[Ethnocomm] Empirical Methods in Cognitive Linguistics (EMCL7)

Sat Feb 7 11:31:25 UTC 2015

Apologies for multiple postings. *

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*Empirical Methods in Cognitive Linguistics 7 – João Pessoa, Brazil *

*August 2^-8, 2015*

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*https://sites.google.com/site/emcl7joaopessoabrazil/*

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To precede the 7th Conference on Linguistics and Cognition (7a 
Conferência Linguística e Cognição) August 9-11, 2015

http://cogvii.virtual.ufpb.br

*****Application deadline: February 28, 2015

*****Notification of Acceptance: March 15, 2015

We invite applications for the 7th Empirical Methods in Cognitive 
Linguistics workshop to be held in Joao Pessoa, Brazil, August 2-8, 
2015. This is the first time EMCL comes to Latin America, and we are 
very excited for this opportunity.

The goal of EMCL is to facilitate dialogue among language researchers 
with different methodological backgrounds, i.e. those working on theory, 
experimentation, corpus linguistics, etc. We do this by hosting a series 
of minilabs. Each minilab is led by two internationally recognized 
researchers from different backgrounds, who collaborate in guiding a 
group of eight students through the steps of developing and carrying out 
an empirical project during the course of a week.

The minilabs for EMCL 7 are as follows.

*Minilab 1.*

Topics: Cognitive linguistics, grammatical theory, spoken language, 
gesture, thinking for speaking, metaphor, semantics and 
conceptualization, conversation, political discourse, psycholinguistics, 
language acquisition, sentence processing, coreference

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*Alan Cienki*Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam & Moscow State Linguistic 
University

http://www.let.vu.nl/en/about-the-faculty/academic-staff/staff-listed-alphabetically/staff-a-d/dr-a-cienki/index.asp

*José Ferrari Neto*Universidade Federal da Paraiba

http://lattes.cnpq.br/7211922429806274

*Minilab 2. *

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Topics: interaction between language and vision, sentence processing, 
word recognition, visual attention, visual memory, eye movements, 
computational modeling, construction grammar, lexical semantics, 
argument structure

*Michael Spivey*University of California, Merced

http://www.ucmerced.edu/content/michael-j-spivey

*Diogo Pinheiro*Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

http://lattes.cnpq.br/8691039251844677

*Minilab 3.*

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Topics: mental simulation in language understanding, embodiment of 
linguistic constructions, processing of literal, abstract, and 
metaphorical language, thinking and driving, word meaning and 
phonaesthemes, language acquisition, psycholinguistics, primary 
metaphors, figurative language comprehension by the hard of hearing

*Benjamin Bergen*University of California, San Diego

http://www.cogsci.ucsd.edu/~bkbergen/ 
<http://www.cogsci.ucsd.edu/%7Ebkbergen/>

Topics:

*Maity Siqueira*Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

http://lattes.cnpq.br/6160773661816756

*Minilab 4.*

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Topics: cognitive linguistics, temporal order, tense, aspect, gesture, 
eye movements, working memory, evidentiality, mental spaces and 
conceptual blending, construction grammar, deixis and viewpoint

*Raymond Becker*RWTH Aachen University

http://www.humtec.rwth-aachen.de/index.php?article_id=1214&clang=0 
<http://www.humtec.rwth-aachen.de/index.php?article_id=1214&clang=0>

*Lilian Ferrari*Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

http://lattes.cnpq.br/4652172144789181

*Minilab 5.*

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Topics: multilingual cognition, language acquisition, conceptual 
development, conceptual transfer, color perception, motion event 
construal, object categorization, grammatical number, grammatical 
gender, grammatical aspect, conceptualization, conceptual 
representation, conceptual blending, sentence comprehension, inferential 
processing, language and motor action

*Panos Athanasopoulos,*Lancaster University

http://www.ling.lancs.ac.uk/profiles/panos-athanasopoulos

*Jan Edson Leite*Universidade Federal da Paraiba

http://lattes.cnpq.br/6349030710525621

*Minilab 6.*

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Topics: methods, embodied social psychology, replication, emotion, 
language acquisition and processing, neurocognitive aspects of reading 
comprehension, aging and semantic processing

*Daniël Lakens*Eindhoven University of Technology

https://sites.google.com/site/lakens2/Home

*Rosangela Gabriel*Universidade de Santa Cruz do Sul

http://lattes.cnpq.br/5511040461102482

*Minilab 7.*

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Topics: lexical semantics, spatial language, psycholinguistics, 
acquisition of semantics, language and cognition, cross linguistic 
semantic comparisons and metaphor, neurolinguistics, social cognition, 
memory and language in aphasics

