From mg246 at cornell.edu Tue May 4 02:57:13 2004 From: mg246 at cornell.edu (Monica Gonzalez-Marquez) Date: Mon, 3 May 2004 22:57:13 -0400 Subject: Final Call: Image Schemas and Linguistic Relativity Message-ID: Final call for abstracts Deadline:Wednesday, May 5 EMCL*: A Workshop on Image-Schemas and Linguistic Relativity July 17, 2004 University of Portsmouth, UK To precede the Language, Culture, and Mind conference (July 18-20) In cognitive linguistics, image schemas are pre-linguistic cognitive structures, arising from universal aspects of how the human body interacts with its environment, both physical and social, and existing largely outside of conscious awareness. It follows that image schemas are the same for everyone, regardless of the language a person speaks. In contrast, the idea of linguistic relativity maintains that language influences thought. The goal of the workshop is to scrutinize assumptions surrounding image-schemas and linguistic relativity in an attempt to elucidate (and resolve) the conflict between the two research areas. We invite submissions from researchers working in either or both areas, and are especially interested in experimental approaches to the issues. Please send a 500 word anonymous abstract as an attachment in text format to Monica Gonzalez-Marquez at mg246 at cornell.edu Deadline: May 5, 2004 Notification of acceptance: May 20, 2004 Organising Committee: Stanka Fitneva Monica Gonzalez-Marquez Stephanie Pourcel Jˆrg Zinken * Empirical Methods in Cognitive Linguistics From catieb at unm.edu Wed May 5 21:00:20 2004 From: catieb at unm.edu (Catie Berkenfield) Date: Wed, 5 May 2004 15:00:20 -0600 Subject: functional linguistic and gender research Message-ID: Dear Funknet I am interested in potential points of contact between functionalism (usage-based linguistic theories) and thirdwave sociolinguistic research on gender (the social category, not the grammatical classification). Since the functionalist tradition does not come out of structuralism but the thirdwave socio paradigm comes (in part) out of philosophical critiques of structural linguistics, the two areas don't have much in common historically. Yet it seems to me that some of the general concerns with performance (as usage in functional linguistics and as social category formation in language and gender research) are interesting places to try to strike up a dialogue. Deborah Cameron touched on the need for a functional approach to language and gender research in a 1996 paper "The Language-Gender Interface: Challenging Co-optation." In Rethinking Language and Gender Research: Theory and Practice, ed. by Victoria L. Bergvall, Janet M. Bing and Alice F. Freed. My question is whether anyone knows of any other theoretical or empirical work that addresses this specific issue, that is the history and practice of these two research areas and how they are or are not compatible. Thanks. Catie _________________________________ Catie Berkenfield Ph.D. Candidate Department of Linguistics University of New Mexico From mg246 at cornell.edu Fri May 7 20:35:47 2004 From: mg246 at cornell.edu (Monica Gonzalez-Marquez) Date: Fri, 7 May 2004 16:35:47 -0400 Subject: Clarification: Image Schemas and Linguistic Relativity Message-ID: Hello Funknet Members, I have received several emails arguing "against' the position supposedly taken in the call for abstracts. I think that unfortunately the wording may have been been misleading. The purpose of the workshop is to question the general assumptions about the universality of image schemas in relation to the assumptions about linguistic relativity. We want to put all the cards on the table and figure out what's what, according to what we know would be consistent with the rest of cognition. As such, if any Funknet members would like to join the discussion, we will welcome your abstracts until Sunday night at midnight at the latest. best wishes, Monica From chafe at linguistics.ucsb.edu Sat May 8 00:08:36 2004 From: chafe at linguistics.ucsb.edu (Wallace Chafe) Date: Fri, 7 May 2004 17:08:36 -0700 Subject: Image Schemas and Linguistic Relativity In-Reply-To: Message-ID: I also was very puzzled by your statement "It follows that image schemas are the same for everyone, regardless of the language a person speaks." It doesn't follow at all. It's tricky to separate thought from language, since thought is so influenced by language, but thought also involves imagery and emotions, at least. While there may be substantial universals in those areas, there's no reason to believe that there aren't substantial differences too. Sorry to butt in, but I kept being disturbed each time I read the many postings I got of your message. --Wally Chafe > Hello Funknet Members, > > I have received several emails arguing "against' the position supposedly > taken in the call for abstracts. I think that unfortunately the wording > may have been been misleading. The purpose of the workshop is to question > the general assumptions about the universality of image schemas in > relation to the assumptions about linguistic relativity. We want to put > all the cards on the table and figure out what's what, according to what > we know would be consistent with the rest of cognition. As such, if any > Funknet members would like to join the discussion, we will welcome your > abstracts until Sunday night at midnight at the latest. From ph1u at andrew.cmu.edu Sat May 8 00:48:10 2004 From: ph1u at andrew.cmu.edu (Paul Hopper) Date: Fri, 7 May 2004 20:48:10 -0400 Subject: Image Schemas and Linguistic Relativity In-Reply-To: <26098218.1083949716@[192.168.2.34]> Message-ID: I understood Monica's call for papers all along to be stating two extreme positions, rather than endorsing one of them herself. As a means of scaring up opinions along the entire spectrum of views, it seems a perfectly legitimate tactic in a call for papers. But it's an interesting category confusion, between direct and indirect disourse, de re and de dictu, linguistic and metalinguistic, whatever we're to call it. Failure to contextualize the two poles adequately can get people into serious trouble. A few years ago a German politician had to resign after giving a speech in which he rhetorically adopted the persona of a supporter of right-wing extremists and seemed to many to be endorsing the very views he was actually opposing. Paul Hopper > >> Hello Funknet Members, >> >> I have received several emails arguing "against' the position supposedly >> taken in the call for abstracts. I think that unfortunately the wording >> may have been been misleading. The purpose of the workshop is to question >> the general assumptions about the universality of image schemas in >> relation to the assumptions about linguistic relativity. We want to put >> all the cards on the table and figure out what's what, according to what >> we know would be consistent with the rest of cognition. As such, if any >> Funknet members would like to join the discussion, we will welcome your >> abstracts until Sunday night at midnight at the latest. > > > --------------------------- Paul Hopper Paul Mellon Distinguished Professor of the Humanities Department of English College of Humanities and Social Sciences Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA Telephone (412) 268-7174 Fax (412) 268-7989 From ccdlku at yahoo.com Sat May 8 17:47:58 2004 From: ccdlku at yahoo.com (Seungwan Ha) Date: Sat, 8 May 2004 10:47:58 -0700 Subject: Final Call for Papers: THE 29th ANNUAL BOSTON UNIVERSITY CONFERENCE ON LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT Message-ID: ******************************************************* CALL FOR PAPERS (Final Call) THE 29th ANNUAL BOSTON UNIVERSITY CONFERENCE ON LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT NOVEMBER 5, 6 & 7, 2004 Keynote Speaker: Elizabeth S. Spelke, Harvard University �Language and Core Knowledge� Plenary Speaker: Ken Wexler, Massachusetts Institute of Technology "Beauty and Awe: Language Acquisition as High Science" Lunch Symposium �Where does grammar come from? A debate on the nature of child language acquisition� Michael Tomasello, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology Stephen Crain, University of Maryland � College Park ************************************************************************* All topics in the fields of first and second language acquisition from all theoretical perspectives will be fully considered, including: Bilingualism Cognition & Language Creoles & Pidgins Discourse Exceptional Language Input & Interaction Language Disorders Linguistic Theory (Syntax, Semantics, Phonology, Morphology, Lexicon) Literacy & Narrative Neurolinguistics Pragmatics Pre-linguistic Development Signed Languages Sociolinguistics Speech Perception & Production Presentations will be 20 minutes long followed by a 10 minute question period. Posters will be on display for a full day with two attended sessions during the day. ************************************************************************* ABSTRACT FORMAT AND CONTENT Abstracts submitted must represent original, unpublished research. Abstracts should be anonymous, clearly titled and no more than 450 words in length. They should also fit on one page, with an optional second page for references or figures if required. Abstracts longer than 450 words will be rejected without being evaluated. Please note the word count at the bottom of the abstract. Note that words counts need not include the abstract title or the list of references. A suggested format and style for abstracts is available at the conference website: http://www.bu.edu/linguistics/APPLIED/BUCLD/template.html All abstracts must be submitted as PDF documents. Specific