From annetamm at yahoo.com Thu Jan 3 15:38:51 2013 From: annetamm at yahoo.com (anne tamm) Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2013 07:38:51 -0800 Subject: PhD scholarships, Central European University In-Reply-To: <4EA83AA20D28A8418A9ABFD14F5843C213061F48B2@EXCHANGE31.staff.main.ntu.edu.sg> Message-ID: PhD studentships are available for the doctoral program in Cognitive Science at Central European University (CEU). The Department of Cognitive Science at CEU invites applications for doctoral student positions starting in September 2013. This is a research-based training program in human cognition with social cognition and learning as core themes. Research topics include cooperation, communication, social learning, cultural transmission, embodied cognition, joint action, developmental social cognition, strategic decision-making, problem solving, visual cognition, sensory and statistical learning, visual psychophysics, computational neuroscience, and social cognitive neuroscience. Students will follow courses in cognitive psychology, philosophy of mind, cognitive anthropology, computational cognition and linguistics, and will receive practical research training in the laboratories of the members of this new department.  Admission criteria Applicants are expected to hold an internationally recognized Master?s or comparable degree in the standard disciplines that constitute cognitive science. A comparable degree in other Social Sciences, Humanities, or other disciplines will also be considered in case of an excellent academic record. We will consider the applications of exceptional students who only hold a Bachelor degree, provided it is in a discipline closely associated to cognitive science.   Application materials As part of their application package, applicants must submit the following materials as general CEU requirements: 1. The completed Online Application Form 2013/2014  2. A curriculum vitae or resume, including a list of publications, if any 3. Proof of English proficiency (please see CEU Language Requirements here) 4. Two letters of recommendation 5. Academic records - please see http://www.ceu.hu/admissions/apply#3 . A Department of Cognitive Science would like to add the following departmental specific requirements: 1. a research proposal of 1000 to 2000 words. The research proposal should include the research questions, aims and objectives of a research project that is related to the ongoing work in the department. The proposal should situate the project in the context of the existing literature, be clear as to the expected academic contribution, and outline possible appropriate analytical frameworks and methodologies. Note that, if admitted, students will not be expected to pursue the research project as it is outlined in the proposal (though it may form the basis of their doctoral work). The submitted research proposal will be used during the application process to assess the applicant's understanding of what doing research in cognitive science entails. We encourage applicants to consult the website and approach appropriate members of the faculty in advance in order to check the suitability of their research plans. Further details on admissions, please see http://www.ceu.hu/admissions. (Detailed information about the Admissions Process and Admission Decisions are also available there.) Application deadline: * January 24, 2013, 24:00 Pacific Standard Time (PST): General application deadline for the PhD program   Key admission dates for 2013/2014  * February 16, 2013, 24:00 Pacific Standard Time (PST): standard test scores (TOEFL, IELTS, GRE, etc.) must be received * Late March (date TBA): CEU-administeredinstitutional TOEFL test held at all CEU test locations * April 1, 2013: admissions decisions made known to candidates online Track your status In order to learn the decision about your application to CEU, please login to your online application , and click "Track your status". Please note that in case you have applied to multiple programs, you will have a separate decision displayed in each application you have submitted. Financial Aid: please go here for information about CEU financial aid packages.  Acceptance by Order of Student Choice Candidates may apply to two separate CEU departments, and must indicate their preferred and alternate department in all their applications. If an applicant is rejected by their preferred department, but accepted by the alternate one they will be offered admission by the alternate department. If the applicant is accepted by both, an admission offer will be made by the preferred department, not both. In exceptional cases, and upon written justification, applicants may be permitted to change the order of their preference ? notifying the CEU Admissions Office by February 16, 2013. From marja.nenonen at uef.fi Fri Jan 4 09:53:35 2013 From: marja.nenonen at uef.fi (Marja Nenonen) Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2013 11:53:35 +0200 Subject: SALC IV EXTENDED DEADLINE, January 18 Message-ID: The FINAL Final Call for the Fourth Conference of the Scandinavian Association for Language and Cognition The Fourth Conference of the Scandinavian Association for Language and Cognition (SALC IV) will take place on the Joensuu campus of the University of Eastern Finland (UEF), June 12–14, 2013. The conference will be organized by the Scandinavian Association for Language and Cognition (SALC), the Finnish Cognitive Linguistics Association (FiCLA) and the UEF language departments. Keynote speakers: Elisabeth Engberg-Pedersen, University of Copenhagen: Forces that shape linguistic structure in sign languages Raymond Gibbs, University of California, Santa Cruz: What does metaphor in language reveal about metaphor in thought? Irene Mittelberg, RWTH Aachen University: The exbodied mind: Cognitive-semiotic principles as motivating forces in gesture Anatol Stefanowitsch, Freie Universität Berlin: Quantitative corpus linguistics and the Usage-Based Model: Natural allies or uneasy partners? Emile van der Zee, Lincoln University: Word learning