35.1158, Calls: "Second language learning and teaching of motion event constructions" at 10th International Conference of the German Cognitive Linguistics Association GCLA/DGKL

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Subject: 35.1158, Calls: "Second language learning and teaching of motion event constructions" at 10th International Conference of the German Cognitive Linguistics Association GCLA/DGKL

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Date: 04-Apr-2024
From: Karin Madlener-Charpentier [karin.madlener at unibas.ch]
Subject: "Second language learning and teaching of motion event constructions" at 10th International Conference of the German Cognitive Linguistics Association GCLA/DGKL

Full Title: Theme session "Second language learning and teaching of
motion event constructions" at 10th International Conference of the
German Cognitive Linguistics Association GCLA/DGKL

Date: 04-Sep-2024 - 06-Sep-2024
Location: Osnabrück, Germany
Contact Person: Karin Madlener-Charpentier
Meeting Email: karin.madlener at unibas.ch

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Language Acquisition;
Psycholinguistics; Syntax; Typology

Call Deadline: 15-Apr-2024

Meeting Description:

The theme session "Second language learning and teaching of motion
event constructions" will be held at the 10th International Conference
of the German Cognitive Linguistics Association (GCLA/Deutsche
Gesellschaft für Kognitive Linguistik - DGKL; Osnabrück, Germany, on
September 4-6, 2024). The theme session is organized by Karin
Madlener-Charpentier and Elsa Liste Lamas; its exact date is still
open (September 4-6, 2024).

Theme session abstract
Cross-linguistic variation is well documented in the spatial language
domain (Slobin 2004). Language-specific encoding preferences have been
described in terms of lexicalization or conceptualization patterns
(Talmy 1985; Treffers-Daller/Tidball 2016) and degrees of manner/path
salience (Slobin 2004). For spontaneous motion, a major distinction is
typically made between verb-framed (V) and satellite-framed (S)
languages (Talmy 1985).
   In V-languages, path is typically expressed in the main verb (e.g.,
sortir ‘exit’), whereas manner is only expressed if highly salient;
V-languages have smaller lexicons of manner-of-motion verbs (Slobin,
2004) and V-language speakers encode manner of motion less frequently
than users of S-languages (Treffers-Daller/Tidball 2016). In
S-languages, the root of the finite verb typically encodes manner of
motion (e.g., jump, swim, march), while path is expressed in
satellites, e.g., directional adverbs, verbal prefixes/ particles,
prepositional phrases (Madlener-Charpentier/Liste Lamas 2022); more
than one satellite can be attached to one motion verb, resulting in
complex/dense path descriptions (Zlatev et al. 2021).
   The language(s) speakers grow up with shape(s) these speakers’
information processing routines and their attention to specific
components of event construal (Thinking for Speaking, Slobin 1996, or
learned attention, Ellis 2006). Children respect and apply the main
lexicalization patterns of their first language (L1) from early on
(cf. Harr/Hickmann 2016). Processing routines established and strongly
entrenched in the L1 may be difficult to restructure when learning
additional languages (L2) later in life (so-called Re-Thinking for
Speaking, Ellis & Cadierno 2009), if L1 and L2 categories or
constructions diverge.
   Speakers of V-languages learning an S-framed L2 may particularly
struggle with adapting to higher degrees of manner salience (e.g., De
Knop/Gallez 2013); yet, what is challenging for them is not to learn
the large repertoire of manner verbs typical of S-languages, but to
use these manner verbs together with path adverbials in compact,
information-dense utterances (Yilmaz 2017). In contrast, speakers of
S-languages learning a V-framed L2 may particularly struggle with the
so-called boundary crossing constraint (Özçalışkan 2015), which
excludes the use of manner verbs in translational bounded motion
constructions (e.g., Muñoz & Cadierno 2019).
   This theme session brings together experts in second language
acquisition research and second language pedagogy in order to discuss
(1) cognitive linguistic and usage-based research in the domain of
motion event encoding in L2 acquisition and use (e.g., L2
constructional preferences, L2 challenges, intra-individual variation,
L2 gesture), and (2) implications and options for the L2 teaching of
motion event constructions in different settings and for different
target languages.

Call for Papers:

Call for theme session contributions

The theme session "Second language learning and teaching of motion
event constructions" can comprise up to 12 oral presentations and
still has some open slots (20 minutes + 10 minutes for discussion). We
therefore call for theme session submissions on

(1) cognitive linguistic and usage-based research in the domain of
motion event encoding in L2 acquisition and use (e.g., L2
constructional preferences, L2 challenges, intra-individual variation,
L2 gesture),
(2) implications and options for the L2 teaching of (spontaneous or
caused) motion event constructions in different settings and for
different target languages.

If you are interested in contributing to this theme session, please
send a short preliminary abstract (including the names of potential
presenters, the title of your presentation, and a short description of
200-250 words plus references) to karin.madlener at unibas.ch by April
15, 2024.

Notifications of acceptance will be sent out by April 30, 2024.
Presenting authors will then be required to submit their camera-ready
final abstracts via ConfTool by May 31, 2024, in order for the
conference organizers to finalize the program. Final abstracts should
state the approach taken, research questions, method, and (expected)
results, and not exceed 500 words (excluding references). Abstracts
should be formatted according to the Unified Style Sheet for
Linguistics see https://www2.uni-osnabrueck.de/dgkl2024/home).

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