instructions for how to create PDF documents are available at the website: http://www.bu.edu/linguistics/APPLIED/BUCLD/pdfinfo.html Free services/software for creating PDF documents are available from: http://www.adobe.com (free trial: five free documents) If you encounter a problem creating a PDF file, please contact us for further assistance. Please use the first author�s last name as the file name (eg. Smith.pdf). No author information should appear anywhere in the contents of the PDF file itself. ************************************************************************* SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS Electronic submission: To facilitate the abstract submission process, abstracts will be submitted using the form available at the conference website: http://www.bu.edu/linguistics/APPLIED/BUCLD/abstract.html Specific instructions for abstract submission are available on this website. Abstracts will be accepted between March 15 and May 15. Contact information for each author must be submitted via webform. No author information should appear anywhere in the abstract PDF. At the time of submission you will be asked whether you would like your abstract to be considered for a poster, a paper, or both. Although each author may submit as many abstracts as desired, we will accept for presentation by each author: (a) a maximum of 1 first authored paper/poster, and (b) a maximum of 2 papers/posters in any authorship status. Note that no changes in authorship (including deleting an author or changing author order) will be possible after the review process is completed. DEADLINE: All submissions must be received by 8:00 PM EST, May 15, 2004. Late abstracts will not be considered, whatever the reason for the delay. We regret that we cannot accept abstract submissions by fax or email. Submissions via surface mail will only be accepted in special circumstances, on a case by case basis. ************************************************************************* ABSTRACT SELECTION Each abstract is blind reviewed by 5 reviewers from a panel of approximately 80 international scholars. Further information about the review process is available at: http://www.bu.edu/linguistics/APPLIED/BUCLD/reviewprocess.html Acknowledgment of receipt of the abstract will be sent by email as soon as possible after receipt. Notice of acceptance or rejection will be sent to first authors only, in early August, by email. Pre-registration materials and preliminary schedule will be available in late August, 2004. If your abstract is accepted, you will need to submit a 150-word abstract including title, author(s) and affiliation(s) for inclusion in the conference handbook. Guidelines will be provided along with notification of acceptance. Abstracts accepted as papers will be invited for publication in the BUCLD Proceedings. Abstracts accepted as posters will be invited for publication online only, but not in the printed version. All conference papers will be selected on the basis of abstracts submitted. Although each abstract will be evaluated individually, we will attempt to honor requests to schedule accepted papers together in group sessions. No schedule changes will be possible once the schedule is set. Scheduling requests for religious reasons only must be made before the review process is complete (i.e. at the time of submission). A space is provided on the abstract submission webform to specify such requests. ************************************************************************* FURTHER INFORMATION Information regarding the conference may be accessed at http://www.bu.edu/linguistics/APPLIED/BUCLD Boston University Conference on Language Development 96 Cummington Street, Room 244 Boston, MA 02215 U.S.A. Telephone: (617) 353-3085 Email: langconf at bu.edu ************************************************************************* __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Win a $20,000 Career Makeover at Yahoo! HotJobs http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/careermakeover From rjfreeman at email.com Sun May 9 06:03:39 2004 From: rjfreeman at email.com (Rob Freeman) Date: Sun, 9 May 2004 14:03:39 +0800 Subject: Image Schemas and Linguistic Relativity In-Reply-To: <2147483647.1083962890@pool-151-201-237-194.pitt.east.verizon.net> Message-ID: Resignation is harsh punishment. But I think it is worth chasing such statements in public announcements, simply because there are going to be many less well informed, more easily influenced, individuals who won't see the posturing as provocative, but will assume it is the accepted position. In linguistics perhaps less so than in German politics... or perhaps not :-) Anyway, I'm glad to see the issue of subjectivity in "image schemas" has had a good airing on the list. I hope you have a good workshop Monica. Best, Rob Freeman On Saturday 08 May 2004 08:48, Paul Hopper wrote: > I understood Monica's call for papers all along to be stating two extreme > positions, rather than endorsing one of them herself. As a means of scaring > up opinions along the entire spectrum of views, it seems a perfectly > legitimate tactic in a call for papers. > > But it's an interesting category confusion, between direct and indirect > disourse, de re and de dictu, linguistic and metalinguistic, whatever we're > to call it. Failure to contextualize the two poles adequately can get > people into serious trouble. A few years ago a German politician had to > resign after giving a speech in which he rhetorically adopted the persona > of a supporter of right-wing extremists and seemed to many to be endorsing > the very views he was actually opposing. > > Paul Hopper From language at sprynet.com Tue May 11 06:02:32 2004 From: language at sprynet.com (Alexander Gross) Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 02:02:32 -0400 Subject: Image Schemas and Linguistic Relativity Message-ID: I wonder if it's truly Monica's posting (which I accept as innocent) that has caused the confusion. I rather suspect it's the whole tradition grown up over the last forty-five years of accepting generalizations and assertions about linguistics as "scientific" which are at best merely "scienti-vistic," i.e. couched in seemingly scientific terminology, at worst pure pseudo-science. A few other such assertions, well-known to most of you: 1. All languages are based on--or are unified by or can be generated from (accounts vary)--a universal grammar. 2. A sublimely simple linguistic metatheory exists proving that (1) is true. 3. Infants suffer from a "poverty of stimulus." 4. Only the examples provided by those advocating a linguistic theory need be studied, and almost all other instances of spoken or written language can be conveniently ignored. 5. The terms "carburetor," "bureaucrat," "doorknob," and "tweezers" are innate in the human mind and in human language. 6. A whole new domain of cognitive linguistics, following a previously new domain of psycholinguistics, will sooner or later prove that all these statements are true. 7. One neeed know only one language to understand how all languages work. 8. All these ideas are already so broadly and completely accepted by the scientific community that opposing theories need not be examined. Dissertations, tenures, careers, department chairs have been decided on the basis of the acceptance or rejection of unsupported claims such as these. Is it any wonder that some among us may turn a trifle resistant when these generalizations are seemingly further expanded to include visual phenomena? very best to all! alex ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rob Freeman" To: "Paul Hopper" ; "Monica Gonzalez-Marquez" ; Sent: Sunday, May 09, 2004 2:03 AM Subject: Re: [FUNKNET] Image Schemas and Linguistic Relativity > Resignation is harsh punishment. But I think it is worth chasing such > statements in public announcements, simply because there are going to be many > less well informed, more easily influenced, individuals who won't see the > posturing as provocative, but will assume it is the accepted position. > > In linguistics perhaps less so than in German politics... or perhaps not :-) > > Anyway, I'm glad to see the issue of subjectivity in "image schemas" has had a > good airing on the list. > > I hope you have a good workshop Monica. > > Best, > > Rob Freeman > > On Saturday 08 May 2004 08:48, Paul Hopper wrote: > > I understood Monica's call for papers all along to be stating two extreme > > positions, rather than endorsing one of them herself. As a means of scaring > > up opinions along the entire spectrum of views, it seems a perfectly > > legitimate tactic in a call for papers. > > > > But it's an interesting category confusion, between direct and indirect > > disourse, de re and de dictu, linguistic and metalinguistic, whatever we're > > to call it. Failure to contextualize the two poles adequately can get > > people into serious trouble. A few years ago a German politician had to > > resign after giving a speech in which he rhetorically adopted the persona > > of a supporter of right-wing extremists and seemed to many to be endorsing > > the very views he was actually opposing. > > > > Paul Hopper > > > From sweetser at cogsci.berkeley.edu Tue May 11 07:34:39 2004 From: sweetser at cogsci.berkeley.edu (Eve Sweetser) Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 00:34:39 -0700 Subject: Image Schemas and Linguistic Relativity Message-ID: Um, well... While agreeing that many of the assumptions listed below are highly questionable (to say the least), it seems odd to accuse cognitive linguistics and/or psycholinguistics in PARTICULAR of making these assumptions?? Very few cognitive linguists I