in Canis Familiaris: What does word learning in other species such as the dog tell us about word learning mechanisms in humans? The conference is aimed at covering all areas of linguistics with a cognitive flavour, including, for instance, · Cognitive impairment and language use · Language acquisition and cognition · Language and cognitive development and evolution · Language and consciousness · Language and gesture · Language change and cognition · Language structure and cognition · Language use and cognition · Linguistic relativity · Linguistic typology and cognition · Multicultural communication and cognition · Psycholinguistic approaches to language and cognition · Translation and cognition We invite submissions of abstracts for paper, workshop and poster presentations. The language of the conference is English. The final deadline for abstract submission is Friday, January 18, 2013. Section papers will be allocated 20 minutes plus 10 minutes for discussion. Organizers of workshops should submit a one-page general abstract of their workshop as well as enclose one (one-page) abstract for each workshop presentation. The abstracts should be sent by email attachment to salc4 at uef.fi (format of message title: SALC2013Abstract: author last name(s): format of attachment name: salc2013abstract_author last name(s)). The document should contain author information (including author name(s), affiliation and contact email address), presentation title, abstract and your preference for oral or poster presentation (if applicable). Notification of acceptance will be communicated by February 1, 2013. Conference fee: Faculty: 180 € Faculty SALC/FiCLA members: 150 € Students: 90 € Student SALC/FiCLA members: 60 € The fees include coffee/tea and other refreshments, the reception on June 12, and a conference dinner on June 13. Travel grants: There will be two travel grants, of 400 euro each, awarded by the board of SALC, for junior researchers who do not have independent funding. If you wish to apply, please send a letter of motivation to professor Carita Paradis, Chair of SALC, at: Carita.Paradis at englund.lu.se, when you submit your abstract to the conference organizers at: salc4 at uef.fi. Decisions will be announced in personal email by February 1, 2013. The meeting begins on Wednesday, June 14th at 10.00, and ends on Friday, June 16th at 16.15. A preliminary program can be found on the conference website: https://www.uef.fi/salc2013 Conference email address SALC4 at uef.fi For SALC, see: http://www.salc-sssk.org/ For FiCLA, see: http://www.protsv.fi/ficla/index_english.html From v.evans at bangor.ac.uk Thu Jan 10 19:46:27 2013 From: v.evans at bangor.ac.uk (Vyv Evans) Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2013 19:46:27 +0000 Subject: Language & Cognition: Subscribe for 2013 Message-ID: Dear colleagues, Individual subscription rates and details on subscribing to Language & Cognition for volume 5 (2013) are now available on the journal website: www.languageandcognition.net Electronic subscription for 2013 also provides access to all back issues. Details of back issues are available here: http://www.languageandcognition.net/Language_and_Cognition/Issues.html ABOUT LANGUAGE & COGNITION Language & Cognition publishes high quality, single-blind peer-reviewed research in linguistic cognition. The journal seeks to represent the full range of subject disciplines targeting the development and organization of language, and its relationship with other aspects of cognitive function. The journal encourages submissions of interdisciplinary, empirical, comparative, methodologically advanced research in linguistic cognition. Published papers embrace a wide variety of research methods, including behavioural experiments involving children and adults, studies that investigate the neural substrates of language, statistical analyses of linguistic corpora, ethnographic studies and machine-learning experiments. At the same time, Language & Cognition welcomes high quality theoretical studies, whether they are informed by empirical research or provide conceptual tools for experimentalists. The journal is open to contributions from any theoretical perspective and methodological approach which bears on the scientific study of language and its relationship with cognition. 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Unless expressly stated in the body of the text of the email, this email is not intended to form a binding contract - a list of authorised signatories is available from the Bangor University Finance Office. www.bangor.ac.uk From mark.turner at case.edu Thu Jan 10 19:51:30 2013 From: mark.turner at case.edu (Mark Turner) Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2013 14:51:30 -0500 Subject: M.A. in Cognitive Linguistics / Now accepting applications for 2013-2014 Message-ID: MA in Cognitive Linguistics The Cognitive Science Department at Case Western Reserve University is unique in the nation for its focus on higher-order human cognition in relation to language, communication, culture, creativity, and design. The MA program in Cognitive Linguistics, one of two in the world and the only one in the United States, offers students from various backgrounds the opportunity to pursue research interests in these domains. Cognitive linguistics, which has arisen during the last thirty years, is a central component of cognitive science and a widely recognized and practiced area of research which interacts with many other disciplines: computer science, cognitive neuroscience, anthropology, psychology, and semiotics. Cognitive linguistics views language as an aspect of cognition and inseparable as a cognitive system from conceptual structure; it approaches language as a behavior integrated with other higher-order human behaviors such as gesture, signing, joint attention, collective intention, and social interaction. The M.A. in Cognitive Linguistics at Case Western Reserve University is designed to be distinctive in its methodology and its pedagogy. Above all, it will integrate across disciplines traditionally