[Linganth] IACS4-2020: Save the date

[Jamin Pelkey]

IACS 4
2-4 July 2020

Aachen, Germany
https://iacs4.signges.de
https://www.rwth-aachen.de

SEMIOTIC COMPLEXITIES: Theory & Analysis

We are pleased to announce that the 4th conference of the International
Association for Cognitive Semiotics (IACS) will take place July 2nd- 4th,
2020, at RWTH Aachen University in Aachen (Aix-la-Chapelle), Germany.

The IACS conference series seeks to gather scholars and scientists in
semiotics, cognitive science, linguistics, anthropology, philosophy,
psychology, art history and theory, media studies, and related fields, who
wish to share their research on meaning and contribute to the
interdisciplinary endeavor of cognitive semiotics. Previous conferences
were held in Lund (2014), Lublin (2016), and Toronto (2018).
http://iacs.dk/

Conference theme
The conference theme of IACS4 is “SEMIOTIC COMPLEXITIES: Theory &
Analysis.” It aims to account for the complexities of semiosis, that is,
for the intricacies of semiotic processes in a broad range of semiotic
systems, with a focus on either cognitive, monomodal, crossmodal or
multimodal processes of meaning construal. While the theme is rather broad
and non-restrictive, it is intended to encourage contributions showing how
theoretical frameworks and methods of analysis may mutually enhance each
other and thus offer truly new insights into the merits of semiotic inquiry
and advance the cross-disciplinary enterprise of cognitive semiotics.
In this light, THEORY here is meant to include influential semiotic
theories (as proposed by, e.g. Eco, Greimas, Jakobson, Lothman, Peirce,
Saussure), as well as theoretical concepts and principles that are central
to cognitive linguistics, general linguistics, philosophy, psychology,
anthropology, and the cognitive sciences more broadly. ANALYSIS encompasses
qualitative, quantitative and experimental methods and tools, as well as
mixed-methods approaches developed to derive emerging patterns and
regularities but also unique instances of meaning-making in both static and
dynamic semiotic fabrics.
Topics:

Topics of the conference include (but are not limited to):

• Semiotic theory
• Cognitive linguistics
• Cognitive poetics
• Cognitive anthropology
• Gesture and sign language
• Embodied interaction
• Phenomenology
• Multimodality (e.g., film, cartoons, comics, advertisement, music)
• Modality-specificity and crossmodal principles of meaning-making
• Narrativity across different media
• Semiotics and art history/archeology/architecture
• Visual analysis (the visual arts, images, architecture, etc.)
• Iconicity and indexicality in language and other semiotic resources
• Intersubjectivity and mimesis in evolution and development
• Linguistic and cultural relativity
• Semiotic and cognitive development in children
• Biological and cultural evolution of human cognition/communication
• Embodiment and spatial cognition
• Semiotic foundations of digital humanities
• Experimental semiotics
• Biosemiotics / neurosemiotics
• Technosemiotics (e.g., social robotics)

Local/transregional organizing committee:

• Irene Mittelberg (RWTH Aachen University)
• Geert Brône (KU Leuven)
• Paul Sambre (KU Leuven)
• Kurt Feyaerts (KU Leuven)
• Gabriele Gramelsberger (RWTH Aachen University)
• Jessica Vaupel (RWTH Aachen University)

We will soon announce the plenaries and pre-conference workshops and invite
abstract submissions for theme sessions, oral presentations, and posters.
The submission process will start on September 15, 2019 via the conference
website:

https://iacs4.signges.de

If you have any questions, please contact us at:

iacs4.2020 at signges.rwth-aachen.de

We hope IACS4 will spur your interest and that we will see you in Aachen
next year!

Best wishes – on behalf of all the conference hosts and IACS board members,

Jamin Pelkey
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Jamin Pelkey, PhD
Associate Professor, LLC
Ryerson University, Toronto
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