know, and surely not all psycholinguists(!), believe in the "poverty of the stimulus" for example; that belonged to older traditions. Eve Alexander Gross wrote: >I wonder if it's truly Monica's posting (which I accept as innocent) that >has caused the confusion. I rather suspect it's the whole tradition grown >up over the last forty-five years of accepting generalizations and >assertions about linguistics as "scientific" which are at best merely >"scienti-vistic," i.e. couched in seemingly scientific terminology, at >worst pure pseudo-science. > >A few other such assertions, well-known to most of you: > >1. All languages are based on--or are unified by or can be generated from >(accounts vary)--a universal grammar. > >2. A sublimely simple linguistic metatheory exists proving that (1) is >true. > >3. Infants suffer from a "poverty of stimulus." > >4. Only the examples provided by those advocating a linguistic theory need >be studied, and almost all other instances of spoken or written language can >be conveniently ignored. > >5. The terms "carburetor," "bureaucrat," "doorknob," and "tweezers" are >innate in the human mind and in human language. > >6. A whole new domain of cognitive linguistics, following a previously new >domain of psycholinguistics, will sooner or later prove that all these >statements are true. > >7. One neeed know only one language to understand how all languages work. > >8. All these ideas are already so broadly and completely accepted by the >scientific community that opposing theories need not be examined. > >Dissertations, tenures, careers, department chairs have been decided on the >basis of the acceptance or rejection of unsupported claims such as these. >Is it any wonder that some among us may turn a trifle resistant when these >generalizations are seemingly further expanded to include visual phenomena? > >very best to all! > >alex > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Rob Freeman" >To: "Paul Hopper" ; "Monica Gonzalez-Marquez" >; >Sent: Sunday, May 09, 2004 2:03 AM >Subject: Re: [FUNKNET] Image Schemas and Linguistic Relativity > > > > >>Resignation is harsh punishment. But I think it is worth chasing such >>statements in public announcements, simply because there are going to be >> >> >many > > >>less well informed, more easily influenced, individuals who won't see the >>posturing as provocative, but will assume it is the accepted position. >> >>In linguistics perhaps less so than in German politics... or perhaps not >> >> >:-) > > >>Anyway, I'm glad to see the issue of subjectivity in "image schemas" has >> >> >had a > > >>good airing on the list. >> >>I hope you have a good workshop Monica. >> >>Best, >> >>Rob Freeman >> >>On Saturday 08 May 2004 08:48, Paul Hopper wrote: >> >> >>>I understood Monica's call for papers all along to be stating two >>> >>> >extreme > > >>>positions, rather than endorsing one of them herself. As a means of >>> >>> >scaring > > >>>up opinions along the entire spectrum of views, it seems a perfectly >>>legitimate tactic in a call for papers. >>> >>>But it's an interesting category confusion, between direct and indirect >>>disourse, de re and de dictu, linguistic and metalinguistic, whatever >>> >>> >we're > > >>>to call it. Failure to contextualize the two poles adequately can get >>>people into serious trouble. A few years ago a German politician had to >>>resign after giving a speech in which he rhetorically adopted the >>> >>> >persona > > >>>of a supporter of right-wing extremists and seemed to many to be >>> >>> >endorsing > > >>>the very views he was actually opposing. >>> >>>Paul Hopper >>> >>> >> >> >> > > > > > From suzie.bartsch at t-online.de Tue May 11 08:59:45 2004 From: suzie.bartsch at t-online.de (Suzie Bartsch) Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 10:59:45 +0200 Subject: Image Schemas and Linguistic Relativity Message-ID: Another misunderstandig? I had understood Alex's interesting posting as being meant exactly for the 'older traditions' (actually the last half century but of course relying on the old rationalist tradition)... Suzie Eve Sweetser schrieb: > Um, well... > While agreeing that many of the assumptions listed below are highly > questionable (to say the least), it seems odd to accuse cognitive > linguistics and/or psycholinguistics in PARTICULAR of making these > assumptions?? Very few cognitive linguists I know, and surely not all > psycholinguists(!), believe in the "poverty of the stimulus" for > example; that belonged to older traditions. > > Eve > > Alexander Gross wrote: > > >I wonder if it's truly Monica's posting (which I accept as innocent) that > >has caused the confusion. I rather suspect it's the whole tradition grown > >up over the last forty-five years of accepting generalizations and > >assertions about linguistics as "scientific" which are at best merely > >"scienti-vistic," i.e. couched in seemingly scientific terminology, at > >worst pure pseudo-science. > > > >A few other such assertions, well-known to most of you: > > > >1. All languages are based on--or are unified by or can be generated from > >(accounts vary)--a universal grammar. > > > >2. A sublimely simple linguistic metatheory exists proving that (1) is > >true. > > > >3. Infants suffer from a "poverty of stimulus." > > > >4. Only the examples provided by those advocating a linguistic theory need > >be studied, and almost all other instances of spoken or written language can > >be conveniently ignored. > > > >5. The terms "carburetor," "bureaucrat," "doorknob," and "tweezers" are > >innate in the human mind and in human language. > > > >6. A whole new domain of cognitive linguistics, following a previously new > >domain of psycholinguistics, will sooner or later prove that all these > >statements are true. > > > >7. One neeed know only one language to understand how all languages work. > > > >8. All these ideas are already so broadly and completely accepted by the > >scientific community that opposing theories need not be examined. > > > >Dissertations, tenures, careers, department chairs have been decided on the > >basis of the acceptance or rejection of unsupported claims such as these. > >Is it any wonder that some among us may turn a trifle resistant when these > >generalizations are seemingly further expanded to include visual phenomena? > > > >very best to all! > > > >alex > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Rob Freeman" > >To: "Paul Hopper" ; "Monica Gonzalez-Marquez" > >; > >Sent: Sunday, May 09, 2004 2:03 AM > >Subject: Re: [FUNKNET] Image Schemas and Linguistic Relativity > > > > > > > > > >>Resignation is harsh punishment. But I think it is worth chasing such > >>statements in public announcements, simply because there are going to be > >> > >> > >many > > > > > >>less well informed, more easily influenced, individuals who won't see the > >>posturing as provocative, but will assume it is the accepted position. > >> > >>In linguistics perhaps less so than in German politics... or perhaps not > >> > >> > >:-) > > > > > >>Anyway, I'm glad to see the issue of subjectivity in "image schemas" has > >> > >> > >had a > > > > > >>good airing on the list. > >> > >>I hope you have a good workshop Monica. > >> > >>Best, > >> > >>Rob Freeman > >> > >>On Saturday 08 May 2004 08:48, Paul Hopper wrote: > >> > >> > >>>I understood Monica's call for papers all along to be stating two > >>> > >>> > >extreme > > > > > >>>positions, rather than endorsing one of them herself. As a means of > >>> > >>> > >scaring > > > > > >>>up opinions along the entire spectrum of views, it seems a perfectly > >>>legitimate tactic in a call for papers. > >>> > >>>But it's an interesting category confusion, between direct and indirect > >>>disourse, de re and de dictu, linguistic and metalinguistic, whatever > >>> > >>> > >we're > > > > > >>>to call it. Failure to contextualize the two poles adequately can get > >>>people into serious trouble. A few years ago a German politician had to > >>>resign after giving a speech in which he rhetorically adopted the > >>> > >>> > >persona > > > > > >>>of a supporter of right-wing extremists and seemed to many to be > >>> > >>> > >endorsing > > > > > >>>the very views he was actually opposing. > >>> > >>>Paul Hopper > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > From dan.everett at man.ac.uk Tue May 11 19:07:06 2004 From: dan.everett at man.ac.uk (Daniel L.Everett) Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 20:07:06 +0100 Subject: Postdoctoral Research Position - Manchester Message-ID: The University of Manchester Faculty of Arts School of English and Linguistics Postdoctoral Research Assistant Ref 518/04 Applications are invited for a Postdoctoral Research Assistant in the documentation and description of an endangered Amazonian language. This post is sponsored by the Economic and Social Research Council of the UK under research grant held by Professor Daniel L. Everett. 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From shanley at bu.edu Sat May 15 15:02:35 2004 From: shanley at bu.edu (Shanley Allen) Date: Sat, 15 May 2004 11:02:35 -0400 Subject: extension for BUCLD submissions Message-ID: Dear Colleagues, As the original deadline for submission of abstracts to BUCLD 29 approaches, we have become aware that many researchers did not receive the Call for Papers in the first mailing, which was distributed on March 17 through Info-Childes, Linguist, AAAL, and Funknet.  Although we followed this initial announcement with individual notices to over 1000 personal and departmental e-mail addresses on April 26, we realize that not receiving the first Call might have caused some inconvenience for many of you.   