partitioned. The program includes a year-long course in Theory, a coordinate year-long Research Workshop, several elective courses, and a substantial thesis. The Theory, Workshop, Electives, and Thesis courses will provide instruction in the principal areas needed for the cognitive scientific study of language. This Case M.A. program follows a model according to which learning is combined with doing research, on the view that much of what one learns, and learns best, is actually acquired not in the abstract but in attempts at application. A master's degree in Cognitive Linguistics can be the basis for many different kinds of academic and non-academic careers. The demand for those with a formation in cognitive science runs across industry, government, and educational and cultural institutions. Fields that show a growing interest in job candidates with expertise in cognitive studies include the technology sector, particularly in natural language processing and human interface design; education and related institutions, such as museums; human factors engineering; organizational behavior in management; marketing; and politics. For additional information, contact Professor Mark Turner, acting director, at coglingadmission at case.edu, or visit our Web site at http://case.edu/artsci/cogs/malinguisticsapplying.html . Priority attention will be given to applicants who submit all materials (including the online application form, statement of purpose, writing sample, transcripts, and GRE scores) by 1 May 2013. Program Faculty Patrizia Bonaventura, Assistant Professor of Communication and Cognitive Science Todd Oakley, Professor of Cognitive Science Fey Parrill, Associate Professor of Cognitive Science Yanna Popova, Assistant Professor of Cognitive Science Vera Tobin, Assistant Professor of Cognitive Science Mark Turner, Institute Professor and Professor of Cognitive Science, Acting Director of the MA Program in Cognitive Linguistics, http://markturner.org From dan at daneverett.org Sat Jan 12 14:51:04 2013 From: dan at daneverett.org (Daniel Everett) Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2013 09:51:04 -0500 Subject: Grammar of Wari' Message-ID: I just saw that the grammar of Wari' that Barbara Kern and I published years ago is now available, apparently without violation of copyright, on-line. So I just added it to LingBuzz in case anyone is interested in one of the last remaining Chapakuran languages. It has fascinatingly intricate systems of embedding and recursion. Fascinating language. Dan http://ling.auf.net/lingbuzz/001707 From elliotthoey at gmail.com Sun Jan 13 20:46:16 2013 From: elliotthoey at gmail.com (Elliott Hoey) Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2013 12:46:16 -0800 Subject: LISO 2013 CfP Extended deadline Message-ID: Apologies for cross-posting. The Language, Interaction, and Social Organization group at UCSB has extended the deadline for abstracts for its annual conference to **January 31, 2013**. Please distribute the following updated Call for Papers widely to colleagues and students interested in the study of language, interaction, and culture. In addition, please note that the conference's dates have been changed to **May 11 - 12, 2013**. Please feel free to contact us at lisoconference at gmail.com with any questions. CALL FOR PAPERS 19TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON LANGUAGE, INTERACTION, AND SOCIAL ORGANIZATION "POWER, CONFLICT, INEQUALITY" UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA MAY 11-12, 2013 The LISO conference promotes interdisciplinary research and discussion in the analysis of naturally occurring human interaction. Papers will be presented by national and international scholars on a variety of topics in the study of language, interaction, and culture. The papers primarily employ analysis of naturally occurring data drawing from methodologies that include conversation analysis, discourse analysis, ethnographic methods, ethnomethodology, interactional linguistics, and interactional sociolinguistics. We welcome abstracts from graduate students and faculty working in the areas of Anthropology, Applied Linguistics, Cognitive Science, Communication, Education, Linguistics, Psychology, and Sociology. Featured plenary speakers: - Marjorie Harness Goodwin (UCLA, Linguistic Anthropology) - Kira Hall (CU Boulder, Linguistics) - Susan Speer (University of Manchester, Psychology) - Kathryn Woolard (UCSD, Anthropology) SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Abstracts must be submitted via email to lisoconference at gmail.com. The body of the email should include name(s) of author(s), affiliation, and contact information. The attached abstract must be in doc, docx, or pdf format only, and must not include the author's name or any other identifying information. Abstracts have a 500 word maximum; those longer than 500 words may not be read in full by reviewers. The abstract should include the following: 1. a clear statement of the main point or argument of the paper 2. a brief discussion of the problem or research question with reference to previous research and the work's relevance to the area of study 3. a short piece of data to support the main point or argument 4. conclusions and/or implications of the research, however tentative Deadline for submission of abstracts has been extended to *January 31, 2013* *.