Call for papers: New Directions in Cognitive Linguistics

[Vyv Evans]

First Call for Papers for:

NEW DIRECTIONS IN COGNITIVE LINGUISTICS
First UK Cognitive Linguistics Conference
23-25 October 2005

University of Sussex, Brighton, UK
www.cogling.org.uk

Within the last 25 years or so, Cognitive Linguistics has emerged as a
radical and exciting new approach to the study of language and the mind
within the interdisciplinary project known as Cognitive Science.  In that
time, a rich and relatively mature set of theories has developed which have
by now been applied to a wide range of linguistic and cognitive phenomena.
As Cognitive Linguistics has grown and matured, debates have emerged
regarding foundational theoretical positions and data collection practices
and methodologies. Moreover, in recent years, both the empirical basis and
the interdisciplinary character of Cognitive Linguistics have been
significantly strengthened.  The purpose of this international conference
is to take stock of the major achievements associated with Cognitive
Linguistics since its emergence, and to provide a forum for examining new
directions.  Papers are invited for submission which relate to any aspect
of   cognitive Linguistics, from theory to description.  However, priority
will be given to papers which relate to the theme 'new directions'.

Papers which relate to some aspect of the following are particularly
welcome:

- new descriptive or theoretical insights in Cognitive Linguistics
- new or recent empirical or methodological aspects of Cognitive
Linguistics
- new or recent applications of Cognitive Linguistics
- a critical evaluation of an aspect of the Cognitive Linguistics
enterprise
- the interface between Cognitive Linguistics and neighbouring
disciplines
- new frontiers in Cognitive Linguistics
- new or recent theories within Cognitive Linguistics, or new developments
in a particular theory

The conference will also see the inauguration of the UK Cognitive
Linguistics Association.  There will also be a collection of peer-reviewed
papers published based on the conference theme.

Plenary speakers are:

Paul Chilton, University East Anglia, UK
'Distance, direction and deixis: Towards a vector-based representation of
discourse space'
Ronald Langacker, University of California, San Diego, USA
'Constructions and constructional meaning'
Brigitte Nerlich, University of Nottingham, UK
Talk title tbc
Chris Sinha, University of Portsmouth, UK
'Mind, brain, society: Language as vehicle and language as window'
Mark Turner, Case Western Reserve University, USA
Talk title tbc
Jordan Zlatev, Lund University, Sweden
'Intersubjectivity, bodily mimesis and the grounding of language'


Conference Format
The conference will run over three days.  In addition to six plenary
lectures which will each last for one hour, there will be a general
session, consisting of 30 minute presentations in parallel, poster
presentations and  4 invited theme sessions relating to the conference
theme.  The invited theme sessions are as follows:

- Blending, religion and ritual
- Cognitive approaches to lexical semantics
- Conceptual projection
- Making sense of embodiment


Submission of Abstracts
Submissions are solicited for the general session and for poster
presentations.  Presentations in the general session should last for 20
minutes with 10 minutes for questions.  All submissions for the general and
poster sessions should follow the abstract guidelines below.

- Abstracts of no more than 500 words (about a page) should be submitted to
abstract at cogling.org.uk
- Abstracts must be in 12 point font and submitted as an email attachment
- The abstract should clearly indicate the talk/poster title, and may
include references, as long as the total word count does not exceed 500
words. - Please do not include your name or any other obvious forms of
identifiers, as far as is possible, in the abstract.  This is because the
abstracts will be subject to anonymous peer-review. - The preferred format
for sending abstracts is in Word, RTF or PDF. -  The abstract title should
be given as the subject line of the email to which the abstract is attached.
- In the body of the email message include the following information: name,
title, affiliation, email address, telephone no., postal address, talk
title.  Please also indicate whether your preferred presentation format is
general or poster session. - In order to assist with the reviewing process,
please also list up to 5 keywords in the email message

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE: MARCH 14th 2005

For full conference information please see the conference website:

www.cogling.org.uk

This conference is being held at the University of Sussex and organised by
the Sussex Cognitive Linguistics Research Group, and the Linguistics and
English Language Department.  We are grateful to the School of Humanities,
and to the British Academy for generous financial support.  We also
acknowledge the support of the University of Sussex Centre for Research in
Cognitive Science (COGS).

Organising committee chair: Vyv Evans

Organising committee members: Rob Clowes, Jason Harrison, Anu Koskela,
Shane Lindsay, John Sung, Joerg Zinken (University of Portsmouth)