Therefore, we are extending the abstract submission deadline to Monday, May 17, at 8:00 p.m. EST.  As before, you may submit your abstracts using the webform found here:  http://www.bu.edu/linguistics/APPLIED/BUCLD/abstract.htm Please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions or concerns. Sincerely, Alejna Brugos, Rossie Clark-Cotton, and Seungwan Ha BUCLD 29 Organizing Committee From bergs at phil-fak.uni-duesseldorf.de Tue May 25 11:23:42 2004 From: bergs at phil-fak.uni-duesseldorf.de (Alex Bergs) Date: Tue, 25 May 2004 13:23:42 +0200 Subject: New Journal CONSTRUCTIONS and Call for Papers Message-ID: We are pleased to announce the launch of the new e-journal “Constructions”. CONSTRUCTIONS offers a forum for linguistic research concerned with the structure, use, function, and development of ‘constructions’ in language and linguistics. The journal aims at a balanced integration of both notional, informal approaches to constructions in general and more formal treatments, as for example, within the framework of construction grammar. One of the long-term goals is to establish contact between researchers from various perspectives. 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It will not be published in volume and issue form, but throughout the year, as articles become ready for publication. Constructions is part of a large scale project launched by the Ministry of Science and Research of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany to establish digital peer publishing as an alternative to print journals (http://www.dipp.nrw.de). Full publishing services, including citability, archival storage, and copyright management will be provided by the Hochschulbibliothekszentrum NRW ‘Centre of University Libraries’ in Cologne (www.hbz-nrw.de). These services also include the provision of professional software for handling the whole publication process from submission to final publication in an efficient standardized format. 3) Innovative formats: The online platform will also allow for new and innovative publication formats, as for example the publication of research materials and comprehensive data sets in digital format, including audio-visual material, online presentations, and electronic data bases. Constructions works with a high-class specialised editorial board. All submitted articles will be subjected to the usual multiple blind peer reviewing process. General Editors Alexander BERGS and Anette ROSENBACH Heinrich-Heine-Universitaet Editorial Assistant Susan DOSTERT, Heinrich-Heine-Universitaet Duesseldorf Editorial Board Hans C. 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Version: 6.0.677 / Virus Database: 439 - Release Date: 04.05.2004 From sepkit at utu.fi Mon May 31 14:55:21 2004 From: sepkit at utu.fi (=?windows-1252?Q?Seppo_Kittil=E4?=) Date: Mon, 31 May 2004 17:55:21 +0300 Subject: Cfp: "The lexicon: its status in the theory of language" Message-ID: (Apologies for multiple postings) CALL FOR PAPERS The Linguistic Association of Finland is organizing a symposium on "The lexicon: its status in the theory of language" to be held in Turku, Finland, November 18-19, 2004. *** The purpose of the symposium is to concentrate on the theoretical issues concerning the lexicon. We invite papers addressing theoretical questions as well as papers taking a specific (empirical) viewpoint on one (or more) particular language(s). The status of the lexicon has a central part in any theory of language. Thus, it is a topic that is common among linguists from different schools of thought. At the same time, the views on the proper treatment of the lexicon differ across the broad field of linguistics, and there is therefore room for genuine debate. Problems concerning the lexicon are for instance the following: - What kinds of information can be lexicalized? - What are the constraints for phonological, syntactic, semantic, and pragmatic information in the lexical entries? - How is this information represented formally? - How does lexicalization take place in the history of language? - How should the theories deal with constructions (more or less idiosyncratic syntactico-semantic mappings that are larger than a word)? - Are constructions a part of the lexicon or a domain of their own? And regardless of the answer: what is the relationship between constructions and the more traditional lexical items? - How is the lexicon organized? - There are different kinds of relations between lexical items. How should we describe those in our theories? - According to some linguistic theories, lexical meanings are negotiated during conversation. What are the limits of flexibility of word meanings, and what is the starting point for the negotiation? - What kind of possibilities are there for lexical typology or for gaining typologically significant insights of the lexicon? What kind of lexical regularities are of typological significance and common for a larger group of languages? We encourage contributions broadly from diverse areas of linguistics, including traditional theoretical linguistics, experimental psycholinguistics, linguistic work on spoken language, etc. Invited speakers: - Maria Koptjevskaja Tamm (University of Stockholm, Sweden) - Jussi Niemi (University of Joensuu, Finland) - Minna Laakso (University of Helsinki, Finland) Activities: - lectures by invited speakers - presentations by other participants (20 min + 10 min for discussion) - posters Symposium venue: The Åbo Akademi University, Humanities building (Arken), Tehtaankatu 2. Turku. For further information on the location, see the Åbo Akademi university web site: Abstracts: The deadline for submission of abstracts (in English; max 500 words) is July 31, 2004. Please submit your abstract by e-mail to the following address: The abstract should be included in the body of the message. Please indicate clearly whether your abstract is intended as a poster or a section paper. E-mail submissions are strongly recommended. However, if you prefer sending your abstract by ordinary mail (address below), please provide an e-mail address as a contact address. Participants will be notified about acceptance by September 1, 2004. The abstracts will be published on the web pages of the symposium at Registration: The deadline for registration is October 1, 2004. Register by e-mail to the address above. Registration fees: - general: EUR 50 - members of the association: EUR 25 - undergraduate students free Participants from abroad are requested to pay in cash upon arrival. Participants from Finland may send the registration fee by giro account no 800013-1424850 to The Linguistic Association of Finland (SKY) /Symposium or pay in cash upon arrival. In case you have further questions please email Check for information updates at the symposium website: Organizing committee: Chair: Urpo Nikanne Åbo Akademi University Finnish language Tehtaankatu 2 FIN-20500 TURKU Finland Marja Etelämäki (University of Helsinki) Pentti Haddington (University of Oulu) Arja Hamari (University of Turku) Jarmo Jantunen (University of Joensuu) Seppo Kittilä (University of Turku) Leena Kolehmainen (University of Helsinki) Harry Lönnroth (University of Tampere) Marja Nenonen (University of Joensuu) Helena Pirttisaari (University of Helsinki) Heli Pitkänen (University of Joensuu) From mg246 at cornell.edu Tue May 4 02:57:13 2004 From: mg246 at cornell.edu (Monica Gonzalez-Marquez) Date: Mon, 3 May 2004 22:57:13 -0400 Subject: Final Call: Image Schemas and Linguistic Relativity Message-ID: Final call for abstracts Deadline:Wednesday, May 5 EMCL*: A Workshop on Image-Schemas and Linguistic Relativity July 17, 2004 University of Portsmouth, UK To precede the Language, Culture, and Mind conference (July 18-20) In cognitive linguistics, image schemas are pre-linguistic cognitive structures, arising from universal aspects of how the human body interacts with its environment, both physical and social, and existing largely outside of conscious awareness. It follows that image schemas are the same for everyone, regardless of the language a person speaks. In contrast, the idea of linguistic relativity maintains that language influences thought. The goal of the workshop is to scrutinize assumptions surrounding image-schemas and linguistic relativity in an attempt to elucidate (and resolve) the conflict between the two research areas. We invite submissions from researchers working in either or both areas, and are especially interested in experimental approaches to the issues. Please send a 500 word anonymous abstract as an attachment in text format to Monica Gonzalez-Marquez at mg246 at cornell.edu Deadline: May 5, 2004 Notification of acceptance: May 20, 2004 Organising Committee: Stanka Fitneva Monica Gonzalez-Marquez Stephanie Pourcel J??rg Zinken * Empirical Methods in Cognitive Linguistics From catieb at unm.edu Wed May 5 21:00:20 2004 From: catieb at unm.edu (Catie Berkenfield) Date: Wed, 5 May 2004 15:00:20 -0600 Subject: functional linguistic and gender research Message-ID: Dear Funknet I am interested in potential points of contact between functionalism (usage-based linguistic theories) and thirdwave sociolinguistic research on gender (the social category, not the grammatical classification). Since the functionalist tradition does not come out of structuralism but the thirdwave socio paradigm comes (in part) out of philosophical critiques of structural linguistics, the two areas don't have much in common historically. Yet it seems to me that some of the general concerns with performance (as usage in functional linguistics and as social category formation in language and gender research) are interesting places to try to strike up a dialogue. Deborah Cameron touched on