* Late submissions will not be accepted. Notification of (non-)acceptance will be sent no later than March 31, 2013. Accepted abstracts will have either* (a) 20 minutes for presentation and 10 minutes for discussion; or (b) 25 minutes for a data session (small group presentation/discussion of research and data). *to be determined by the abstract review committee. Conference presented by The Language, Interaction, and Social Organization (LISO) Graduate Student Organization at UCSB, and The Center for Language, Interaction and Culture (CLIC) Graduate Student Association at UCLA. For additional information, please visit our website: https://sites.google.com/a/ucsblinguist.org/liso/ From theizit at gmail.com Tue Jan 15 19:42:32 2013 From: theizit at gmail.com (Stephanie Morse) Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2013 11:42:32 -0800 Subject: Call for Papers: 16th Annual Workshop on American Indigenous Languages (WAIL) Message-ID: Apologies, as usual, for cross-posting. Call for Papers: Anonymous abstracts are invited for talks on any topic relevant to the study of language in the Americas. Talks will be 20 minutes, followed by 10 minutes for discussion. Abstracts should be 500 words or less (excluding examples and/or references) and can be submitted online in .pdf format at: http://linguistlist.org/easyabs/WAIL2013 Hard copy submissions will be accepted from those who do not have internet access. Individuals may submit abstracts for one single-authored and one co-authored paper. Please indicate your source(s) and type(s) of data in the abstract (e.g. recordings, texts, conversational, elicited, narrative, etc.). For co-authored papers, please indicate who plans to present the paper as well as who will be in attendance. For Hard Copy Submissions: Please send four copies of your abstract, along with a 3x5 card with the following information: (1) your name; (2) affiliation; (3) mailing address; (4) phone number; (5) email address; (6) title of your paper; (7) whether your submission is for the general session or the Special Panel. Send hard copy submissions to: Workshop on American Indigenous Languages Attn: Dibella Wdzenczny or Megan Lukaniec Department of Linguistics University of California, Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 93106 Deadline for receipt of abstracts: January 30, 2013 Notification of acceptance will be by email no later than February 28, 2013. For further information, please contact the conference coordinators, Dibella Wdzenczny or Megan Lukaniec, at wail.ucsb at gmail.com, or check out our website at http://www.linguistics.ucsb.edu/wail/. From v.ferreira at gmx.de Wed Jan 16 19:45:59 2013 From: v.ferreira at gmx.de (Vera Ferreira) Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2013 20:45:59 +0100 Subject: CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ENDANGERED LANGUAGES IN EUROPE In-Reply-To: <50F6E814.1060306@cidles.eu> Message-ID: *CALL FOR ABSTRACTS* INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ENDANGERED LANGUAGES IN EUROPE DATE AND VENUE October 17-18th, 2013 | Interdisciplinary Centre for Social and Language Documentation (CIDLeS), Minde, Portugal Website: http://www.cidles.eu/events/conference-ele-2013/ ABOUT THE CONFERENCE The Interdisciplinary Centre for Social and Language Documentation (CIDLeS) cordially invites scholars working on endangered languages in Europe and on Language Documentation to join us at the International Conference on Endangered Languages in Europe. The 2-day International Conference aims to improve the discussion about linguistic diversity in Europe and to provide an interdisciplinary platform where scholars from Language Documentation, Language Technology and those working on European endangered language varieties can exchange ideas and techniques on language documentation, archiving, and revitalization and to reflect on language policy issues. The second day of the Conference will have two special panels: one dedicated to the endangered languages in the Iberian Peninsula and another one, a round table, dedicated to new speakers of minority/endangered languages. The Conference is organized by the Interdisciplinary Centre for Social and Language Documentation in Minde, Portugal. The Conference includes a broad socio-cultural program related to the theme "Endangered Languages in Europe" with the aim of promoting intercultural exchange and reinforcing the relationship between linguists and language communities. On the 19^th of October 2013 a "Language Fair" will take place, in which several communities that speak endangered languages in Europe present their languages and communities through books, dictionaries and cultural events (music, theatre, movies, expositions, etc.). In the "Endangered Languages Music Festival" (18^th and 19^th of October 2013, in the evening) several bands that sing in European endangered languages will perform. PLENARY SPEAKERS Ulrike Mosel (University of Trier) Mandana Seyfeddinipur (School of Oriental and African Studies) Fernando Ramallo (University of Vigo) SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE Annette Endruschat (University of Regensburg) Michael Cysouw (University of Marburg) Frank Seifart (Max Planck Institute Leipzig) Wolfgang Schulze (University of Munich) Xosé Afonso Pérez Álvarez (University of Lisbon) Lachlan Mackenzie(ILTEC, Lisbon) Johannes Helmbrecht (University of Regensburg) Peter-Arnold Mumm (University of Munich) Nikolaus Himmelmann (University of Cologne) Geoffrey Haig (University of Bamberg) ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Vera Ferreira Peter Bouda António Lopes Francisco Vicente Rita Pedro Ingrid Scholz CALL FOR ABSTRACTS Abstracts are invited for papers on the following areas: * European endangered language varieties * Endangered languages in the Iberian Peninsula * Language Documentation * Language Technologies * Archiving * Revitalization * Multilingualism * New speakers * Language policy The abstracts should be no longer than a DIN-A4 page, with references. IMPORTANT DATES Deadline for abstract submissions:*May 31**^st **, 2013 * Notification of acceptance: July 15^th , 2013 Deadline for submission of paper end version: September 15^th , 2013 Early registration: April 1^st -- August 30th, 2013 Registration deadline: October 10th, 2013 Event Dates: * Conference: October 17^th -18^th , 2013 * Language Fair: October 19^th , 2013 * Endangered Languages Music Festival: October 18^th -19^th , 2013 For more information please contact ele2013 at cidles.eu . -- Drª Vera Ferreira Centro Interdisciplinar de Documentação Linguística e Social / Interdisciplinary Centre for Social and Language Documentation Rua Dr. António da Silva Ferreira Totta, nº 29 2395-182 Minde Portugal Tel.: +351249849123 Email:vferreira