31.1462, Confs: Cognitive Science/Online

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Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2020 23:18:41
From: Αngeliki Athanasiadou [angath at enl.auth.gr]
Subject: Coronavirus and figuration

 
Coronavirus and figuration 

Date: 15-Jul-2020 - 16-Jul-2020 
Location: (Thessaloniki) online, Greece 
Contact: Angeliki Athanasiadou 
Contact Email: angath at enl.auth.gr 

Linguistic Field(s): Cognitive Science 

Meeting Description: 

Proposed seminar/workshop organized by Thessaloniki Cognitive Linguistics
Research group
15 July 2020
The seminar will take place online.

The seminar aspires to bring together scholars to discuss the figurative
facets of the coronavirus pandemic.  We are daily confronted with verbal and
nonverbal ways in which the pandemic is conceptualized and expressed. It is
manifested figuratively, via metaphors, metonymies, hyperboles, ironies,
similes,…. Moreover, though one can identify up to a degree, commonalities in
its expression across languages and cultures (see the “ReFrame COVID” project
by Koller et al), interestingly enough there are striking idiosyncracies. This
can be seen through verbal but also through pictorial or verbo-pictorial cues
(cartoons, comics, memes, animation) in newspapers, in TV programs, and in any
social, cultural, political, or ideological framework.
 

Call for Papers: 

We welcome presentations related to the manifestation of the coronavirus.
Topic areas include, but are not limited to, representations of the
coronavirus in monomodal and multimodal communication:

 - What are the verbal and/or non-verbal means?
 - In the case of multimodal communication, what are the role and the priority
of modes in the expression and the interpretation of the virus?
 - Do we have figurative clusters of a single figure or a combination of a
variety of figures?
 - How does the issue of coronavirus develop even in the course of a few
months? Is it a target concept or does it acquire source-like properties used
to suggest alternative viewpoints on issues and phenomena present in public
discourse?
 - Is there a culture-specific expression of the virus or, due to its pandemic
nature, it is conceptualized and expressed identically across cultures?
 - In both verbal and verbo-pictorial communication of the virus, the frames
and the scenarios involved reflect different viewpoints by scientists,
politicians, journalists/reporters or laymen. 
 - What are the consequences of such frames/scenarios on society and/or
economy and markets? 

Proposals for abstracts (not more than 300 words) are encouraged, both
descriptive and/or theoretical, on the concept of the coronavirus that could
account for its broader picture in conceptualization and expression.
Presentations will be no longer than 15 min.

Let us know if you would be interested in participating and, if so, please
send us your abstract by July 1. Then you will be informed on the details of
the online platform we will be using. 
Should you have any further inquiries do not hesitate to contact us.

Contact persons: 
Angeliki Athanasiadou (angath at enl.auth.gr)
Sofia (Sonia) Kefalidou (falisof100 at gmail.com)
Vivi Pavlopoulou (vivicapav at gmail.com)





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