the need for a functional approach to language and gender research in a 1996 paper "The Language-Gender Interface: Challenging Co-optation." In Rethinking Language and Gender Research: Theory and Practice, ed. by Victoria L. Bergvall, Janet M. Bing and Alice F. Freed. My question is whether anyone knows of any other theoretical or empirical work that addresses this specific issue, that is the history and practice of these two research areas and how they are or are not compatible. Thanks. Catie _________________________________ Catie Berkenfield Ph.D. Candidate Department of Linguistics University of New Mexico From mg246 at cornell.edu Fri May 7 20:35:47 2004 From: mg246 at cornell.edu (Monica Gonzalez-Marquez) Date: Fri, 7 May 2004 16:35:47 -0400 Subject: Clarification: Image Schemas and Linguistic Relativity Message-ID: Hello Funknet Members, I have received several emails arguing "against' the position supposedly taken in the call for abstracts. I think that unfortunately the wording may have been been misleading. The purpose of the workshop is to question the general assumptions about the universality of image schemas in relation to the assumptions about linguistic relativity. We want to put all the cards on the table and figure out what's what, according to what we know would be consistent with the rest of cognition. As such, if any Funknet members would like to join the discussion, we will welcome your abstracts until Sunday night at midnight at the latest. best wishes, Monica From chafe at linguistics.ucsb.edu Sat May 8 00:08:36 2004 From: chafe at linguistics.ucsb.edu (Wallace Chafe) Date: Fri, 7 May 2004 17:08:36 -0700 Subject: Image Schemas and Linguistic Relativity In-Reply-To: Message-ID: I also was very puzzled by your statement "It follows that image schemas are the same for everyone, regardless of the language a person speaks." It doesn't follow at all. It's tricky to separate thought from language, since thought is so influenced by language, but thought also involves imagery and emotions, at least. While there may be substantial universals in those areas, there's no reason to believe that there aren't substantial differences too. Sorry to butt in, but I kept being disturbed each time I read the many postings I got of your message. --Wally Chafe > Hello Funknet Members, > > I have received several emails arguing "against' the position supposedly > taken in the call for abstracts. I think that unfortunately the wording > may have been been misleading. The purpose of the workshop is to question > the general assumptions about the universality of image schemas in > relation to the assumptions about linguistic relativity. We want to put > all the cards on the table and figure out what's what, according to what > we know would be consistent with the rest of cognition. As such, if any > Funknet members would like to join the discussion, we will welcome your > abstracts until Sunday night at midnight at the latest. From ph1u at andrew.cmu.edu Sat May 8 00:48:10 2004 From: ph1u at andrew.cmu.edu (Paul Hopper) Date: Fri, 7 May 2004 20:48:10 -0400 Subject: Image Schemas and Linguistic Relativity In-Reply-To: <26098218.1083949716@[192.168.2.34]> Message-ID: I understood Monica's call for papers all along to be stating two extreme positions, rather than endorsing one of them herself. As a means of scaring up opinions along the entire spectrum of views, it seems a perfectly legitimate tactic in a call for papers. But it's an interesting category confusion, between direct and indirect disourse, de re and de dictu, linguistic and metalinguistic, whatever we're to call it. Failure to contextualize the two poles adequately can get people into serious trouble. A few years ago a German politician had to resign after giving a speech in which he rhetorically adopted the persona of a supporter of right-wing extremists and seemed to many to be endorsing the very views he was actually opposing. Paul Hopper > >> Hello Funknet Members, >> >> I have received several emails arguing "against' the position supposedly >> taken in the call for abstracts. I think that unfortunately the wording >> may have been been misleading. The purpose of the workshop is to question >> the general assumptions about the universality of image schemas in >> relation to the assumptions about linguistic relativity. We want to put >> all the cards on the table and figure out what's what, according to what >> we know would be consistent with the rest of cognition. As such, if any >> Funknet members would like to join the discussion, we will welcome your >> abstracts until Sunday night at midnight at the latest. > > > --------------------------- Paul Hopper Paul Mellon Distinguished Professor of the Humanities Department of English College of Humanities and Social Sciences Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA Telephone (412) 268-7174 Fax (412) 268-7989 From ccdlku at yahoo.com Sat May 8 17:47:58 2004 From: ccdlku at yahoo.com (Seungwan Ha) Date: Sat, 8 May 2004 10:47:58 -0700 Subject: Final Call for Papers: THE 29th ANNUAL BOSTON UNIVERSITY CONFERENCE ON LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT Message-ID: ******************************************************* CALL FOR PAPERS (Final Call) THE 29th ANNUAL BOSTON UNIVERSITY CONFERENCE ON LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT NOVEMBER 5, 6 & 7, 2004 Keynote Speaker: Elizabeth S. Spelke, Harvard University ?Language and Core Knowledge? Plenary Speaker: Ken Wexler, Massachusetts Institute of Technology "Beauty and Awe: Language Acquisition as High Science" Lunch Symposium ?Where does grammar come from? A debate on the nature of child language acquisition? Michael Tomasello, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology Stephen Crain, University of Maryland ? College Park ************************************************************************* All topics in the fields of first and second language acquisition from all theoretical perspectives will be fully considered, including: Bilingualism Cognition & Language Creoles & Pidgins Discourse Exceptional Language Input & Interaction Language Disorders Linguistic Theory (Syntax, Semantics, Phonology, Morphology, Lexicon) Literacy & Narrative Neurolinguistics Pragmatics Pre-linguistic Development Signed Languages Sociolinguistics Speech Perception & Production Presentations will be 20 minutes long followed by a 10 minute question period. Posters will be on display for a full day with two attended sessions during the day. ************************************************************************* ABSTRACT FORMAT AND CONTENT Abstracts submitted must represent original, unpublished research. Abstracts should be anonymous, clearly titled and no more than 450 words in length. They should also fit on one page, with an optional second page for references or figures if required. Abstracts longer than 450 words will be rejected without being evaluated. Please note the word count at the bottom of the abstract. Note that words counts need not include the abstract title or the list of references. A suggested format and style for abstracts is available at the conference website: http://www.bu.edu/linguistics/APPLIED/BUCLD/template.html All abstracts must be submitted as PDF documents. 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Contact information for each author must be submitted via webform. No author information should appear anywhere in the abstract PDF. At the time of submission you will be asked whether you would like your abstract to be considered for a poster, a paper, or both. Although each author may submit as many abstracts as desired, we will accept for presentation by each author: (a) a maximum of 1 first authored paper/poster, and (b) a maximum of 2 papers/posters in any authorship status. Note that no changes in authorship (including deleting an author or changing author order) will be possible after the review process is completed. DEADLINE: All submissions must be received by 8:00 PM EST, May 15, 2004. Late abstracts will not be considered, whatever the reason for the delay. We regret that we cannot accept abstract submissions by fax or email. Submissions via surface mail will only be accepted in special circumstances, on a case by case basis. ************************************************************************* ABSTRACT SELECTION Each abstract is blind reviewed by 5 reviewers from a panel of approximately 80 international scholars. Further information about the review process is available at: http://www.bu.edu/linguistics/APPLIED/BUCLD/reviewprocess.html Acknowledgment of receipt of the abstract will be sent by email as soon as possible after receipt. Notice of acceptance or rejection will be sent to first authors only, in early August, by email. Pre-registration materials and preliminary schedule will be available in late August, 2004. If your abstract is accepted, you will need to submit a 150-word abstract including title, author(s) and affiliation(s) for inclusion in the conference handbook. Guidelines will be provided along with notification of acceptance. Abstracts accepted as papers will be invited for publication in the BUCLD Proceedings. Abstracts accepted as posters will be invited for publication online only, but not in the printed version. All conference papers will be selected on the basis of abstracts submitted. Although each abstract will be evaluated individually, we will attempt to honor requests to schedule accepted papers together in group sessions. No schedule changes will be possible once the schedule is set. Scheduling requests for religious reasons only must be made before the review process is complete (i.e. at the time