at cidles.eu Web:http://www.cidles.eu From vferreira at cidles.eu Thu Jan 17 11:47:32 2013 From: vferreira at cidles.eu (Vera Ferreira) Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2013 11:47:32 +0000 Subject: CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ENDANGERED LANGUAGES IN EUROPE---UPDATE Message-ID: *CALL FOR ABSTRACTS* INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ENDANGERED LANGUAGES IN EUROPE DATE AND VENUE October 17-18th, 2013 | Interdisciplinary Centre for Social and Language Documentation (CIDLeS), Minde, Portugal Website: http://www.cidles.eu/events/conference-ele-2013/ ABOUT THE CONFERENCE The Interdisciplinary Centre for Social and Language Documentation (CIDLeS) cordially invites scholars working on endangered languages in Europe and on Language Documentation to join us at the International Conference on Endangered Languages in Europe. The 2-day International Conference aims to improve the discussion about linguistic diversity in Europe and to provide an interdisciplinary forum in which scholars from Language Documentation, Language Technology and others working on European endangered languages can exchange ideas and techniques on language documentation, archiving, and revitalization and to reflect on language policy issues. The second day of the Conference will have two special panels: one focussing on the endangered languages in the Iberian Peninsula and another one, a round table, dedicated to the theme "new speakers of minority/endangered languages". The Conference is organized by the Interdisciplinary Centre for Social and Language Documentation in Minde, Portugal. The Conference will include a broad socio-cultural program related to the theme "Endangered Languages in Europe" with the aim of promoting intercultural exchange and reinforcing the relationship between linguists and language communities. On the 19^th of October 2013 there will be a "Language Fair" will take place, in which several members of endangered language communities in Europe will present their languages and cultures through book displays and cultural events (music, theatre, movies, exhibitions, etc.). On the evenings of 18th and 19th October there will be an "Endangered Languages Music Festival". PLENARY SPEAKERS Ulrike Mosel (University of Kiel) Mandana Seyfeddinipur (School of Oriental and African Studies) Fernando Ramallo (University of Vigo) SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE Annette Endruschat (University of Regensburg) Michael Cysouw (University of Marburg) Frank Seifart (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology Leipzig) Wolfgang Schulze (University of Munich) Xosé Afonso Álvarez Pérez (University of Lisbon) Lachlan Mackenzie(ILTEC, Lisbon) Johannes Helmbrecht (University of Regensburg) Peter-Arnold Mumm (University of Munich) Nikolaus Himmelmann (University of Cologne) Geoffrey Haig (University of Bamberg) ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Vera Ferreira Peter Bouda António Lopes Francisco Vicente Rita Pedro Ingrid Scholz CALL FOR ABSTRACTS Abstracts are invited for papers on the following areas: * European endangered language varieties * Endangered languages in the Iberian Peninsula * Language Documentation * Language Technologies * Archiving * Revitalization * Multilingualism * New speakers * Language policy The abstracts should be no longer than a DIN-A4 page, with references. Please send your abstract to ele2013 at cidles.eu . IMPORTANT DATES Deadline for abstract submissions:*May 31**^st **, 2013 * Notification of acceptance: July 15^th , 2013 Deadline for submission of paper end version: September 15^th , 2013 Early registration: April 1^st -- August 30th, 2013 Registration deadline: October 10th, 2013 Event Dates: * Conference: October 17^th -18^th , 2013 * Language Fair: October 19^th , 2013 * Endangered Languages Music Festival: October 18^th -19^th , 2013 For more information please contact ele2013 at cidles.eu . -- Centro Interdisciplinar de Documentação Linguística e Social / Interdisciplinary Centre for Social and Language Documentation Rua Dr. António da Silva Ferreira Totta, nº 29 2395-182 Minde Portugal Tel.: +351249849123 Email:info at cidles.eu Web:http://www.cidles.eu From dan at daneverett.org Wed Jan 23 13:36:18 2013 From: dan at daneverett.org (Daniel Everett) Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2013 08:36:18 -0500 Subject: Aryon D. Rodrigues Message-ID: http://acontecenolali.wordpress.com/2012/10/11/aryon-rodrigues-recebe-maior-honraria-academica-da-unb/ This news is not brand new, but I only just learned of it today. A well-deserved honor for Prof. Dr. Aryon Dall'Igna Rodrigues, one of the founders of the University of Brasilia and perhaps the world's greatest authority on Amazonian languages. Dan Everett From thuumo at utu.fi Thu Jan 24 17:19:00 2013 From: thuumo at utu.fi (Tuomas Huumo) Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2013 17:19:00 +0000 Subject: Grammar and Context, 2nd CFP Message-ID: GRAMMAR AND CONTEXT: NEW APPROACHES TO THE URALIC LANGUAGES IV Tartu, 6 – 8 June, 2013 Second Call for Papers The fourth conference on Grammar and Context: New Approaches to the Uralic Languages will be held in Tartu, on 6 – 8 June, 2013. The conference follows up the previous symposia with the same name held in Budapest in 2004, Helsinki in 2007, and Budapest in 2011. The conference aims to bring together linguists working on Estonian, Finnish, Hungarian and other Uralic languages who are interested in the relations between grammatical and pragmatic aspects of language, between extralinguistic situations and language as a set of systems, and how these relations operate in actual language use. We invite papers from either synchronic or diachronic perspectives. We are especially interested in papers investigating morphosyntactic variation and its relations with extralinguistic context, pragmatic factors, language contact and so on. Papers are also encouraged which are based on text linguistics, discourse analysis, conversation analysis, contrastive grammar, language