16.188, Calls: Cognitive Sci/Brazil; Socioling/Typology/Ireland

Fri Jan 21 16:13:01 UTC 2005

LINGUIST List: Vol-16-188. Fri Jan 21 2005. ISSN: 1068 - 4875.

Subject: 16.188, Calls: Cognitive Sci/Brazil; Socioling/Typology/Ireland

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1)
Date: 18-Jan-2005
From: Luiz Carlos Souza < souzaluizc at uol.com.br >
Subject: II Conference on Metaphor in Language and Thought 

2)
Date: 18-Jan-2005
From: Tadhg Ó hIfearnáin < tadhg.ohifearnain at ul.ie >
Subject: Near Languages (Collateral Languages 2) 

-------------------------Message 1 ---------------------------------- 
Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 11:02:00
From: Luiz Carlos Souza < souzaluizc at uol.com.br >
Subject:  II Conference on Metaphor in Language and Thought 

Full Title: II CONFERENCE ON METAPHOR IN LANGUAGE AND THOUGHT 

Date: 17-Aug-2005 - 20-Aug-2005
Location: Niterói - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 
Contact Person: Solange Vereza
Meeting Email: metaphor at uol.com.br
Web Site: http://lael.pucsp.br/~tony/metaphor/2005

Linguistic Field(s): Cognitive Science; Discourse Analysis; General Linguistics;
Pragmatics; Semantics 

Call Deadline: 31-Mar-2005 

II Conference on Metaphor in Language and Thought
17-20 August 2005

UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL FLUMINENSE
Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Conference website: http://lael.pucsp.br/~tony/metaphor/2005
Conference email: metaphor at uol.com.br 

1- SCOPE OF THE CONFERENCE
The Conference aims at bringing together researchers interested in the
exploration of the role of metaphor in language and thought.

We invite abstracts on all topics related to the conference theme, including,
but not limited to:

typology of metaphor in language; 
the interface metaphor- metonymy; 
metaphor and electronic corpus analysis; 
metaphor identification and processing; 
interaction between metaphor in language and metaphor in thought; 
metaphor and  discourse; 
metaphor, cognition and culture; 
metaphor, semantics and pragmatics; 
researching metaphor in use.

2- IMPORTANT DATES

Abstract submission deadline: 31 March 2005 
Notification of acceptance: by 15 May 2005. 
Further information on the venue, registration fee, accommodation and travel
arrangements, as well as the social program will be provided by 15 April  2005 
Registration forms to be received by the committee: 31 May 2005. The
registration form will be distributed soon. 

3- PROPOSALS
Paper proposals should include:

-title, author's name, academic affiliation; 
-full address, including telephone/fax and e-mail; 
-a 200-word abstract, which must be sent in the body of the e-mail (no
attachments, please). 
The subject line should mention: ''Submission to metaphor event'' 
Specification of necessary audiovisual equipment: overhead projector, computer
projector, tape or video recorder, etc.  Abstracts may be written in English,
Spanish, French or Portuguese. Send your paper proposal to the conference email
address: metaphor at uol.com.br including it in the body of the message (no
attachments, please).  Papers may be delivered in English, Spanish, French or
Portuguese. 
Presentations should not exceed 20 minutes, followed by 10 minutes for questions. 
Please note that for papers with more than one author, correspondence will be
sent to the main author's address only. 

All abstracts will be refereed by the Scientific Committee.

4. INVITED SPEAKERS (preliminary)
Alice Deignan (University of Leeds, U.K.) 
Helena Gordon Leme (UNISO, Brazil) 
Heronides Maurílio de Melo Moura (UFSC, Brazil) 
Josalba Ramalho Vieira (UFSC) 
Lynne Cameron (University of Leeds, UK ) 
Mara Sophia Zanotto (PUC-SP, Brazil) 
Margarida Basílio (PUC - Rio, Brazil) 
Margarida Salomão (UFJF, Brazil) 
Paula Lenz Costa Lima (UECE, Brazil) 
Tony Berber Sardinha (PUC-SP) 
Zoltan Kövecses (Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary) 

5. FORMAT
The event will include plenary sessions, round tables, papers sessions and
workshops. 

6. CONFERENCE PLANNING
The following groups will be in charge of the organisation of the conference:

Postgraduate Programme in Letters, Universidade Federal Fluminense and 
GEIM - LA - Grupo de Estudos da Indeterminação e da Metáfora em Lingüística
Aplicada (PUC-SP, UFSC, UFF, UNESP-Marilia, UnB, UFPB)

7. ORGANISING COMMITTEE
Solange Vereza (general coordinator) 
Helena Gordon Leme 
Luiz Carlos Souza 
Mara Sophia Zanotto 
Maria Elisa Knust Silveira 
Ricardo Almeida 
Tony Berber Sardinha 
Vanda Menezes

8. INTERNET ADDRESSES
For further information, please visit the website:
http://lael.pucsp.br/~tony/metaphor/2005
regularly or email the organisers at the conference email: 
metaphor at uol.com.br

-------------------------Message 2 ---------------------------------- 
Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 11:02:04
From: Tadhg Ó hIfearnáin < tadhg.ohifearnain at ul.ie >
Subject:  Near Languages (Collateral Languages 2) 

Full Title: Near Languages (Collateral Languages 2) 

Date: 16-Jun-2005 - 18-Jun-2005
Location: Limerick, Ireland 
Contact Person: Tadhg Ó hIfearnáin
Meeting Email: tadhg.ohifearnain at ul.ie
Web Site: http://www.ul.ie/~lcs/Gaeilge/Collat2.htm

Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics; General Linguistics; Genetic
Classification; Linguistic Theories; Philosophy of Language; Psycholinguistics;
Sociolinguistics; Typology 

Call Deadline: 07-Feb-2005 

Meeting Description:

Conference on measuring the linguistic and sociolinguistic distance between
related languages and dialects which builds on work of an earlier
conference entitled 'Des langues collatérales' held in the Université de
Picardie, Amiens, France in November 2001. 

Near Languages (Collateral Languages 2), focussing on linguistic and
sociolinguistic distance, has an additional plenary lecturer and has
extended the Call deadline until 7 February 2005. 

Plenary Speakers:
Jean-Michel Eloy (Université de Picardie)
Guy Jucquois (Université de Louvain-la-Neuve)
Xoán Paulo Rodríguez Yáñez (Universidade de Vigo)
Lars Vikør (Universitetet i Oslo)

Further details on the conference website:
http://www.ul.ie/~lcs/Gaeilge/Collat2.htm

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