of submission). A space is provided on the abstract submission webform to specify such requests. ************************************************************************* FURTHER INFORMATION Information regarding the conference may be accessed at http://www.bu.edu/linguistics/APPLIED/BUCLD Boston University Conference on Language Development 96 Cummington Street, Room 244 Boston, MA 02215 U.S.A. Telephone: (617) 353-3085 Email: langconf at bu.edu ************************************************************************* __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Win a $20,000 Career Makeover at Yahoo! HotJobs http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/careermakeover From rjfreeman at email.com Sun May 9 06:03:39 2004 From: rjfreeman at email.com (Rob Freeman) Date: Sun, 9 May 2004 14:03:39 +0800 Subject: Image Schemas and Linguistic Relativity In-Reply-To: <2147483647.1083962890@pool-151-201-237-194.pitt.east.verizon.net> Message-ID: Resignation is harsh punishment. But I think it is worth chasing such statements in public announcements, simply because there are going to be many less well informed, more easily influenced, individuals who won't see the posturing as provocative, but will assume it is the accepted position. In linguistics perhaps less so than in German politics... or perhaps not :-) Anyway, I'm glad to see the issue of subjectivity in "image schemas" has had a good airing on the list. I hope you have a good workshop Monica. Best, Rob Freeman On Saturday 08 May 2004 08:48, Paul Hopper wrote: > I understood Monica's call for papers all along to be stating two extreme > positions, rather than endorsing one of them herself. As a means of scaring > up opinions along the entire spectrum of views, it seems a perfectly > legitimate tactic in a call for papers. > > But it's an interesting category confusion, between direct and indirect > disourse, de re and de dictu, linguistic and metalinguistic, whatever we're > to call it. Failure to contextualize the two poles adequately can get > people into serious trouble. A few years ago a German politician had to > resign after giving a speech in which he rhetorically adopted the persona > of a supporter of right-wing extremists and seemed to many to be endorsing > the very views he was actually opposing. > > Paul Hopper From language at sprynet.com Tue May 11 06:02:32 2004 From: language at sprynet.com (Alexander Gross) Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 02:02:32 -0400 Subject: Image Schemas and Linguistic Relativity Message-ID: I wonder if it's truly Monica's posting (which I accept as innocent) that has caused the confusion. I rather suspect it's the whole tradition grown up over the last forty-five years of accepting generalizations and assertions about linguistics as "scientific" which are at best merely "scienti-vistic," i.e. couched in seemingly scientific terminology, at worst pure pseudo-science. A few other such assertions, well-known to most of you: 1. All languages are based on--or are unified by or can be generated from (accounts vary)--a universal grammar. 2. A sublimely simple linguistic metatheory exists proving that (1) is true. 3. Infants suffer from a "poverty of stimulus." 4. Only the examples provided by those advocating a linguistic theory need be studied, and almost all other instances of spoken or written language can be conveniently ignored. 5. The terms "carburetor," "bureaucrat," "doorknob," and "tweezers" are innate in the human mind and in human language. 6. A whole new domain of cognitive linguistics, following a previously new domain of psycholinguistics, will sooner or later prove that all these statements are true. 7. One neeed know only one language to understand how all languages work. 8. All these ideas are already so broadly and completely accepted by the scientific community that opposing theories need not be examined. Dissertations, tenures, careers, department chairs have been decided on the basis of the acceptance or rejection of unsupported claims such as these. Is it any wonder that some among us may turn a trifle resistant when these generalizations are seemingly further expanded to include visual phenomena? very best to all! alex ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rob Freeman" To: "Paul Hopper" ; "Monica Gonzalez-Marquez" ; Sent: Sunday, May 09, 2004 2:03 AM Subject: Re: [FUNKNET] Image Schemas and Linguistic Relativity > Resignation is harsh punishment. But I think it is worth chasing such > statements in public announcements, simply because there are going to be many > less well informed, more easily influenced, individuals who won't see the > posturing as provocative, but will assume it is the accepted position. > > In linguistics perhaps less so than in German politics... or perhaps not :-) > > Anyway, I'm glad to see the issue of subjectivity in "image schemas" has had a > good airing on the list. > > I hope you have a good workshop Monica. > > Best, > > Rob Freeman > > On Saturday 08 May 2004 08:48, Paul Hopper wrote: > > I understood Monica's call for papers all along to be stating two extreme > > positions, rather than endorsing one of them herself. As a means of scaring > > up opinions along the entire spectrum of views, it seems a perfectly > > legitimate tactic in a call for papers. > > > > But it's an interesting category confusion, between direct and indirect > > disourse, de re and de dictu, linguistic and metalinguistic, whatever we're > > to call it. Failure to contextualize the two poles adequately can get > > people into serious trouble. A few years ago a German politician had to > > resign after giving a speech in which he rhetorically adopted the persona > > of a supporter of right-wing extremists and seemed to many to be endorsing > > the very views he was actually opposing. > > > > Paul Hopper > > > From sweetser at cogsci.berkeley.edu Tue May 11 07:34:39 2004 From: sweetser at cogsci.berkeley.edu (Eve Sweetser) Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 00:34:39 -0700 Subject: Image Schemas and Linguistic Relativity Message-ID: Um, well... While agreeing that many of the assumptions listed below are highly questionable (to say the least), it seems odd to accuse cognitive linguistics and/or psycholinguistics in PARTICULAR of making these assumptions?? Very few cognitive linguists I know, and surely not all psycholinguists(!), believe in the "poverty of the stimulus" for example; that belonged to older traditions. Eve Alexander Gross wrote: >I wonder if it's truly Monica's posting (which I accept as innocent) that >has caused the confusion. I rather suspect it's the whole tradition grown >up over the last forty-five years of accepting generalizations and >assertions about linguistics as "scientific" which are at best merely >"scienti-vistic," i.e. couched in seemingly scientific terminology, at >worst pure pseudo-science. > >A few other such assertions, well-known to most of you: > >1. All languages are based on--or are unified by or can be generated from >(accounts vary)--a universal grammar. > >2. A sublimely simple linguistic metatheory exists proving that (1) is >true. > >3. Infants suffer from a "poverty of stimulus." > >4. Only the examples provided by those advocating a linguistic theory need >be studied, and almost all other instances of spoken or written language can >be conveniently ignored. > >5. The terms "carburetor," "bureaucrat," "doorknob," and "tweezers" are >innate in the human mind and in human language. > >6. A whole new domain of cognitive linguistics, following a previously new >domain of psycholinguistics, will sooner or later prove that all these >statements are true. > >7. One neeed know only one language to understand how all languages work. > >8. All these ideas are already so broadly and completely accepted by the >scientific community that opposing theories need not be examined. > >Dissertations, tenures, careers, department chairs have been decided on the >basis of the acceptance or rejection of unsupported claims such as these. >Is it any wonder that some among us may turn a trifle resistant when these >generalizations are seemingly further expanded to include visual phenomena? > >very best to all! > >alex > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Rob Freeman" >To: "Paul Hopper" ; "Monica Gonzalez-Marquez" >; >Sent: Sunday, May 09, 2004 2:03 AM >Subject: Re: [FUNKNET] Image Schemas and Linguistic Relativity > > > > >>Resignation is harsh punishment. But I think it is worth chasing such >>statements in public announcements, simply because there are going to be >> >> >many > > >>less well informed, more easily influenced, individuals who won't see the >>posturing as provocative, but will assume it is the accepted position. >> >>In linguistics perhaps less so than in German politics... or perhaps not >> >> >:-) > > >>Anyway, I'm glad to see the issue of subjectivity in "image schemas" has >> >> >had a > > >>good airing on the list. >> >>I hope you have a good workshop Monica. >> >>Best, >> >>Rob Freeman >> >>On Saturday 08 May 2004 08:48, Paul Hopper wrote: >> >> >>>I understood Monica's call for papers all along to be stating two >>> >>> >extreme > > >>>positions, rather than endorsing one of them herself. As a means of >>> >>> >scaring > > >>>up opinions along the entire spectrum of views, it seems a perfectly >>>legitimate tactic in a call for papers. >>> >>>But it's an interesting category confusion, between direct and indirect >>>disourse, de re and de dictu, linguistic and metalinguistic, whatever >>> >>> >we're > > >>>to call it. Failure to contextualize the two poles adequately can get >>>people into serious trouble. A few years ago a