contact, second language learning and other approaches. Keynote speakers Plenary talks will be given by: Casper de Groot (University of Amsterdam) Leelo Keevallik (University of Linköping) Gerson Klumpp (University of Tartu) Maria Vilkuna (Helsinki, KOTUS) Plenary papers by the invited speakers will be in English (45 min + 15 min for discussion). Papers and the official languages of the conference In addition to the plenary papers, the conference will consist of section papers given by the participants (20 min + 10 min for discussion for main session and theme session papers). The main languages of the conference are Estonian, Finnish, Hungarian and English. Section papers can be given in any of these languages. The deadline for submission of abstracts (500 words maximum, excluding tables and references) for main section papers is 15 February, 2013. Abstracts should be written in English. They should provide information on the language the paper will be presented in (Estonian, Finnish, Hungarian or English), as well as including the title of the paper in the language to be used in the presentation. The abstracts should be anonymous, and should be sent via EasyAbstract: http://linguistlist.org/confcustom/GC_2013 Notification of acceptance: 15 March, 2013 Abstracts of accepted papers will be published on the website of the conference (grammar2013.ut.ee) on 1 April, 2013, at the latest. Theme Sessions Accepted theme sessions: ”The aspects of aspect”, organisers: Tuomas Huumo (Turku, Tartu), Gábor Tolcsvai Nagy (Budapest, Nyitra) ”Uralic Essive”, organiser: Casper de Groot (Amsterdam) ”Referential devices in Uralic and adjacent languages”, organisers: Gerson Klumpp (Tartu), Ritva Laury (Helsinki) and Renate Pajusalu (Tartu) ”Syntax–Information Structure Interface in Finno-Ugric”, organisers: Balázs Surányi (Research Institute for Linguistics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences & Pázmány University), Orsolya Tánczos (Research Institute for Linguistics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences) ”Previous knowledge and utterance design”, organisers: Riina Kasterpalu (Tartu), Krista Mihkels (Tartu) Authors involved to theme sessions should send their abstracts to the session organisers and the conference organisers by 15 February, 2013. Submissions of theme session abstracts should also follow the instructions given to the authors of regular papers. Further information Registration for the conference will begin on 15 March, 2013, on the conference website. Further information about the registration fee, programme and accommodation will be posted on the conference website: grammar2013.ut.ee. You can also find the conference through the LinguistList conference calendar. Additional questions can be directed to the organisers by e-mail: grammar2013 at ut.ee Organising committee Liina Lindström, Kristel Uiboaed, Tuomas Huumo, Hanna Jokela, Helle Metslang, Maarja-Liisa Pilvik, Helen Plado, Triin Todesk, Virve Vihman Scientific committee Márta Csepregi (Eötvös Loránd Tudományegetem), Riho Grünthal (University of Helsinki), Marja-Liisa Helasvuo (University of Turku), Tuomas Huumo (University of Tartu, University of Turku), Petar Kehayov (University of Tartu), Gerson Klumpp (University of Tartu), Magdolna Kovács (University of Helsinki), Johanna Laakso (University of Wien), Liina Lindström (University of Tartu), Helle Metslang (University of Tartu), Karl Pajusalu (University of Tartu), Renate Pajusalu (University of Tartu), Ilona Tragel (University of Tartu), Virve Vihman (University of Tartu) Important dates 15 January, 2013: Deadline for theme session proposals 20 January, 2013: Notification of acceptance of theme session proposals 15 February, 2013: Deadline for abstracts for general and theme session papers 15 March, 2013: Notification of acceptance of general and theme session papers 15 March – 31 May, 2013: Registration open 6 – 8 June, 2013: Conference From g.philip.polidoro at gmail.com Fri Jan 25 15:41:41 2013 From: g.philip.polidoro at gmail.com (Gill Philip) Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2013 16:41:41 +0100 Subject: second Call for Papers: "METAPHOR AND AUSTERITY" Message-ID: **** with apologies for cross-posting **** second CALL FOR PAPERS "METAPHOR AND AUSTERITY" Fifth Interdisciplinary Workshop on Corpus-Based Approaches to Figurative Language (held in conjunction with Corpus Linguistics 2013) Monday 22nd July 2013 Lancaster University, UK METAPHOR AND AUSTERITY The West is settling into a new age of austerity: the “NICE”(‘non-inflationary consistent expansion’, Kitson et al. 2011) economy has turned “VILE” (‘volatile inflation, little expansion’, ibid.), and the economic and social fall-out is now becoming visible. Unemployment, redundancy, inflation, recession, insecurity, and poverty all loom, causing governments, businesses and individuals to re-evaluate their priorities. A changing world changes attitudes, and the earliest manifestations of such change can often be found in figurative language. Political rhetoric attempts to sweeten the bitter pill that nations have no choice but to swallow; all are invited to share the pain, make sacrifices for the common good, and weather the storm. But more sinister undertones can also be perceived. In times of social and financial dire straits, scapegoats are sought and mercilessly pursued in the press. The elderly, unemployed, and disabled are under fire for “sponging off the state”; and as jobs become scarcer and the tax bill rises, migrant populations and asylum seekers are viewed with increasing suspicion and resentment. Calls for a “big society” fall on deaf ears. Society, it seems, is shrinking as self-preservation takes hold. This fifth Interdisciplinary Workshop on Corpus-Based Approaches to Figurative Language will consist of a day-long colloquium including oral presentations (20 + 10 minutes), a poster session, plus a round-table discussion chaired by members of the organizing committee. It is the organizers’ intention to showcase original research into the figurative language associated with