[Dgkl] CfP LAUD/CLIC 2018

Monika Reif reif at uni-landau.de
Wed Nov 29 12:05:26 UTC 2017


*Call for Papers - LAUD/CLIC 2018*

Dear colleagues,

It gives us great pleasure to invite you to join us at our Cultural 
Linguistics conference with the overall theme

*Cultural Linguistics:**
**Current and Emerging Trends in Research on Language and Cultural 
Conceptualisations*

The conference will be co-organised by *T**he 38th International LAUD 
Symposium (LAUD2018)* and *The Second Cultural Linguistics International 
Conference (CLIC2018)*.

*Conference dates:*
July 23 – 26, 2018

*Venue:*
Landau in der Pfalz (Germany)
Butenschoen Haus, Luitpoldstraße 8, 76829 Landau, Germany

*Call deadline:*
December 15, 2017

*Aims and scope:* Cultural Linguistics is an emerging field of research 
with multidisciplinary origins that explores the relationship between 
language and cultural conceptualisations. Cultural Linguistics draws on 
and expands the theoretical and analytical advancements in several 
disciplines and sub-disciplines, such as cognitive psychology, 
Complexity Science, Distributed Cognition, and anthropology.
Applications of Cultural Linguistics have enabled fruitful 
investigations of the cultural grounding of language in several domains 
such as World Englishes, intercultural communication, Teaching of 
English as an International Language (TEIL), and political discourse 
analysis. Research carried out within these applied areas has shed 
significant light on the nature of the relationship between language and 
cultural conceptualisations.
The present conference has the aim to provide a forum for researchers 
engaging in Cultural Linguistics to present and discuss current studies 
on the link between linguistic patterns and underlying cultural 
conceptualisations, the role of cultural conceptualisations in language 
development and education, as well as interdisciplinary research in the 
field of critical discourse analysis. It also explicitly encourages a 
(critical) reflection of emerging trajectories of methodological 
innovation in more recent empirical research.

*Conference website:
**https://www.uni-koblenz-landau.de/de/landau/fb6/philologien/anglistik/laudsymposium*

Further information and resources about Cultural Linguistics can be 
found on the following webpage: *http://artsonline.monash.edu.au/lsc/504-2/*

We kindly invite you to submit abstracts related to one of the following 
three thematic sessions:

*A) Cultural conceptualisation and the structure of language*

Cultural Linguistics engages with lexical and structural features of 
human languages that encode or instantiate culturally constructed 
conceptualisations (Sharifian 2017: 2). The linguistic analysis of such 
features is therefore of key significance to our understanding of the 
broader cultural cognitions linked to specific languages and linguistic 
varieties (ibid.: 5). Cultural Linguistics offers both a theoretical and 
an analytical framework for investigating the cultural 
conceptualisations that underlie actual language use.

Topics of this conference session include (but are not limited to):
•    Language and cultural categorisation (e.g., COLOURS, EVENTS, 
AGEING, KINSHIP, FOOD)
•    Language and cultural conceptualisations of
-    religion
-    emotions
-    gender
-    animals
•    Cultural Linguistics and embodied cultural metaphors
•    Cultural variation: different cultural models in one language
•    Intercultural re-conceptualisation (e.g., of festivals such as 
Christmas and Valentine)
•    Semiotics of Cultural Linguistics
•    Research methods and methodology in Cultural Linguistics
•    Cultural Linguistics and interdisciplinary research

*B) Applied Cultural Linguistics*

This second theme session aims to explore implications of major tenets 
underlying the field of Cultural Linguistics for research on language 
development and language teaching, for intercultural communication, and 
for translations purposes. Language is a component of culture, a product 
of culture, and a transmitter of culture all at the same time. For 
bi-/multilingual language acquisition and second/foreign language 
learning, this means that getting to know an additional language also 
involves contact and interactions with new systems of conceptualising 
experience. Culture-specific conceptualisations (meant here to comprise 
a number of cognitive constructs such as cultural categories, schemas 
and metaphors) are therefore likely to have an impact on the language 
acquisition/learning process, but may also affect processes involved in 
intercultural communication and translation.

Topics of this conference session include (but are not limited to):
•    Cultural Linguistics and bilingual/bi-dialectal education/literacy
•    Cultural linguistics and learning/teaching additional languages
•    Cultural Linguistics and Teaching English as an International 
Language (TEIL)
•    Learning to (re-)conceptualise for speaking/writing
•    Conceptual metaphors in language teaching
•    Cultural-cognitive models in learner dictionaries
•    Critical intercultural awareness in language learning/teaching
•    Semantic primes and cultural scripts in language learning and 
intercultural communication
•    Cultural Linguistics and translation/interpreting

*C) Cultural Linguistics, Ideologies and Critical Discourse Studies*

Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) explores the role that discourse 
structures and practices play in the (ab)use and reproduction of power 
in society and politics. It seeks to develop models and methods to 
better capture the interrelationship between linguistic 
choices/structures, ideologies, and socio-political power, both from a 
synchronic and a diachronic perspective. Since most of human knowledge 
is acquired through engaging in discourses, the studies of discourse and 
knowledge are necessarily intertwined. Thus, discourse analysis also 
features a cultural-cognitive component when examining underlying (and 
changing) mental representations and cultural models, both within social 
groups as well as individual discourse participants.

