31.24, Calls: Cog Sci, Lexicography, Semantics, Text/Corpus Ling, Translation/USA

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Subject: 31.24, Calls: Cog Sci, Lexicography, Semantics, Text/Corpus Ling, Translation/USA

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Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2020 19:55:33
From: Gaelle Chantrain [gaelle.chantrain at yale.edu]
Subject: Language, Semantics and Cognition: Saying and Conceptualizing the World from Ancient Egypt to Modern Times

Full Title: Language, Semantics and Cognition: Saying and Conceptualizing the World from Ancient Egypt to Modern Times 

Date: 17-Apr-2020 - 19-Apr-2020
Location: New Haven (CT), USA 
Contact Person: Gaelle Chantrain
Meeting Email: gaelle.chantrain at yale.edu
Web Site: https://www.academia.edu/40957437/International_conference_-_Call_for_papers_Language_semantics_and_cognition_Saying_and_conceptualizing_the_world_fro 

Linguistic Field(s): Cognitive Science; Lexicography; Semantics; Text/Corpus Linguistics; Translation 

Call Deadline: 12-Jan-2020 

Meeting Description:

This conference aims at first establishing and discussing the current state of
research in the different fields involved (Egyptology, lexical semantics,
semantic typology, visual semiotics, metaphor studies, cognitive linguistics,
classifiers studies) and, second, at addressing some main research questions
for the future in order to establish the foundations of a methodological road
map for more effective interdisciplinary research. 

Main Research Questions:

- How can the study of Egyptian and other ancient languages and scripts
contribute to cognitive linguistic studies? 
- Reciprocally, how can theoretical frames from cognitive linguistics be used
for/adapted to the study of ancient Egyptian and other ancient languages? 
- What are the common points and differences that can be observed in world
conceptualization cross-linguistically and cross-culturally? How are they
translated at the spoken, written and visual levels?
- Can some recurring patterns be identified in terms of conceptual mapping?
Are they culturally specific and/or do they have a more “universal” value?
- How far are the relations between conceptual level and linguistic/visual
level symmetrical or asymmetrical? How transparent do the linguistic/visual
manifestations of conceptual mapping appear cross-culturally? In other words,
do we have (all) the keys to understand them? 
- Can they be linked to semantic evolution dynamics (if so, to which extent)?
- In the case of Egyptian, to which extent can the two latter points influence
classification strategies and their evolution in diachrony? 

Themes:
The main themes that will be addressed during the conference are as follows:  

- physical world perception and categorization 
- sensory perception
- emotions, personal characteristics and social interactions
- cognition-related lexicon and expressions (in general)

Research Lines:
These themes will be treated from the following approaches:

- intra-linguistic lexical semantics and semantic evolution
- semantic typology
- conceptual mappings (metaphors, in a broad sense: both conceptual and their
formal realisation: linguistic and visual/written level)
- classifiers studies
- visual semiotics (e.g. relation between image and text)

Objectives:

The first aim of the conference is to explore the link between the cognitive
level (What are the conceptual categories in which the real is divided? How
are they organized?) and the linguistic and written/visual level (How are
these concepts expressed in the language/script?) in the frame of the themes
mentioned above. 

The second aim is to compare the results obtained from the different
perspectives and approaches (cf. supra, research lines), and to highlight the
differences and/or similarities that can be found cross-culturally and
cross-linguistically, in ancient and modern times. 

The third aim is to address the question of the advantages and limits of an
interdisciplinary approach and to stress the importance of making data from
ancient languages and scripts accessible in order to integrate them in the
research in linguistics and semiotics.

Invited Speakers:

Camilla di Biase-Dyson (University of Göttingen)
Orly Goldwasser (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Maria Koptjevskaja Tamm (Stockholm University)
Cristina Soriano (University of Geneva) 
Martine Vanhove (LLACAN)     
Jean Winand (University of Liege)

Call for Papers:

The official language of the conference will be English. We welcome proposals
for papers and posters. Each lecture will be around 30 min, with 5-10 min for
discussion.

We welcome abstracts (max. 500 words, references excluded) in link with the
aforementioned research questions and themes. Studies on interactions and/or
conceptual mapping between two or several semantic domains related to the
themes listed supra are particularly welcome. The conference is not limited to
Egyptology and welcomes contributions on any language and/or script which
addresses these themes.  We particularly encourage scholars who are
researching semiotics in other graphic scripts (Assyriology, Sinology,
Mesoamerican written systems etc) to apply.

Abstracts must be submitted by email (word and pdf) at the following address:
gaelle.chantrain at yale.edu

The extended deadline for abstract submission is January 12, 2019.
The authors will be notified on the results by end of January 2020.

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