Austerity in its many guises and in various spheres of life, and to stimulate interdisciplinary debate between established and early-career researchers who are investigating Austerity in corpus data. Proposals are therefore welcome on any aspect of figurative language relevant to the central theme of Austerity, including, but not limited to, the economy, work and unemployment, immigration and asylum seeking, social inclusion and exclusion. Given the dominance of English in the literature on metaphor, research dealing with other languages will be particularly welcome, whether contrastive or otherwise. -- SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Extended abstracts for 20 minute talks (1500-2000 words, excluding references) and for posters (1000-1250 words, excluding references) should be sent in an email attachment to Gill Philip by 31 January 2013. Following notification of acceptance, participants will be invited to resubmit their abstracts for inclusion in the peer-reviewed workshop proceedings which will be published concurrently with the workshop. IMPORTANT DATES Deadline for submission of abstracts: 31 January 2013 Notification of acceptance: 5 March 2013 Deadline for revised abstracts: 14 May 2013 Workshop: 22 July 2013 References M. Kitson, R. Martin & P. Tyler. 2011. The geographies of austerity. Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society 4. 289–302. -- ********************************* Dr. Gill Philip Università degli Studi di Macerata Dipartimento di Scienze della Formazione, dei Beni Culturali, e del Turismo Piazzale L. Bertelli Contrada Vallebona 62100 Macerata Italy From benjamin.lyngfelt at svenska.gu.se Mon Jan 28 11:14:27 2013 From: benjamin.lyngfelt at svenska.gu.se (Benjamin Lyngfelt) Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2013 12:14:27 +0100 Subject: Call for papers: Special issue on Swedish constructions Message-ID: Call for papers: Special issue on Swedish constructions The online linguistics journal Constructions (http://elanguage.net/journals/constructions) is planning a special issue on Swedish constructions, for publication in the winter of 2013-2014. We invite authors to submit original research dealing with the Swedish language from a constructional perspective. The deadline for manuscripts is August 9, 2013. Manuscripts for this special issue should span between 30.000 and 60.000 characters. In other regards, follow the submission guidelines on . All submitted papers will undergo a double-blind peer review. Please note that participating authors are expected to review one other submission for this issue. If you intend to submit, please send us a preliminary title and a short abstract by March 31. Guest editors of this special issue are Benjamin Lyngfelt (University of Gothenburg) and Camilla Wide (University of Turku). Please submit your contributions to . Most welcome! The editors - - - Constructions is an online, peer-reviewed, free-of-charge, open access journal. It 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. The journal editors are Alexander Bergs and Thomas Hoffmann (both at the University of Osnabrück). From grvsmth at panix.com Thu Jan 31 08:18:58 2013 From: grvsmth at panix.com (Angus Grieve-Smith) Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2013 03:18:58 -0500 Subject: Butler, Cameron, Haiman and habits Message-ID: I'm currently re-reading Deborah Cameron's /Verbal Hygiene/, one of my favorite linguistics books of all time. In Chapter 1, Cameron draws on the work of philosopher Judith Butler (and through her, I would imagine, on Michel Foucault) on gender as a social construction built out of repeated performance. Cameron then goes on to speculate that other social identities such as race, class and nationality can be similarly constructed, digging below previous assumptions in sociolinguistics of identity as an immutable thing. I haven't yet read Butler, but having studied the work of John Haiman and Joan Bybee, among others, it occurred to me that any repeated activity ("performance," if you like) generates its own habit, its own schema, its own nature as a thing in the minds of people who observe it, precisely through this kind of repetition. It becomes progressively less conscious and more natural-feeling. It is partly under conscious control, but not completely. Is anyone familiar with attempts to synthesize concepts of ritualization and schematization with Butler's work, and hence with Cameron's? I don't want to reinvent the wheel, and I want to give others credit. -- -Angus B. Grieve-Smith grvsmth at panix.com From maarten.lemmens at univ-lille3.fr Thu Jan 31 09:01:24 2013 From: maarten.lemmens at univ-lille3.fr (Maarten LEMMENS) Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2013 10:01:24 +0100 Subject: CONF: now open: Registration AFLiCo 5 "Empirical approaches to multi-modality and to language variation" Message-ID: Dear colleague, We are happy to inform you that registration is now open for the conference "Empirical Approaches to Multi-modality and to Language Variation (AFLiCo 5)", which will take place from 15 to17 May 2013 at the University of Lille 3 in Villeneuve d'Ascq (France). Please note that early registration closes on March 15, 2013; late registration closes April 8, 2013. A Spring School on "Empirical methods in usage-based linguistics" will take place on the two days preceding the conference, i.e. 13-14 May, 2013. There will be five workshops in parallel: corpus-linguistics, categorical statistics in corpus linguistics using R, using ELAN, using CLAN, psycholinguistic experiments; see the website for details). The school is open to anyone wishing to learn about one of these methods. Those interested in taking one of these workshops are invited to contact Maarten Lemmens a.s.a.p. (maarten.lemmens at univ-lille3.fr). *Registration AFLiCo 5: information and procedure* To register, you need to create an account on this platform: http://aflico5.sciencesconf.org/ If you already have an account (e.g., if you have submitted an abstract to this conference or to another one on