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Ý Empirical Methods in Cognitive Linguistics (EMCL) Workshop<br>
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Ý Cornell University<br>
Ý Ithaca, New York, USA<br>
<br>
Ý May 2-4, 2003<br>
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http://cerebro.psych.cornell.edu/emcl<br>
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<br>
Ý Call for Graduate Student Participants<br>
Ý Application deadline: January 31, 2003<br>
Ý Notification of acceptance by: March 15, 2003<br>
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Ý Introduction:<br>
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Ý Recent years have witnessed a virtual explosion of theory about
the<br>
Ý relationship between language and cognition in work on
cognitive<br>
Ý grammar (Langacker), cognitive semantics (Talmy), conceptual<br>
Ý integration (Fauconnier & Turner), and conceptual metaphor
(Lakoff,<br>
Ý Sweetser). However, most of the empirical support for these
theories<br>
Ý lies in the linguistic judgments and intuitions of their
proponents.<br>
Ý While this is a powerful form of empirical support, the
wide-ranging<br>
Ý nature of the claims in cognitive linguistics creates a particular
need<br>
Ý for converging evidence from other techniques in cognitive science
in<br>
Ý order to assess both its assumptions and its conclusions about<br>
Ý cognitive phenomena. The Empirical Methods in Cognitive
Linguistics<br>
Ý Workshop is motivated by the idea that experimental and
observational<br>
Ý work can help substantiate the claims of cognitive linguistics,
and to<br>
Ý further develop an empirically valid account of the connection
between<br>
Ý language and cognition.<br>
<br>
Ý This interdisciplinary workshop is intended to provide a forum
where<br>
Ý people doing experimental and observational research in
cognitive<br>
Ý linguistics can come together to obtain a comprehensive picture
of<br>
Ý progress in this endeavor, and to identify areas for future<br>
Ý investigation. During the workshop, we will explore the use of
various<br>
Ý experimental and observational methods to address particular
issues<br>
Ý relevant to language and cognition.<br>
<br>
Ý To this end, the goals of the workshop are:<br>
<br>
Ý -to evaluate experimental and empirical support for various claims
in<br>
Ý Ý Ý Ýcognitive linguistics;<br>
Ý -to address practical and methodological issues such as
experimental<br>
Ý Ý Ý Ýdesign, data collection and analysis (including
audio/video corpora,<br>
Ý Ý Ý Ýeye-tracking, gesture, fMRI/EEG, image schemas,
etc.)<br>
Ý -to explore how data from natural language corpora can be
fruitfully<br>
Ý Ý Ý Ý incorporated in experimental work;<br>
Ý -to create a network of researchers with common interests and
concerns<br>
Ý Ý Ý Ý for continued collaboration.<br>
<br>
Ý Workshop format:<br>
<br>
Ý he weekend will kick off with a plenary lecture followed by a
question<br>
Ý and answer session with the audience.Aside from this initiating
lecture,<br>
Ý however, the event will be organized around parallel workshop<br>
Ý sessions of two types, those led by faculty members and
those</div>
<div>Ý organized around student presentations. All sessions
are</div>
<div>Ý intended to be highly interactive. In the first sort of
workshop,</div>
<div>Ý a faculty member will work with a small group of students
to<br>
Ý solve a problem or set of problems that might arise in her area
of<br>
Ý expertise. For example, in a workshop on the use of metaphor
in<br>
Ý gesture, the group might jointly analyze a videotape of
face-to-face<br>
Ý interaction. ÝIn a workshop on eye-tracking, the group might be
asked<br>
Ý to analyze data collected from a single subject in a
particular<br>
Ý experiment. ÝIn a workshop on behavioral measures, the group
might<br>
Ý begin with a theoretical issue in cognitive linguistics and design
an<br>
Ý experiment to test it. ÝThese workshops will be =91recycled=92
in that each<br>
Ý faculty member will hold the same workshop twice, so that most<br>
Ý participants will get a chance to participate in most workshops.
ÝIn<br>
Ý the student-led sessions, graduate students will make
15-minute<br>
Ý presentations about their work, followed by extensive discussion
about<br>
Ý the theoretical and methodological issues raised by the
students=92</div>
<div>Ý research. The event will end with a roundtable discussion
session in<br>
Ý which participants synthesize the contents of the workshop and
talk<br>
Ý about future directions.<br>
<br>
Ý Graduate Students:<br>
<br>
Ý Participants will be graduate students undertaking<br>
Ý empirical/experimental work relevant to language and
cognition.<br>
Ý Applicants should be familiar with current ideas in cognitive<br>
Ý linguistics and be prepared to critically discuss various aspects
of<br>
Ý the theory. Participants will be expected to present their
ongoing<br>
Ý research to the group for constructive feedback. Interested
graduate<br>
Ý students are invited to submit their applications by following
the<br>
Ý instructions given at the workshop website:<br>
<br>
<br>
http://cerebro.psych.cornell.edu/emcl<br>
<br>
<br>
Scientists from all nations, and especially women<br>
and minorities, are strongly encouraged to attend and participate.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Ý Application deadline: January 31, 2003<br>
Ý Notification of acceptance by: March 15, 2003<br>
<br>
Ý Accommodation will be provided for all accepted students. In
addition,<br>
Ý it is likely that modest travel grants will be available to
students<br>
Ý traveling long distances.<br>
<br>
Ý<br>
Plenary Speaker:<br>
Leonard Talmy (University at Buffalo, SUNY,
Linguistics) website<br>
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Faculty:<br>
Lera Boroditsky , MIT, Brain & Cognitive
Sciences<br>
Seana Coulson, UCSD, Cognitive Science<br>
Raymond Gibbs, UCSC, Psychology<br>
Teenie Matlock, Stanford, Psychology<br>
Wolfgang Settekorn, Universitaet Hamburg, Discourse
Analysis (TBC)<br>
Chris Sinha, University of Portsmouth,
Developmental Psychology<br>
Michael Spivey, Cornell University,
Psycholinguistics<br>
Eve Sweetser, UC Berkeley, Linguistics<br>
<br>
Faculty Participants: <br>
Ben Bergen, University of Hawaii at Manoa<br>
Herb Colston, University of Wisconsin Parkside<br>
Jeff Hancock, Cornell
University <br>
Rafael Nunez, University of California at San Diego
(TBC)<br>
Zoltan Kovecses, Eotvos Lorand University (TBC)<br>
<br>
Ý Organizing Committee:<br>
<br>
Ý Seana Coulson (UCSD, Cognitive Science)<br>
Ý Richard DaleÝ(Cornell, Psychology)<br>
Ý Monica Gonzalez-Marquez, Chair (Cornell, Psychology)<br>
Ý Irene Mittelberg (Cornell, Linguistics)<br>
Ý Michael J. Spivey (Cornell, Psycholinguistics)<br>
<br>
Ý Contact information:<br>
<br>
Ý Monica Gonzalez-Marquez Ý-- mg246@cornell.edu<br>
<br>
http://cerebro.psych.cornell.edu/emcl</div>
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Ý Application deadline: January 31, 2003<br>
Ý Notification of acceptance by: March 15, 2003<br>
<br>
Ý This event is sponsored and generously funded by the Cognitive
Studies<br>
Ý Program at Cornell University.</div>
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