute oral presentations to be presented
in parallel sessions, and for poster presentations.

B) THEME SESSIONS/WORKSHOPS

Organizers of theme sessions should be prepared to submit the following
information:

a) A short description of their session topic (300-500 words)
b) An indication of the structure proposed for the whole session: order
of presentations, discussant contributions, breaks, and general
discussion by the audience.
c) The abstracts from all of their speakers, accompanied by all the
information requested in the abstract specifications below.
d) The names of discussants plus an indication of their discussion
assignments.
e) The length of each of the oral presentations. These should not exceed
20 minutes.
f) The time assigned to discussants (it should range between 15 and 20
minutes).
g) The amount of time for general discussion by the audience.


ABSTRACT SPECIFICATIONS FOR GENERAL AND THEME SESSIONS:

All abstracts should be maximum 500 words (about one page), including
references, and they should specify research question(s), approach/
method/data, and (expected) results. Each proposal will be reviewed
anonymously by three members of a large international panel.
Notifications of the Organizing Committee's decisions will be sent out by
February 15, 2003.

Electronic submissions are strongly encouraged. The body of your email
message should contain the following information:


- author name(s)
- affiliation(s)
- full mailing address
- telephone number
- fax number
- email address
- title of presentation
- (three or four) keywords
- presenter(s) name (person/s who will be making the presentation)
- preferred format:

        a) oral presentation
        b) poster
        c) preference for oral presentation but willing to do a poster
        (time slots for spoken presentations may be limited)

The abstract should be anonymous. Please, send title and abstract in an
attached file (MS Word, RTF). Submit your proposal to the following email
address:

        francisco.ruiz at dfm.unirioja.es

Should you be unable to submit your abstract electronically, send 3
high-quality anonymous copies of your abstract and the keywords,
accompanied by 1 high-quality copy of the rest of the information (name,
affiliation, address, etc.) to the following address:


        Francisco J. RUIZ DE MENDOZA
        Universidad de La Rioja
        Departamento de Filologías Modernas
        Edificio de Filología
        c/San José de Calasanz s/n
        Campus Universitario
        26004, Logroño, La Rioja, Spain

        Tel.:  +34 (941) 299430
        FAX.:  +34 (941) 299419


Only those proposals following the abstract specifications will be
considered.

SUBMISSION DEADLINES

-For GENERAL and POSTER sessions: November 15, 2002
-For THEME sessions: October 1, 2002

CONTACT INFORMATION

For up-to-date information on all matters, check the ICLC website:

http://www.unirioja.es/dptos/dfm/sub/congresos/LingCog/ICLC_2003.html

Further information on the International Cognitive Linguistics
Association (ICLA): See the ICLA homepage at http://www.siu.edu/~icla/

If the information you need is not yet available, feel free to contact
the organizers.

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Francisco Ruiz de Mendoza Ibáñez, University of La Rioja (francisco.ruiz@
dfm.unirioja.es)
Javier Martín Arista, University of La Rioja. (javier.martin@
dfm.unirioja.es)
Lorena Pérez Hernández, University of La Rioja (lorena.perez@
dfm.unirioja.es)
Sandra Peña Cervel, UNED, Madrid (spena at flog.uned.es)
Francisco Santibáñez Saénz, University of La Rioja (francisco.santibanez@
dfm.unirioja.es)
Olga Díez Velasco, University of La Rioja (olgadiez at email.com)
Nuria Alfaro, University of La Rioja (nuria.alfaro at dfm.unirioja.es)

ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Antonio Barcelona, University of Murcia (abs at um.es)
René Dirven, Duisburg (rene.dirven at pandora.be)
Carlos Inchaurralde, Zaragoza University (inchaur at posta.unizar.es)
Juana Marín, Complutense University (juana at filol.ucm.es)
Jan Nuyts, Antwerp University (Jan.Nuyts at ua.ac.be)
Klaus-Uwe Panther, Hamburg University (panther at uni-hamburg.de)
Jesús Sánchez, Córdoba University (ff1sagaj at lucano.uco.es)
Gerard Steen, Vrije University (gj.steen at LET.VU.NL)