Second announcement GCLA/DGKL 2008

[Birte Loenneker-Rodman]

Second announcement GCLA/DGKL 2008
Call for papers
Third international conference of the
German Cognitive Linguistics Association
Leipzig, September, 25 - 27, 2008

The third international conference of the German Cognitive Linguistics 
Association (GCLA/DGKL) will take place in Leipzig, Germany, from 
September, 25 to 27, 2008. It is organized by the Linguistics Department 
at the Institute of English and American Studies at Leipzig University.

Special theme: Converging Evidence

Topics
Submissions are invited for papers addressing - from various 
perspectives - any facet of cognitive linguistics research, including 
research on meaning, conceptual structure, conceptual operations, 
cognitive processing, grammar, acquisition, language use, discourse 
function, and other issues. Papers supporting their arguments by various 
methodologies or drawing on evidence from various fields are especially 
welcome, though others are not excluded. The conference languages are 
English and German.

Submissions
Submissions may offer any of the following:
  1. theme session;
  2. paper presentation;
  3. poster presentation;
  4. paper or poster.

Guidelines for papers and posters:
Abstracts
   * should not exceed 500 words of text (exclusive of references)
   * should indicate a clear title
   * should meet the following criteria:
         - topic relevance
         - originality
         - clear structure
         - conclusive argumentation
   * should be anonymous for purposes of blind peer-review
   * should be formatted as Word, RTF or PDF documents
   * should be submitted electronically to the address given on the 
conference website, http://webapp.rrz.uni-hamburg.de/~DGKL/GCLA_08/

Please, include the following information in the main body of your e-mail:
   * Presentation title
   * Author name(s)
   * Affiliation
   * E-mail address for correspondence
   * 3-5 keywords
   * Preference re general or poster session
Please, include the following information in the subject header of your 
e-mail: "Abstract submission - Author(s) name(s)".

Abstract submission deadline: December 1st, 2007.

Guidelines for theme sessions:
Proposals for theme sessions should include
   * a brief description of the topic of the planned session (max. 500 
words);
   * a list of the contributions already planned;
   * a list of further aspects expected to be discussed in the session, 
to allow for additional applications.
Theme sessions will be organized as half-day sessions, with the time for 
presentations and discussions adapted to the schedule of the general 
session.
Theme session organizers will take responsibility for the quality of the 
contributions to their sessions and will decide on the 
acceptance/rejection of the papers submitted (once the theme session has 
been accepted).

Submission deadline: November 15th, 2007.

Conference schedule
Talks are scheduled in 30 minute slots: 20 minutes presentation, 5 
minutes for discussion and 5 minutes to change sessions and/or change 
speakers. We anticipate 3 parallel sessions of regular papers, plus 
plenary lectures, plus 1 - 2 theme sessions.

Keynote speakers
We are happy to announce the following plenary speakers:
   * Seana Coulson, University of California at San Diego
   * Holger Diessel, Jena University
   * Stefan Th. Gries, University of California at St. Barbara
   * Günter Radden, Hamburg University
   * Gerard Steen, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Important dates
August, 2007: First Call for papers, posters and theme sessions
15th November 2007 (extended): Deadline for theme sessions
1st December 2007: Deadline for paper and poster submissions
March, 2008: Notification of acceptance
25 - 27th September, 2008: Third GCLA/DGKL-Conference

Local organizing committee
Doris Schönefeld
Institut für Anglistik, Universität Leipzig
Beethovenstraße 15
04107 Leipzig, Germany
schoenefeld at uni-leipzig.de