<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif;text-align:center;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif">With this message we kindly invite you to participate to the following symposium and academic debate, organized by the Metaphor Lab Amsterdam:<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif;text-align:center;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif;text-align:center;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Abstract Concepts: Structure, Processing and Modeling</span></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif;text-align:center;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif">International Symposium</span></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif;text-align:center;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif"> </span></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif;text-align:center;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif"> <i>Amsterdam, 18^th November 2016 (09.00-18.00)</i><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif;text-align:center;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif"> <u></u><u></u></span></p><div style="font-size:12.8px"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:black">On which dimensions of meaning do abstract and concrete concepts differ? </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">How does perceptual experience affect abstract concept processing and representation?<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">What is the role of language in shaping and indexing the content of concrete vs abstract concepts?<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">How and in which contexts are abstract concepts understood through metaphors?<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><p class="MsoNormal" style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size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Prof. Friedemann Pulvermueller (Free University Berlin)<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif;text-align:center;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span lang="NL" style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Prof. Gun Semin (Utrecht University)<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif;text-align:center;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span lang="NL" style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Prof. Piek Vossen (VU University Amsterdam)<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif;text-align:center;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Dr. Diane Pecher (Erasmus University Rotterdam)<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif;text-align:center;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Prof. Max Louwerse (Tilburg University)<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif;text-align:center;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Prof. Alessandro Lenci (University of Pisa)<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif;text-align:center;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Prof. Ken McRae (University of Western Ontario Canada)<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif;text-align:center;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Prof. Gabriella Vigliocco (University College London)<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif;text-align:center;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><i><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif"> </span></i><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif;text-align:center;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif">For more info and registration: </span><a href="https://abstractconceptsnet.wordpress.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif">https://abstract<wbr>conceptsnet.wordpress.com/</span></a></p><div><br></div><br>
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