29.3494, Calls: Applied Ling, Disc Analysis, Gen Ling, Lang Acquisition, Socioling/United Kingdom

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Subject: 29.3494, Calls: Applied Ling, Disc Analysis, Gen Ling, Lang Acquisition, Socioling/United Kingdom

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Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2018 20:48:54
From: Marianna Bolognesi [marianna.bolognesi at gmail.com]
Subject: The Creative Power of Metaphor

 
Full Title: The Creative Power of Metaphor 

Date: 29-Mar-2019 - 30-Mar-2019
Location: Oxford, United Kingdom 
Contact Person: Marianna Bolognesi
Meeting Email: marianna.bolognesi at mod-langs.ox.ac.uk

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Discourse Analysis; General Linguistics; Language Acquisition; Sociolinguistics 

Call Deadline: 31-Oct-2018 

Meeting Description:

Save the Date: The Creative Power of Metaphor

#creativemetaphor  

29 – 30 March 2019 at Worcester College, Oxford, UK

Join us in Oxford for a 2-day conference designed to investigate the nexus
between the following three elements: Metaphor, Linguistic Diversity, and
Human Creativity. 

The conference will be structured around four keynote lectures and four panels
which will investigate four themes, outlined below. A call inviting
participation in the panels and presentation of poster contributions will be
advertised at the beginning of September. 

1. Panel topic: Metaphor and linguistic diversity  
Keynote speaker: Lera Boroditsky

2. Panel topic: Metaphor and emotion
Keynote speaker: Zoltan Kövecses

3. Panel topic: Metaphor and communication
Keynote speaker: Gerard Steen

4. Panel topic: Metaphor and creativity
Keynote speaker: Rachel Giora

We look forward to welcoming you in Oxford!

The Organisers:

Professor Katrin Kohl
Dr Marianna Bolognesi
Dr Ana Werkmann Horvat

Creative Multilingualism (https://www.creativeml.ox.ac.uk/). 

Our research group is a large cross-disciplinary team of academics working on
the nexus between linguistic diversity and creativity. The conference is being
organised by Strand 1 of Creative Multilingualism: Embodying Ideas – the
Creative Power of Metaphor: https://www.creativeml.ox.ac.uk/research/metaphor


Call for Papers:

Call for Panel Participation:

Each panel is designed to explore issues raised by the preceding lecture,
elucidating current thinking on areas relevant to the theme, and debating
matters of controversy. We invite expressions of interest in participation.
Your submission should include the following:

- The panel in which you wish to participate
- Your name, affiliation and, if relevant, the URL for your web profile
- What you consider to be the most burning questions concerning the theme
(max. 150 words)
- Your relevant expertise and research (max. 150 words)
- Your main relevant publications.

Call for Poster Presentations:

We invite abstracts (max. 300 words) for poster presentations that are
relevant to one or more of the four themes of the conference. Your abstract
should include the following:

- The theme or themes of the conference your poster will address
- Your name, affiliation and, if relevant, the URL for your web profile
- Your relevant research
- Your research methods
- Your findings and/or theoretical advances.

Submissions:

We welcome submissions from early career researchers to the panels and
posters.

Please send submissions as email attachments to the following address:
creativemetaphor2019 at gmail.com

Deadline: 31 October 2018.

Themes and Research Questions:
Research questions on the four themes may include, but are not limited to, the
following:

1. Metaphor and Linguistic Diversity 

- What is the significance of linguistic diversity for metaphor theory?
- How does linguistic diversity in metaphorical expression affect and interact
with thought?
- Is a unified metaphor theory that can account for the variability in
linguistic data possible?
- How are cultural differences actualized in metaphorical expressions?
- Do truly universal metaphors exist?

2. Metaphor and Emotion

- What is the connection between metaphor and emotion? Is it systematic across
languages?
- Are emotions more likely to be expressed using figurative language?
- Is there a correlation between expression of emotion and creative use of
metaphor? If so, is this universal or culturally specific?
- To what extent are metaphors that are used to express emotions universal? Is
there a systematic difference by comparison with other areas of expression?
- How does multilingual competence relate to the interaction between metaphor
and emotion? Does the expression of emotions using figurative language differ
depending on whether the speaker is using a native language or a non-native
language?

3. Metaphor and Communication

- Is the use of metaphors favoured as a persuasive communicative device across
languages or are there languages/cultures/cultural contexts in which metaphors
are avoided for such a purpose?
- To what extent are creative and deliberate metaphors used in communication
(e.g., in political speech) affected by cross-linguistic and cross-cultural
variability?
- Does the use of metaphor to change attitudes and opinions correlate with the
conventionality/creativity of the chosen metaphors?
- How and why does resistance to metaphor develop?
- What is the role of figurative language use in multilingual settings and
does this differ from such use in monolingual settings?

4. Metaphor and Creativity

- Is metaphor an area of language that offers more scope for creativity than
other areas of language? Is any correlation universal or culturally specific?
- What are the differences in understanding creative vs. non-creative
figurative language?
- How are creative figurative expressions perceived by speakers and listeners?
- What constitutes a good metaphor in terms of creativity?
- Are speakers of different languages creative in different ways in metaphor
use?




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