SciencesConf.org) you can use that one. Early registration fees for non-members is 130€ (regular) or 60€ (student). There are reduced fees for AFLiCo members: 90€ (regular) or 40€ (student). AFLiCo membership is 20€ per year; to become member click on the link “http://www.aflico.fr/membership.html” and follow the instructions given there. Early registration opens on January 22, 2013 and closes on March 15, 2013. After March 15, there is a 40€ increase of fees: late registration fee for non-members will then be 170€ (regular) or 100€ (student) and for AFLiCo members 130€ (regular) or 80€ (student). Late registration closes on April 8, 2013. Basic conference fee covers plenary lectures, use of conference rooms, conference bag, name tag, book of abstracts and coffee breaks. *Lunches* The registration module allows you to pre-order lunches for any or all three conference dates (Wednesday, May 15, Thursday, May 16 and Friday, May 17). A lunch costs 8 euro and includes a deli sandwich, a drink and a healthy dessert. *Conference dinner* The conference dinner will take place on Thursday evening in an exquisite restaurant located in a historic site in "Old Lille" (http://www.lilleremparts.fr/en/index.php). The price of 48€ includes an aperitif and amuse-bouche, a starter, a main course, a dessert and coffee or tea, as well as wine and water. There is a vegetarian option. *Excursion to LaM* On Thursday afternoon at around 4 p.m., before the conference dinner, there will be a guided visit to the LaM, the newly refurbished and extended Lille Metropolitan Museum of modern art, contemporary art and art brut in Villeneuve d’Ascq (http://www.musee-lam.fr/gb/). The price is 10€ (not including transport to the museum from the conference site: from the Pont de Bois metro station, take bus 41 to L.A.M.). *T-shirt* For only 12 euro, you can buy a conference souvenir T-shirt (S/M/L/XL), containing the logo, the title and the date of the conference. *Transport* We advise you to buy a booklet of 10 metro tickets upon arrival, which would cover the trips to and from the city centre to the university for the whole conference, including the bus ticket for the excursion to museum. We are looking forward to seeing you in May in Lille! Maarten Lemmens, Annie Risler, Dany Amiot, and Bert Cappelle ** Cher(e) collègue Nous avons le plaisir de vous informer de l’ouverture des inscriptions pour le colloque ‘Approches Empiriques de la multi-modalité et de la variation linguistique (AFLiCo 5), qui aura lieu du 15 au 17 mai 2013 à l’Université Lille3 (France). Merci de noter que l’inscription tardive commence le 15 mars ; les inscriptions seront closes le 8 avril. Les deux jours avant le colloque (13 & 14 mai), nous organisons également une école thématique "Méthodes empiriques en linguistique de l'usage". Il y aura 5 ateliers parallèles: linguistique de corpus, statistique catégorique en linguistique de corpus avec R, utiliser ELAN, utiliser CLAN, méthodes expérimentales psycholinguistiques. Cette école est ouverte à toute personne souhaitant apprendre une des ces méthodes. Si vous êtes intéressé à suivre un de ces ateliers, merci de le signaler au plus vite à Maarten Lemmens (maarten.lemmens at univ-lille3.fr). *Inscriptions AFLiCo 5: information et procédures* Les inscriptions sont ouvertes à compter du 22 janvier. Elles se font à partir de la plate-forme http://aflico5.sciencesconf.org/ Si vous avez déjà un compte sur scienceconf.org (créé pour le dépôt d’une soumission à ce colloque ou un autre), vous pourrez le réutiliser. Nous vous invitons à vous inscrire avant le 15 mars pour bénéficier des meilleurs tarifs : Les droits d’inscriptions pour les non-membres de l’AFLiCo sont de 130 euro (tarif normal) ou 60 euros (tarif étudiants). Les membres de l’AFLiCo bénéficient d’un tarif réduit : 90 euros (tarif normal) et 40 euros (étudiant). Pour être membres de l’AFLiCo, vous pouvez vous inscrire en ligne, sur le site “http://www.aflico.fr/membership.html”. La cotisation annuelle s’élève à 20€. Après le 15 mars, ces tarifs augmenteront de 40 € : 170 € (tarif normal) ou 100 € (étudiant) pour les non-membres, et 130 € (tarif normal) ou 80 € (étudiant) pour les membres de l’AFLiCo. Les inscriptions seront closes à compter du 8 avril 2013. Les droits d’inscriptions comprennent l’accès aux conférences plénières, aux sessions parallèles, une pochette du colloque, un badge nominatif, livret des résumés et pauses café. *Repas* Le formulaire d’inscription vous permet de commander un repas de midi pour chaque journée de colloque : mercredi 15, jeudi 16 et vendredi 17 mai. Le repas coute 8 euro et comprend sandwich, boisson et dessert. *Dîner de gala* Un dîner de gala est organisé le jeudi 16 mai au soir, dans un charmant restaurant situé dans le centre historique du ‘Vieux Lille’ (http://www.lilleremparts.fr/en/index.php). Le Restaurant La Terrasse des Remparts vous propose un menu à 48€ comprenant apéritif, entrée, plat, dessert (boissons incluses). Vous pouvez choisir un menu végétarien. *Excursion au LaM* Le jeudi après-midi après 16h, nous vous proposons de participer à une visite du LaM, Musée d’art moderne, d’art contemporain et d’art brut de Lille Métropole. Ce musée, situé à Villeneuve d’Ascq tout près de l’Université Lille3, vient de rouvrir après rénovation, et propose une remarquable collection d’art brut qui vaut le détour (http://www.musee-lam.fr/). Vous pourrez visiter librement ou suivre une visite guidée en anglais ou en français. Le tarif proposé (10 euros) ne comprend pas le déplacement jusqu’au musée (en transport en commun : de la station du Pont de Bois, prenez bus 41 arrêt L.A.M.). *T-Shirt* Pour seulement 12 euro, nous vous proposons d’acquérir un T-shirt souvenir du colloque, avec logo, titre et dates. Tailles : S/M/L/ ou XL *Déplacements dans la ville* Nous vous conseillons d’acheter à votre arrivée à Lille un carnet de 10 tickets de métro, qui vous permettront d’assurer tous vos déplacements sur la durée du colloque. Nous espérons vous voir à Lille au mois de mai ! Maarten Lemmens, Annie Risler, Dany Amiot, Bert Cappelle