CSDL 2014: call for papers

[Stefan Th. Gries]

CSDL (Conceptual Structure, Discourse, and Language) 2014 is the 12th
incarnation of a conference first hosted in 1994 by the University of
California, San Diego. In 2000, CSDL 5 was hosted by the University of
California, Santa Barbara and it is with great pleasure that we are
bringing CSDL 12 back to the University of California system and to Santa
Barbara in particular. CSDL 12 is co-organized by Stefan Th. Gries (Dept.
of Linguistics) and Viola G. Miglio (Dept. of Spanish/Portuguese) and will
take place 4-6 November 2014 at the Hyatt Santa Barbara directly at East
Beach, Santa Barbara. The conference website at <
https://sites.google.com/site/csdl2014atucsb/> contains all information
about the conference; if you have questions not addressed here, plz write
to the conference email address at <csdl2014 at gmail.com>.

Call for papers

1 Potential topics
For CSDL 12 (2014), we are inviting a broad range of papers taking
cognitive/psycholinguistic, functional, usage-/exemplar-based, or
discourse-based approach to the study of language and its acquisition,
processing, use, and change. Drawing from the range of topics listed by the
organizers of the successful ICLC in Edmonton, topics of papers may
include, but are not limited to:

- linguistic categorization: prototype theory, radial categories, ...;
- linguistic relativity, culture, and ethnosyntax;
- embodiment and language;
- metaphor, metonymy, mental spaces, conceptual blending, ICMs, frame
semantics, image schemas, force dynamics, ...;
- cognitive phonology, semantics, grammar, and construction grammars;
- discourse and grammar, text and discourse;
- language acquisition and learning;
- grammaticalization, language evolution, and change;
- cognitive corpus linguistics;
- empirical methods: data from observation, experimentation, computational
simulation.

2 Format of abstract
For full consideration, the abstract must be a PDF and meet the following
specifications:

- page format: Letter or A4, margins: 1 inch/2.5 cm all around
- font: Times (New Roman) 12pt
- paragraph format: single-spaced
- length: max. 1 page (plus 1 page for figures, tables, references, if
necessary)

Note 1: Abstracts must be anonymous, which means author names should not
appear anywhere on abstracts (you may cite yourself as [Author] or in the
third person for previously published work).
Note 2: An author may submit maximally one single-authored and one
co-authored paper.
Note 3: Abstracts will be subjected to a double-blind review by a minimum
of two referees. Empirical papers and papers whose abstracts indicate that
results are already available (rather than hoped for) will be given
priority.
Note 4: Submission of an abstract constitutes agreement to review maximally
5 abstracts yourself.

3 Submission of abstracts
The deadline for submission of abstracts is 31 March 2014. We are using the
LinguistList's EasyAbs system for abstract submission and reviewing; plz
see the conference website for the relevant link.


Pre-conference and conference schedule

1 February 2014: 1st call for papers/participation
1 February 2014: room registration at the Hyatt Santa Barbara opens
10 March 2014: 2nd call for papers/participation
21 February 2014: registration opens
24 March 2014: final call for papers/participation
31 March 2014: deadline for submission of abstracts
May 2014: notifications of acceptance
15 July 2014: deadline for early-bird registration
4-6 November 2014: conference