*Michele Feist*University of Louisiana at Lafayette

http://www.ucs.louisiana.edu/~mif8232/ 
<http://www.ucs.louisiana.edu/%7Emif8232/>

*Edwiges Morato*UNICAMP - Universidade Estadual de Campinas

http://lattes.cnpq.br/6794591756569605

*Intended audience:*Language researchers with an embodiment, situated 
cognition and/or cognitive linguistics background. No prior experimental 
or corpus training is required though an understanding of the 
theoretical issues is necessary. Participants can be at different early 
stages in their careers, i.e. graduate students/post-grads, post-docs, 
junior faculty, etc.

*Format:*Participants will join one of seven hands-on mini-labs for the 
duration of the week-long workshop. Each mini-lab will be responsible 
for completing a joint research project. A select group of students 
(max. eight per group for a total of 56) will be invited to participate. 
Each group will work with two researchers who will guide them in 
selecting an idea to investigate. They will then participate in 
structuring and organizing a research project, and carrying it out. The 
session will end with a mini-conference where findings will be 
presented, followed by a general discussion.

*Please note that the mini-conference will be open to everyone, 
including but not limited to participants of the 7^th Conference on 
Linguistics and Cognition*

Language of instruction will be English.

Topics to be covered include,

- Deciding on a research topic

- Transforming the research topic into a research question

- Developing experimental hypotheses

- Designing an experiment to test hypotheses

- Making clear predictions based on the design

- Data collection

- Statistical analysis and interpretation

- Presentation of findings to an audience

*Participation Fee:*

  US$150, or R$360, payable by bank transfer or upon arrival by prior 
arrangement. (This fee helps cover the costs of organization and faculty 
travel.)

*Application: *

To apply, please send the following by February 28, 2015. All materials 
must be submitted electronically to emcl.admin (at) gmail.com 
<http://gmail.com>

1. A maximum of two (2) pages, (1000 words, excluding references), 
describing:

- your academic background,

- your reasons for wanting to participate,

- the research groups you would like to work in and why. Please list 3 
in order of preference,

   with number one being your preferred group.

- a brief description of your research interests.

All topics listed above must be addressed. Incomplete applications will 
not be reviewed.

2. A copy of your curriculum vitae (C.V.) including a list of (any) 
publications. For publications, the names of all authors must appear as 
only initials for first and last names, i.e. Farah, Martha -> F.,M.

3. Formatting of your application must be as follows:

- Please write 'application' in the subject line.

- All documents must be submitted as a single pdf, labeled with your 
full name only,

    last name first. Note, though, that all identifying features of 
applicants will be removed to allow for

    anonymous review.

- C.V. should appear first.  Your name should only appear at the top of 
your C.V. and nowhere else.

- Please remove any photographs, as well as references to your age or 
marital status.

    Your C.V. should only contain professional information beginning 
with your

    university training.

- Any deviations will result in the application being returned to you 
for correction. Samples of

    properly completed applications can be found on the EMCL 7 website.

All identifying features of applicants will be removed to allow for 
anonymous review.

The application deadline is February 28. Accepted applicants will be 
notified on or before March 15.

**We realize that some of you will be applying for external funding. If 
you need proof of acceptance before the notification date, then please 
contact us immediately to see if we can accommodate you.)

Two (2) tuition scholarships will be awarded by lottery to students 
experiencing financial hardship. The scholarship will be for the 
participation fee only, as unfortunately, we do not have funding to 
cover accommodation or travel.  If you would like to be included in the 
lottery, please include a brief description of your situation (500 words 
maximum).

Please note: Attendance is strictly limited to accepted participants. No 
exceptions will be made so as to preserve pedagogical integrity. That 
said, *everyone is invited to attend the mini-conference where the labs 
will present their research results.*

Please send all correspondence to:

*emcl.admin at gmail.com* <mailto:emcl.admin at gmail.com>**

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*https://sites.google.com/site/emcl7joaopessoabrazil/*

EMCL 7 Organizing Committee:

Monica Gonzalez-Marquez, Chair, Cornell University & Bielefeld University

Raymond Becker, RWTH Aachen University

Marianne Cavalcante, Universidade Federal da Paraiba

Alan Cienki, Vrije Universiteit,Amsterdam & Moscow State Linguistic U.

Michele Feist, University of Louisiana at Lafayette

Jan Edson Leite, Universidade Federal da Paraiba

Danielly Lima, Universidade Federal da Paraiba

Mábia Toscano, Universidade Federal da Paraiba

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