Topics of this conference session include (but are not limited to):
•    Critical Cultural Linguistics
•    Cultural Linguistics and political discourse analysis
•    Cultural identities in public discourse
•    The role of conceptual metaphor in the representation of social 
groups and political events
•    Cultural Linguistics, computer-mediated communication (CMC) and 
social media
•    Cultural conceptualisations and pragmatics
•    Cultural conceptualisation and verbal/non-verbal humour
•    Diachronic Cultural Linguistics
•    Cultural Linguistics and corpus linguistics

This conference will provide great resources on the topic as well as 
unlimited opportunities to network with prominent leaders in the field. 
We look forward to seeing you in July 2018.
Submissions are invited for oral presentations on the topics described 
above. Contributions can focus on results from completed as well as 
ongoing research.

*ABSTRACTS FOR PRESENTATIONS*

Papers will be presented in three parallel theme sessions, with 20 
minutes available per presentation and an additional 10 minutes for 
discussion.
Proposals are to be submitted via email no later than *December 15, 2017*.

*conference email: <laud2018 at uni-landau.de>*

All abstracts should be in line with the following guidelines:
- MS Word format
- max. 500 words
- The subject line of your email should read: LAUD 2018 presentation
- Please do NOT include the name(s) of the author(s) in the file itself.
- Please state the name(s) and affiliation(s) of the author(s) in the 
body of the email.
- Please indicate for which of the three theme sessions your 
presentation is intended.

Notification of acceptance will be given by January 15, 2018.

*ABSTRACTS FOR POSTER SLAM*

Our 2018 conference will feature a new event, the “Poster Slam”. The 
Slam is intended to provide a fast-paced, informative and entertaining 
showcase for posters. Junior researchers who have had their poster 
accepted will give a five-minute, five-slide overview of their project, 
followed by a five minute discussion/feedback session with the audience. 
“Slammers” will present their project in the main conference room within 
a reserved time slot in order to ensure a broad and captive audience and 
to provide a forum for lively discussion.

In addition, all posters will be displayed at the conference venue 
throughout the entire time period of the conference.

Proposals (i.e., project outlines) are to be submitted via email no 
later than *December 15, 2017*.

*conference email: <laud2018 at uni-landau.de>*

All poster abstracts should be in line with the following guidelines:
- MS Word format
-  max. 500 words
- The subject line of your email should read: LAUD 2018 poster
- Please do NOT include the name(s) of the author(s) in the file itself.
- Please state the name(s) and affiliation(s) of the author(s) in the 
body of the email.

Notification of acceptance will be given by January 15, 2018.

*CONFERENCE FEE*
The conference fee will be payable through our conference management 
system at a later stage.
Regular rate: EUR 80
Student rate: EUR 40*
* Valid student ID must be presented at the conference registration desk.
Full registration fee will apply if valid student ID is not provided.
On-site registration and payment will be available for an additional EUR 10.

*LOCAL CONFERENCE ORGANISERS*
Martin Pütz
Monika Reif
Frank Polzenhagen
Neele Mundt

*CONTACT DETAILS*

Conference email: *<laud2018 at uni-landau.de>*

Main conference organiser:
Prof. Dr. Martin Pütz
Universität Koblenz-Landau
FB 6, Institut für Fremdsprachliche Philologien, Fach Anglistik
Marktstr. 40, 76829 Landau/Pfalz, Germany
PH: ++49-(0)6341-280-33-204 * Fax: ++49-(0)6341-280-33-200

*INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD*

Professor Alexandra Aikhenvald | James Cook University, Australia
Professor Angeliki Athanasiadou | Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 
Greence
Professor Enrique Bernárdez | Catedrático en Universidad Complutense de 
Madrid, Spain
Professor Luna Filipović | University of East Anglia, U.K.
Professor William Foley | University of Sydney, Australia
Dr Ad Foolen | Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Professor Roslyn M. Frank | University of Iowa, U.S.A
Professor Zoltán Kövecses | Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary
Professor Ian Malcolm | Edith Cowan University, Australia
Professor Andreas Musolff | University of East Anglia, U.K.
Dr Frank Polzenhagen | Heidelberg University, Germany
Professor Martin Pütz | University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany
Professor Ulrich Schmitz | University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Professor Gunter Senft | Max Plank Institute for Psycholinguistics, The 
Netherlands
Professor Chris Sinha | Hunan University, China
Professor Farzad Sharifian | Monash University, Australia
Professor Hans-Georg Wolf | University of Potsdam, Germany
Professor Ning Yu | Pennsylvania State University, U.S.A.

-- 
Dr. Monika Reif
Universitaet Koblenz-Landau
Fach Anglistik
Marktstrasse 40
76829 Landau
E-Mail: reif at uni-landau.de
Phone: +49-6341-280-33-211

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