ICLC 11, Xi'an first call for papers

[Rong Chen]

ICLC 11: Language, Cognition, Context

July 11-17, 2011, Xi’an, China

(http://www.iclc11.org; iclc11 at xisu.edu.cn)

 

Under the auspices of the International Cognitive Linguistics Association,
co-organized by China Cognitive Linguistics Association and China
International Forum on Cognitive Linguistics, and hosted by Xi’an
International Studies University, the 11th International Cognitive
Linguistics Conference will be held July 11- 17, 2011, in the historic city
of Xi’an, China.  

 

General guidelines

Like all previous ICLCs, ICLC 11, Xi’an will be a gathering of cognitive
linguists to present their most recent research in the study of language. We
invite abstracts that subscribe to the assumption that language is part of
human cognition, not an autonomous and separate system.  Language is seen as
influenced and, to a large extent, even determined by forces not only within
it but also outside it—factors of general human cognitive capacities as well
as factors that result from the diversity of societies, cultural groups,
discourse types, and communicative modes.

As such, presentations at ICLC 11, Xi’an may be on any facet of human
language—including the non-verbal—from any cognitive linguistics
perspective. The following general areas are provided as a sampler, not an
exclusive list of possibilities: cognitive grammar, cognitive semantics,
construction grammar, conceptual metaphor, conceptual integration,
embodiment of language, cognitive psycholinguistics, cognitive
sociolinguistics, cognitive stylistics, cognitive applied linguistics,
corpus linguistics, and application of a cognitive linguistics theory to
other disciplines.

ICLC 11, Xi’an will hold a general session, theme sessions, and a poster
session. Presentations for the general session and theme sessions will be
allotted 25 minutes, with 20 minutes for presentation and 5 minutes for
discussion. The poster session will be given a two-hour time window, without
competing with the general session or the theme sessions.

Each presenter can appear in the program a maximum of two times: once as a
first author and once as a co-author. Abstracts for both the general session
and theme sessions will go through the same anonymous peer-review process.
A presentation for a theme session (see below) will thus be submitted
twice—once to the theme session organizer and once to the Organizing
Committee.

The conference website (http://www.iclc11.org) is being constructed and will
be updated with new information as it becomes available. Questions regarding
the conference should be addressed to iclc11 at xisu.edu.cn. 

Abstract Submission and Requirements

Abstracts will be accepted from June 16, 2010 to November 15, 2010. Details
about how to submit abstracts will be announced by June 15, 2010.

Abstracts should be no more than 500 words, including references. They
should reflect the soundness of argument, substance of content, and
relevance to cognitive linguistics—the three criteria on which acceptance
decisions will be based. An abstract about an empirical study, therefore,
ought to include preliminary findings. Similarly, an abstract of a
theoretical presentation should outline how a position is defended in
addition to what that position is. 

Theme sessions

Theme sessions at ICLC 11, Xi’an are expected to encourage the broadest
participation possible by scholars in the entire cognitive linguistics
community and to present studies that are of as high caliber as those
presented in the general session. We ask that theme session organizers
follow these procedures:

1.      Announce their call for papers on the listserv Cogling and send it
to the conference website for posting. They are also encouraged to publicize
their calls on other popular listservs (e.g., funknet, linguistlist) or
venues. 

2.      By October 15, 2010, submit to the Organizing Committee a one-page
proposal plus a list of potential presenters and their titles (with a
maximum of three-sentence description for each) for review by a panel
composed of members of the Organizing Committee and the Advisory Committee.

3.      In the latter part of October, 2010, theme session organizers will
receive decisions on their sessions from the review panel. For an approved
theme session, the organizer should remind his/her presenters to submit
their abstracts to the Organizing Committee by November 15, 2010. Should a
session not be approved, the organizer is asked to encourage his/her
presenters to submit their abstracts to the general session.

4.      By February 15, 2011, theme session organizers will have received
the results of the abstract review. Should the number of accepted
presentations for a theme session fall below 5, the session will be
cancelled. Should it be greater than 24, the organizer will be asked to
select no more than 24 for the session. Those presentations not selected by
the organizer will be automatically routed to the general session.

Important dates

June 16, 2010: Abstract submission begins.

October 15, 2010: Theme session proposals due

November 15, 2010: Abstract submission ends 

February 15, 2011: Notification of acceptance

March 15, 2011: Early registration begins.

July 11-17, 2011: Conference in session

 

Keynote speakers

Harald Baayen, University of Alberta, Canada

Ewa Dabrowska, Northumbria University, UK

Mirjam Fried, Czech Academy of Sciences Prague, Czech Republic 

Kaoru Horie, Tohoku University, Japan

Ronald Langacker, University of California, San Diego, USA

 John Lucy, Chicago University, USA

Jiaxuan Shen, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, China

 

Co-organizers

China Cognitive Linguistics Association (http://www.ccla2006.com)

China International Forum on Cognitive Linguistics
(http://cifcl.buaa.edu.cn) 

 

Host 

Xi’an International Studies University (http://www.xisu.edu.cn)

 

Organizing Committee

Dingfang Shu (Co-Chair), Shanghai International Studies University 

Thomas Fuyin Li (Co-Chair), Beihang University 

Dafu Yang (Executive Co-Chair), Xi’an International Studies University 

Rong Chen, California State University, San Bernardino 

Shisheng Liu, Tsinghua University 

Hui Zhang, PLA International Studies University 

Yajun Jiang, Xi’an International Studies University 

 

Advisory Committee

Yuelian Liu (Chair), Xi’an International Studies University, China 

Laura Janda, University of Tromsø, Norway 

Maarten Lemmens, Université Lille 3 & CNRS, France 

Klaus-Uwe Panther, University of Hamburg, Germany 

Rene Dirven, University Duisburg-Essen, Germany 

Suzanne Kemmer, Rice University, USA 

Elzbieta Tabakowska, Jagiellonian University of Kraków, Poland