28.3539, Calls: Anthro Ling, Cog Sci, Disc Analysis, Lang Acquisition, Semantics/Canada

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Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2017 10:32:29
From: Jamin Pelkey [jpelkey at ryerson.ca]
Subject: 3rd Conference of the International Association for Cognitive Semiotics

Full Title: 3rd Conference of the International Association for Cognitive Semiotics 
Short Title: IACS3 

Date: 13-Jul-2018 - 15-Jul-2018
Location: Toronto, Canada 
Contact Person: Jamin Pelkey
Meeting Email: jpelkey at ryerson.ca
Web Site: http://www.iacs-2018.org/ 

Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics; Cognitive Science; Discourse Analysis; Language Acquisition; Semantics 

Call Deadline: 05-Dec-2017 

Meeting Description:

The International Association for Cognitive Semiotics in cooperation with OCAD
University and Ryerson University is pleased to announce

The Third Conference of the International Association for Cognitive Semiotics
(IACS3 – 2018)
July 13–15, 2018

Toronto, Ontario, Canada iacs-2018.org

Contacts
- Peter Coppin: pcoppin at faculty.ocadu.ca
- Jamin Pelkey: jpelkey at ryerson.ca

Plenary speakers confirmed (as of August 15, 2017):

- John M. Kennedy (University of Toronto)
- Kalevi Kull (University of Tartu)
- Maxine Sheets-Johnstone (University of Oregon)

Conference Theme: Multimodalities

This non-restrictive theme is intended to encourage the exploration of
pre-linguistic and extra-linguistic modes of semiotic systems and meaning
construal, as well as their intersection with linguistic processes.

Cognitive Semiotics investigates the nature of meaning, the role of
consciousness, the unique cognitive features of human beings, the interaction
of nature and nurture in development, and the interplay of biological and
cultural evolution in phylogeny. To better answer such questions, cognitive
semiotics integrates methods and theories developed in the human, social, and
cognitive sciences.

The International Association for Cognitive Semiotics (IACS, founded 2013)
aims at establishing cognitive semiotics as a trans-disciplinary study of
meaning. More information on the International Association for Cognitive
Semiotics can be found at http://iacs.dk

The IACS conference series seeks to gather together scholars and scientists in
semiotics, linguistics, philosophy, cognitive science, psychology and related
fields, who wish to share their research on meaning and contribute the
interdisciplinary dialogue.

Topics of the conference include (but are not limited to):

- Biological and cultural evolution of human cognitive specificity
- Cognitive linguistics and phenomenology
- Communication across cultural barriers
- Cross-species comparative semiotics
- Evolutionary perspectives on altruism
- Experimental semiotics
- Iconicity in language and other semiotic resources
- Intersubjectivity and mimesis in evolution and development
- Multimodality
- Narrativity across different media
- Semantic typology and linguistic relativity
- Semiosis (sense-making) in social interaction
- Semiotic and cognitive development in children
- Sign use and cognition
- Signs, affordances, and other meanings
- Speech and gesture
- The comparative semiotics of iconicity and indexicality
- The evolution of language

Call for Papers:

We invite abstract submissions for theme sessions, oral presentations and
posters. Please select your chosen format along with your submission.

Important Dates:

Deadline for submission of theme sessions: 15 Nov 2017
Deadline for abstract submission (oral presentations, posters): 05 Dec 2017
Notification of acceptance (oral presentations, posters): 15 Feb 2018
Last date for early registration: 05 May 2018

Submission Guidelines and Formats:

Theme sessions (deadline: 15 Nov 2017)
Submit session title, name and affiliation of convener; input brief session
abstract (150 words); upload session introduction of up to 400 words
explaining the theme, plus all full-length abstracts in suitable order.
Sessions may consist of 3–5 papers (90–150 min.) and should alow time for
general discussion. Papers in each theme session should be thematically
linked. Submission should also indicate whether a session not accepted as a
whole should have each abstract reconsidered as individual presentations (oral
or poster).

Oral presentations (deadline: 5 Dec 2017)
Submit title, name, affiliation, key terms; input brief abstract (150 words);
upload full abstract (300–400 words).
Prepare a 20-minute presentation followed by 7 minutes of discussion

Posters (deadline: 5 Dec 2017)
Submit title, name, affiliation, key terms; input brief abstract (150 words);
upload full abstract (250–300) words.
Prepare a 1-minute oral presentation in the main lecture hall, preceding the
poster session.

All full abstracts should be uploaded as .doc, .docx, .rtf, .pdf, or .odt,
attachments using EasyChair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iacs32018

In order to submit an abstract you must use your existing EasyChair account or
register using the link above. Further instructions can be found on the
EasyChair site and on the IACS 2018 conference website: http://iacs-2018.org

Post-Conference Publishing Opportunities

Two publication outlets are reserved in advance for revised IACS3 papers
following the conference:

- Edited Book Collections: Anthropology of Language series, Oxford: Berghahn,
http://bit.ly/2uHaKvw
- Special Themed Double Issue: The American Journal of Semiotics 35.1–2,
http://bit.ly/2x2V6aC

Please contact Jamin Pelkey, jpelkey at ryerson.ca, for more information about
either of these two opportunities.

Important Dates:

Deadline for submission of theme sessions: 15 Nov 2017
Deadline for abstract submission (oral presentations, posters): 05 Dec 2017
Notification of acceptance (oral presentations, posters): 15 Feb 2018
Last date for early registration: 05 May 2018

Questions? Please do not hesitate to contact the organizers:
pcoppin at faculty.ocadu.ca jpelkey at ryerson.ca

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