German politician had to >>>resign after giving a speech in which he rhetorically adopted the >>> >>> >persona > > >>>of a supporter of right-wing extremists and seemed to many to be >>> >>> >endorsing > > >>>the very views he was actually opposing. >>> >>>Paul Hopper >>> >>> >> >> >> > > > > > From suzie.bartsch at t-online.de Tue May 11 08:59:45 2004 From: suzie.bartsch at t-online.de (Suzie Bartsch) Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 10:59:45 +0200 Subject: Image Schemas and Linguistic Relativity Message-ID: Another misunderstandig? I had understood Alex's interesting posting as being meant exactly for the 'older traditions' (actually the last half century but of course relying on the old rationalist tradition)... Suzie Eve Sweetser schrieb: > Um, well... > While agreeing that many of the assumptions listed below are highly > questionable (to say the least), it seems odd to accuse cognitive > linguistics and/or psycholinguistics in PARTICULAR of making these > assumptions?? Very few cognitive linguists I know, and surely not all > psycholinguists(!), believe in the "poverty of the stimulus" for > example; that belonged to older traditions. > > Eve > > Alexander Gross wrote: > > >I wonder if it's truly Monica's posting (which I accept as innocent) that > >has caused the confusion. I rather suspect it's the whole tradition grown > >up over the last forty-five years of accepting generalizations and > >assertions about linguistics as "scientific" which are at best merely > >"scienti-vistic," i.e. couched in seemingly scientific terminology, at > >worst pure pseudo-science. > > > >A few other such assertions, well-known to most of you: > > > >1. All languages are based on--or are unified by or can be generated from > >(accounts vary)--a universal grammar. > > > >2. A sublimely simple linguistic metatheory exists proving that (1) is > >true. > > > >3. Infants suffer from a "poverty of stimulus." > > > >4. Only the examples provided by those advocating a linguistic theory need > >be studied, and almost all other instances of spoken or written language can > >be conveniently ignored. > > > >5. The terms "carburetor," "bureaucrat," "doorknob," and "tweezers" are > >innate in the human mind and in human language. > > > >6. A whole new domain of cognitive linguistics, following a previously new > >domain of psycholinguistics, will sooner or later prove that all these > >statements are true. > > > >7. One neeed know only one language to understand how all languages work. > > > >8. All these ideas are already so broadly and completely accepted by the > >scientific community that opposing theories need not be examined. > > > >Dissertations, tenures, careers, department chairs have been decided on the > >basis of the acceptance or rejection of unsupported claims such as these. > >Is it any wonder that some among us may turn a trifle resistant when these > >generalizations are seemingly further expanded to include visual phenomena? > > > >very best to all! > > > >alex > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Rob Freeman" > >To: "Paul Hopper" ; "Monica Gonzalez-Marquez" > >; > >Sent: Sunday, May 09, 2004 2:03 AM > >Subject: Re: [FUNKNET] Image Schemas and Linguistic Relativity > > > > > > > > > >>Resignation is harsh punishment. But I think it is worth chasing such > >>statements in public announcements, simply because there are going to be > >> > >> > >many > > > > > >>less well informed, more easily influenced, individuals who won't see the > >>posturing as provocative, but will assume it is the accepted position. > >> > >>In linguistics perhaps less so than in German politics... or perhaps not > >> > >> > >:-) > > > > > >>Anyway, I'm glad to see the issue of subjectivity in "image schemas" has > >> > >> > >had a > > > > > >>good airing on the list. > >> > >>I hope you have a good workshop Monica. > >> > >>Best, > >> > >>Rob Freeman > >> > >>On Saturday 08 May 2004 08:48, Paul Hopper wrote: > >> > >> > >>>I understood Monica's call for papers all along to be stating two > >>> > >>> > >extreme > > > > > >>>positions, rather than endorsing one of them herself. As a means of > >>> > >>> > >scaring > > > > > >>>up opinions along the entire spectrum of views, it seems a perfectly > >>>legitimate tactic in a call for papers. > >>> > >>>But it's an interesting category confusion, between direct and indirect > >>>disourse, de re and de dictu, linguistic and metalinguistic, whatever > >>> > >>> > >we're > > > > > >>>to call it. Failure to contextualize the two poles adequately can get > >>>people into serious trouble. A few years ago a German politician had to > >>>resign after giving a speech in which he rhetorically adopted the > >>> > >>> > >persona > > > > > >>>of a supporter of right-wing extremists and seemed to many to be > >>> > >>> > >endorsing > > > > > >>>the very views he was actually opposing. > >>> > >>>Paul Hopper > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > From dan.everett at man.ac.uk Tue May 11 19:07:06 2004 From: dan.everett at man.ac.uk (Daniel L.Everett) Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 20:07:06 +0100 Subject: Postdoctoral Research Position - Manchester Message-ID: The University of Manchester Faculty of Arts School of English and Linguistics Postdoctoral Research Assistant Ref 518/04 Applications are invited for a Postdoctoral Research Assistant in the documentation and description of an endangered Amazonian language. This post is sponsored by the Economic and Social Research Council of the UK under research grant held by Professor Daniel L. Everett. The ideal candidate will have a strong record of linguistics field research and theoretical linguistics and will be expected to contribute to the research profile of the new Department of Linguistics and English Language and to present papers at departmental seminars and conferences. There may also be opportunities to be involved in workshops and intensive training courses. Fluency in Brazilian Portuguese is desirable. Salary is in the range ?18,893 - ?21,010 per annum. This is a 3 year post starting as soon possible after 10 June 2004. For informal enquiries about the fellowship, please contact Professor Daniel L. Everett, Professor of Phonetics and Phonology, Department of Linguistics and English Language, The University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK. E-mail: dan.everett at man.ac.uk Closing date: 28 May 2004, Interviews are expected to be held on 7 June 2004. Please quote the appropriate reference number 518/04. Application forms and further particulars for all posts can be obtained from the Office of the Director of Personnel, the University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL. Tel: +44-161-2752028; Fax +44-161-275-2471; Minicom: (for the hearing impaired): +44-161-275-7889; email: Web site: http://www.man.ac.uk The University will actively foster a culture of inclusion and diversity and will seek to achieve true equality of opportunity for all members of its community. From dharv at telstra.com Wed May 12 03:21:35 2004 From: dharv at telstra.com (dharv) Date: Wed, 12 May 2004 13:21:35 +1000 Subject: Image Schemas and Linguistic Relativity Message-ID: Anybody know how to sign off this list? When I follow the instructions in my intro letter I get this: This is the Postfix program at host amanita.mail.rice.edu. I'm sorry to have to inform you that the message returned below could not be delivered to one or more destinations. 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SIGNOFF FUNKNET ------------------------------------------------------------------------ SIGNOFF FUNKNET From yoshikom at stanford.edu Wed May 12 18:12:33 2004 From: yoshikom at stanford.edu (Yoshiko Matsumoto) Date: Wed, 12 May 2004 11:12:33 -0700 Subject: "Diversity and Universals in Language: The Consequences of Variation" Stanford University, May 21-23, 2004 Message-ID: "Diversity and Universals in Language: The Consequences of Variation" Stanford University, May 21-23, 2004 For the updated conference program, please go to: http://dlcl.stanford.edu/research/workgroups/diversity-conf.html For further information please contact: div-in-lang-conf at stanford.edu. From shanley at bu.edu Sat May 15 15:02:35 2004 From: shanley at bu.edu (Shanley Allen) Date: Sat, 15 May 2004 11:02:35 -0400 Subject: extension for BUCLD submissions Message-ID: Dear Colleagues, As the original deadline for submission of abstracts to BUCLD 29 approaches, we have become aware that many researchers did not receive the Call for Papers in the first mailing, which was distributed on March 17 through Info-Childes, Linguist, AAAL, and Funknet.? Although we followed this initial announcement with individual notices to over 1000 personal and departmental e-mail addresses on April 26, we realize that not receiving the first Call might have caused some inconvenience for many of you. ? Therefore, we are extending the abstract submission deadline to Monday, May 17, at 8:00 p.m. EST.? As before, you may submit your abstracts using the webform found here:? http://www.bu.edu/linguistics/APPLIED/BUCLD/abstract.htm Please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions or concerns. Sincerely, Alejna Brugos, Rossie Clark-Cotton, and Seungwan Ha BUCLD 29 Organizing Committee From bergs at phil-fak.uni-duesseldorf.de Tue May 25 11:23:42 2004 From: bergs at phil-fak.uni-duesseldorf.de (Alex Bergs) Date: Tue, 25 May 2004 13:23:42 +0200 Subject: New Journal CONSTRUCTIONS and Call for Papers Message-ID: We are pleased to announce the launch of the new e-journal ?Constructions?. CONSTRUCTIONS offers a forum for linguistic research concerned with the structure, use, function, and development of ?constructions? in language and linguistics. The journal aims at a balanced integration of both notional, informal approaches to constructions in general and more formal treatments, as for example, within the framework of construction grammar. One of the long-term goals is to establish contact between researchers from various perspectives. The term ?construction? as understood in this journal is deliberately chosen to have a broad extension and not be limited to any specific definition or linguistic orientation. Constructions is not restricted to any particular language or language family, and aims at combining theoretical, empirical, and applied issues. ? CONSTRUCTIONS is published as an open access, peer-reviewed electronic journal. As such, it departs from traditional print journals in at least three important ways: ? 