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Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2018 17:29:28
From: Esther Pascual [pascual at zju.edu.cn]
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-Jan-2018 

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:

- Eve Danziger, University of Virginia, USA
- John M. Kennedy, University of Toronto, Canada
- Kalevi Kull, Tartu University, Estonia
- Irene Mittelberg, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
- Maxine Sheets-Johnstone, University of Oregon, USA
- Göran Sonesson, Lund University, Sweden

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

OCAD University is a historic art and design university with a student body of
6,000, next-door to the colossal Art Gallery of Ontario and a few blocks east
of Chinatown; Ryerson is a vibrant, city-centric university with a student
body of 39,000 skirting Dundas Square and environs.

Toronto: Known internationally as the world’s most diverse city, Toronto is
the capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. Situated along Lake
Ontario’s northwestern shore, it is a dynamic metropolis with a core of
soaring skyscrapers, all dwarfed by the iconic, free-standing CN Tower.
Toronto also has many green spaces, sports facilities, and a zoo.

2nd Call for Papers:

Theme: Multimodalities

The exploration of pre-linguistic and extra-linguistic modes of semiotic
systems and meaning construal, as well as their intersection with linguistic
processes. The International Association for Cognitive Semiotics (IACS,
http://iacs.dk) aims at establishing cognitive semiotics as a
trans-disciplinary study of meaning.

Final abstract submission deadline: Friday, 5 January 2018:
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iacs32018

1. Theme sessions (deadline closed)

2. Oral presentations (deadline: 5 January 2018)
- Submit title, name, affiliation, key terms; brief abstract (150 words); full
abstract (300–400 words).
- Prepare a 20-minute presentation followed by a 7-minute discussion

3. Posters (deadline: 5 January 2018)
- Submit title, name, affiliation, key terms; brief abstract (150 words); full
abstract (250–300) words.
- Prepare a 1-minute oral presentation, preceding the poster session.

All full abstracts should be submitted through:
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iacs32018
Further instructions on: iacs-2018.org/wordpress

Generous scholarships and travel bursaries will be available for new
researchers with accepted papers.

Post-conference publication outlets (contact Jamin Pelkey jpelkey at ryerson.ca):

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

Local Organizing Committee:

- Peter Coppin, OCAD University
- Jamin Pelkey, Ryerson University
- Stéphanie Walsh Matthews, Ryerson University
- Dana Osborne, Ryerson University
- Ambrose Li, OCAD University
- Richard Rosenbaum, York University

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