2nd CFP: 3rd UK Cognitive Linguistics Conference

[Christopher Hart]

SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS - 3^rd UK COGNITIVE LINGUISTICS CONFERENCE (UK-CLC3)

CONFERENCE WEBSITE: http://uk-clc3.org

The third UK Cognitive Linguistics conference (UK-CLC3) will take place 
at the University of Hertfordshire, over three days: 6-8th inclusive, 
July 2010. The conference theme is ‘meaning, mind and (social) reality’. 
The following distinguished scholars will be giving keynote lectures 
relating to aspects of the conference theme:

    * Professor William Croft (University of New Mexico, USA)
    * Professor Ewa Dabrowska (University of Sheffield, UK)
    * Professor John Lucy (University of Chicago, USA)
    * Professor Peter Stockwell (University of Nottingham, UK)
    * Professor Gabriella Vigliocco (University College London, UK)

We invite the submission of abstracts (for paper or poster 
presentations) addressing all aspects of Cognitive Linguistics. These 
include but are by no means limited to:

    * Domains and frame semantics
    * Categorisation, prototypes and polysemy
    * Metaphor and metonymy
    * Mental spaces and conceptual blending
    * Cognitive and construction grammar
    * Embodiment and language acquisition
    * Language evolution and language change
    * Language use and linguistic relativity

Cognitive Linguistics is an inherently interdisciplinary enterprise 
which is broadly concerned with the connection between language and 
cognition in relation to body, culture and contexts of use. We are 
therefore especially interested in interdisciplinary research – 
theoretical, empirical, applied - that combines theories and methods 
from across the cognitive, biological and social sciences. These include 
but are not limited to:

    * Linguistics
    * Anthropology
    * Evolution
    * Paleoanthropology
    * Primatology
    * Neuroscience
    * Cognitive and developmental psychology
    * (Critical) Discourse and Communication studies

Papers will be allocated 20 minutes plus 10 minutes for question. 
Posters will stay up for a day and be allocated to dedicated, timetabled 
sessions. The language of the conference is English.

Abstracts of no more than 300 words (excluding references) should be 
sent by email as a Word attachment to c.j.hart at herts.ac.uk 
<mailto:c.j.hart at herts.ac.uk> by 15 December 2009. The document should 
contain presentation title, the abstract and preference for paper or 
poster presentation. Please DO NOT include information identifying the 
author(s) in the email attachment. Author(s) information including name, 
affiliation and email address(es) should be detailed in the body of the 
email. All abstracts will be subject to peer review by an international 
Scientific Committee. Notification of acceptance decisions will be 
communicated by 15 February 2010.

Presenters will be invited to submit papers based on the conference 
theme for an edited volume to be published by Equinox Publishing Co. in 
the /Advances in Cognitive Linguistics series/. Accepted papers will be 
subject to peer-review.

Keep up-to-date by bookmarking and checking the conference website 
regularly: http://uk-clc3.org

The conference is organised by Chris Hart (Chair of local organising 
committee), and Vyv Evans (on behalf of the UK-CLA). For details of the 
UK-CLA see: www.uk-cla.org.uk <http://www.uk-cla.org.uk/>.

-- 
Christopher Hart
Lecturer in English Language and Communication
School of Humanities
University of Hertfordshire

www.go.herts.ac.uk/cjhart