1) Online availability: Constructions will only be available online, through a freely accessible online content system. Articles may be printed by subscribers for private use only. Copyright generally remains with the author(s). 2) Speedy publication: To ensure a timely publication of current research, Constructions aims at publishing submitted manuscripts within a period of no more than six months. It will not be published in volume and issue form, but throughout the year, as articles become ready for publication. Constructions is part of a large scale project launched by the Ministry of Science and Research of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany to establish digital peer publishing as an alternative to print journals (http://www.dipp.nrw.de). Full publishing services, including citability, archival storage, and copyright management will be provided by the Hochschulbibliothekszentrum NRW ?Centre of University Libraries? in Cologne (www.hbz-nrw.de). These services also include the provision of professional software for handling the whole publication process from submission to final publication in an efficient standardized format. 3) Innovative formats: The online platform will also allow for new and innovative publication formats, as for example the publication of research materials and comprehensive data sets in digital format, including audio-visual material, online presentations, and electronic data bases. Constructions works with a high-class specialised editorial board. All submitted articles will be subjected to the usual multiple blind peer reviewing process. General Editors Alexander BERGS and Anette ROSENBACH Heinrich-Heine-Universitaet Editorial Assistant Susan DOSTERT, Heinrich-Heine-Universitaet Duesseldorf Editorial Board Hans C. BOAS University of Texas Austin Joan BYBEE University of New Mexico Sonja EISENBEISS University of Essex Charles FILLMORE University of California Berkeley Kerstin FISCHER Universitaet Bremen Olga FISCHER University of Amsterdam Adele GOLDBERG University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Birgit HELLWIG School of African and Oriental Studies, University of London Paul KAY University of California Berkeley Tania KUTEVA Heinrich-Heine-Universitaet Duesseldorf Laura MICHAELIS University of Colorado Boulder Ivan SAG Stanford University Anatol STEFANOWITSCH Universitaet Bremen Dieter STEIN Heinrich-Heine-Universitaet Duesseldorf John TAYLOR University of Otago Dunedin Michael TOMASELLO Max Plank Institut fuer Evolutionaere Anthropologie Leipzig Alison WRAY Cardiff University Arnold ZWICKY Stanford University, Ohio State University ? *** CALL FOR PAPERS *** CONSTRUCTIONS invites original, hitherto unpublished high-quality papers of any length that explicitly deal with the structure, use, and function of constructions (however defined) in language and linguistics. While there is in principle no length restriction on papers, authors should bear in mind that length should positively correlate with relevant content and quality. Given the explicit goal of Constructions to bring together research from all linguistic perspectives, submissions should be accessible for a general audience. Authors are also encouraged to consult the ?Guidelines for reviewers?, available online at http://www.phil-fak.uni-duesseldorf.de/constructions/guidelines.pdf ? Manuscripts should be submitted in electronic format (as an MS Word document, or compatible file with minimal formatting) to constructions at phil-fak.uni-duesseldorf.de. The multiple blind peer reviewing process requires anonymous manuscripts. Authors should provide their name, address, title of the paper, and a short abstract (no more than 500 words) in their cover email. Publication languages are English and German. ? *** ADDRESS FOR CORRESPONDENCE *** CONSTRUCTIONS Anglistik III ? English Language and Linguistics Universitaetsstr. 1 D-40225 Duesseldorf Germany Phone +49 211 81-12963 Fax +49 211 81-15649 constructions at phil-fak.uni-duesseldorf.de http://www.phil-fak.uni-duesseldorf.de/constructions --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.677 / Virus Database: 439 - Release Date: 04.05.2004 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.677 / Virus Database: 439 - Release Date: 04.05.2004 From sepkit at utu.fi Mon May 31 14:55:21 2004 From: sepkit at utu.fi (=?windows-1252?Q?Seppo_Kittil=E4?=) Date: Mon, 31 May 2004 17:55:21 +0300 Subject: Cfp: "The lexicon: its status in the theory of language" Message-ID: (Apologies for multiple postings) CALL FOR PAPERS The Linguistic Association of Finland is organizing a symposium on "The lexicon: its status in the theory of language" to be held in Turku, Finland, November 18-19, 2004. *** The purpose of the symposium is to concentrate on the theoretical issues concerning the lexicon. We invite papers addressing theoretical questions as well as papers taking a specific (empirical) viewpoint on one (or more) particular language(s). The status of the lexicon has a central part in any theory of language. Thus, it is a topic that is common among linguists from different schools of thought. At the same time, the views on the proper treatment of the lexicon differ across the broad field of linguistics, and there is therefore room for genuine debate. Problems concerning the lexicon are for instance the following: - What kinds of information can be lexicalized? - What are the constraints for phonological, syntactic, semantic, and pragmatic information in the lexical entries? - How is this information represented formally? - How does lexicalization take place in the history of language? - How should the theories deal with constructions (more or less idiosyncratic syntactico-semantic mappings that are larger than a word)? - Are constructions a part of the lexicon or a domain of their own? And regardless of the answer: what is the relationship between constructions and the more traditional lexical items? - How is the lexicon organized? - There are different kinds of relations between lexical items. How should we describe those in our theories? - According to some linguistic theories, lexical meanings are negotiated during conversation. What are the limits of flexibility of word meanings, and what is the starting point for the negotiation? - What kind of possibilities are there for lexical typology or for gaining typologically significant insights of the lexicon? What kind of lexical regularities are of typological significance and common for a larger group of languages? We encourage contributions broadly from diverse areas of linguistics, including traditional theoretical linguistics, experimental psycholinguistics, linguistic work on spoken language, etc. Invited speakers: - Maria Koptjevskaja Tamm (University of Stockholm, Sweden) - Jussi Niemi (University of Joensuu, Finland) - Minna Laakso (University of Helsinki, Finland) Activities: - lectures by invited speakers - presentations by other participants (20 min + 10 min for discussion) - posters Symposium venue: The ?bo Akademi University, Humanities building (Arken), Tehtaankatu 2. Turku. For further information on the location, see the ?bo Akademi university web site: Abstracts: The deadline for submission of abstracts (in English; max 500 words) is July 31, 2004. Please submit your abstract by e-mail to the following address: The abstract should be included in the body of the message. Please indicate clearly whether your abstract is intended as a poster or a section paper. E-mail submissions are strongly recommended. However, if you prefer sending your abstract by ordinary mail (address below), please provide an e-mail address as a contact address. Participants will be notified about acceptance by September 1, 2004. The abstracts will be published on the web pages of the symposium at Registration: The deadline for registration is October 1, 2004. Register by e-mail to the address above. Registration fees: - general: EUR 50 - members of the association: EUR 25 - undergraduate students free Participants from abroad are requested to pay in cash upon arrival. Participants from Finland may send the registration fee by giro account no 800013-1424850 to The Linguistic Association of Finland (SKY) /Symposium or pay in cash upon arrival. In case you have further questions please email Check for information updates at the symposium website: Organizing committee: Chair: Urpo Nikanne ?bo Akademi University Finnish language Tehtaankatu 2 FIN-20500 TURKU Finland Marja Etel?m?ki (University of Helsinki) Pentti Haddington (University of Oulu) Arja Hamari (University of Turku) Jarmo Jantunen (University of Joensuu) Seppo Kittil? (University of Turku) Leena Kolehmainen (University of Helsinki) Harry L?nnroth (University of Tampere) Marja Nenonen (University of Joensuu) Helena Pirttisaari (University of Helsinki) Heli Pitk?nen (University of Joensuu)