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</b>Rethinking Metaphor: Conceptual Integration and Empirical
Methods<br />Murcia (España), del 10 al 12 de mayo de 2012<br />(1ª
circular)<br /><b>Información de:</b> Cristóbal Pagán Cánovas
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/><b>Descripción</b><br /><p>Call for blitz presentations and
posters<br />Interdisciplinary 3-day Workshop<br /><br />Since the mid
1990s, Fauconnier and Turner’s Conceptual Integration Theory (CIT),
or Blending Theory, has developed a network model of meaning
construction, consisting of interconnected conceptual packages, or
mental spaces, and including projection to a hybrid conceptualization
or blended space. The model has been widely used for the study of
conceptual mappings, selective projection, mental simulation, and
other cognitive operations, within a variety of fields: cognitive
science, semantics, pragmatics, semiotics, literary studies, etc. The
higher order cognitive capacity of conceptual integration underlies a
variety of phenomena in meaning construction: metaphor, metonymy,
analogy, counterfactuals, multimodal symbols, etc.<br />In particular,
CIT has produced extensive work on figurative language, and has
proposed a revision of the methods employed in metaphor research, to
account for emergent meanings, frame shifts and other changes in the
directionality of mappings, diachronic and cultural factors, etc. We
are interested in how the CIT model can inform specific programs of
empirical research in figurative language in a variety of disciplines,
from literary studies to psycholinguistics.<br /><br />Workshop
structure<br />Keynote presentations by Mark Turner and David Miall,
on the latest developments in conceptual integration research, the
methodological implications of this theory for the empirical study of
conceptual mappings and figurative language, and the interaction
between empirical methods and conceptual mappings in metaphor
research. Each presentation will be followed by an extended Q&A
session, a targeted response by a cognitive scientist, and an open
discussion. After a break, specialists in Conceptual Integration
Theory will present empirical applications of this approach to
different fields, ranging from psycholinguistic experiments to
philological studies. There will be at least one session with blitz
talks followed by poster presentations.<br /><br />Submissions<br />We
invite submissions for 5-minute oral presentations, which will be
followed by a poster session, where blitz talks will be presented as
posters, with ample time for further interaction with workshop
participants.<br />Abstract should be 500 words maximum (including
bibliography). Please send them as a PDF email attachment to both
cpcanovas@um.es and jvalen@um.es. In the body of your email, please
include your full name, affiliation, and contact details, followed by
a very short biographical statement (50 words maximum). Submissions by
early-stage researchers (doctoral and postdoctoral) are particularly
welcome. We are especially looking for:<br />- Empirical studies of
figurative language that use CIT.<br />- Methodological suggestions on
how CIT can inform empirical studies.<br />- Empirical examinations of
postulates of the CIT and mental spaces approach.<br />- Empirical
studies of conceptual mappings, information transfer between
conceptual domains, or embodied/grounded cognition related to
figurative language, seeking (and perhaps finding difficulties) to
frame some of their data with the CIT model.<br /><br />The social
program will provide ample opportunities for informal interaction, as
well as for getting a taste (both in the metaphorical and in the
literal sense) of Murcia’s touristic attractions.<br />The language
of the workshop will be English. There is no registration fee. The
event is not open to the public. Participants who do not wish to
present are welcome to attend and participate in the discussions, but
must previously register with the organizers via email:
cpcanovas@um.es and jvalen@um.es.<br /><br />Participants’ profile
<br />Researchers who use, are seeking to use, or wish to examine CIT
in relation with empirical work in their disciplines: close reading
and comparison of literary texts, music, art, film… philological and
historical study of cultural data, linguistic analysis, gesture
studies, design of behavioral experiments, etc. We welcome researchers
with an experimental profile (psycholinguists, psychologists,
cognitive scientists, neuroscientists, etc.), scholars from the
Humanities and the Social Sciences, (literary studies, linguistics,
philosophy, history, anthropology, art theory, music studies, etc.),
as well as researchers with a more theoretical profile wishing to
discuss points of convergence and divergence of CIT with current
approaches to figurative language and thought (Conceptual Metaphor
Theory, Relevance Theory, Semiotics, etc.), regarding the analysis of
specific phenomena: time-space mappings, counterfactuals, the
semantics of grammatical constructions, poetic and pragmatic effects,
etc.</p><br /><b>Área temática:</b> Análisis del discurso, Ciencia
cognitiva, Lingüística cognitiva, Pragmática, Psicolingüística,
Retórica, Semántica, Teorías lingüísticas<br /><br /><b>Entidad
Organizadora: </b>Universidad de Murcia<br /><br /><b>Contacto:</b>
Cristóbal Pagán Cánovas <cpcanovas@um.es><br /><br
/><b>Programa</b><br /><p>Keynote speakers: Mark Turner, Centre for
Advanced Study at the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, and
Case Western Reserve University; David Miall, University of
Alberta.<br /><br />Guest speakers: Mihailo Antović (University of
Niš), Antoni Gomila (University of the Balearic Islands), Esther
Pascual (University of Groningen), Julio Santiago de Torres
(University of Granada), Cristina Soriano (Swiss Centre for Affective
Sciences).</p><b>Comité organizador</b><br /><p>Javier Valenzuela
Manzanares <br />Cristóbal Pagán Cánovas<br />(University of
Murcia)</p><b>Plazo de envío de propuestas: </b>hasta el 20 de
febrero de 2012<br /><b>Notificación de contribuciones
aceptadas: </b>1 de marzo de 2012<br /><br /><b>Lengua(s) oficial(es)
del evento: </b>inglés<br /><br /><b>Nº de información:</b> 1<br
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