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Date: 02-Feb-2011
From: Michele Feist [feist at louisiana.edu]
Subject: Empirical Methods in Cognitive Linguistics

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From: Michele Feist [feist at louisiana.edu]
Subject: Empirical Methods in Cognitive Linguistics

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Empirical Methods in Cognitive Linguistics 
Short Title: EMCL 5.2 

Date: 13-Jun-2011 - 18-Jun-2011 
Location: Chicago IL, USA 
Contact: Michele Feist 
Contact Email: emcl5.2.chicago at gmail.com 
Meeting URL: http://languages.uchicago.edu/emcl5-2 

Linguistic Field(s): Cognitive Science; Psycholinguistics; Text/Corpus 
Linguistics 

Meeting Description: 

The EMCL workshop series aims to encourage dialogue between language 
researchers who routinely employ different methodologies.  This dialogue is 
initiated within an environment where novices and specialists combine their 
skills to develop a research project together.  For EMCL 5.2, we will focus 
on the integration of corpus and experimental methods in language 
research. 

The Center for the Study of Languages at the University of Chicago 
together with The Center for East European and Russian/Eurasian Studies 
(CEERES) present:

Empirical Methods in Cognitive Linguistics 5.2 (EMCL-5.2) ? Chicago
The Integration of Corpus and Experimental Methods
13 - 18 June 2011

http://languages.uchicago.edu/emcl5-2

Calls for Participation:

We invite applications to the next workshop on Empirical Methods in 
Cognitive Linguistics - EMCL 5.2 - to be held at the University of Chicago 
(Chicago, IL), 13 - 18 June 2011.

The EMCL workshop series aims to encourage dialogue between language 
researchers who routinely employ different methodologies.  This dialogue is 
initiated within an environment where novices and specialists combine their 
skills to develop a research project together.  For EMCL 5.2, we will focus 
on the integration of corpus and experimental methods in language 
research.

Intended audience:   Early career language researchers (i.e., graduate 
students, postdocs, junior faculty, etc.) grounded in theoretical issues 
surrounding cognitive linguistics, cognitive science, embodiment, and/or 
situated cognition.  No prior training with corpus or experimental methods is 
necessary.

Format:  Selected students (maximum 8 per group, for a total of 24) will be 
invited to join one of the 3 hands-on mini-labs at the workshop.  Each group 
will be led by two researchers who will work cooperatively - one specializing 
in corpus methods, and one in experimental methods.  As a group, each 
mini-lab will walk through the process of deciding on a research question; 
developing empirically testable hypotheses and designing the means to test 
those hypotheses; collecting, analyzing, and interpreting the data; and 
presenting their findings before an audience.  The workshop will end with a 
mini-conference in which each group will have the opportunity to present 
their study and participate in a general discussion.

Workshop faculty:

Group 1:
Michele Feist
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Research interests:  lexical semantics; spatial and motion language; 
acquisition of semantics; linguistic typology; language and thought
www.ucs.louisiana.edu/~mif8232

Steven Clancy
University of Chicago
Research interests: cognitive linguistics; case semantics and verbal 
semantics; grammaticalization; historical linguistics; quantitative methods 
and corpus methods
home.uchicago.edu/~sclancy

Group 2:
Dagmar Divjak
University of Sheffield
Research interests: lexical semantics, usage-based cognitive linguistics, the 
role of frequency, corpus methods, grammar-lexis interface, near-
synonyms, aspect and modality, language acquisition
www.sheffield.ac.uk/russian/staff/profiles/divjakd.html

Ben Bergen
University of California San Diego
Research interests: lexical and constructional meaning processing; 
figurative language comprehension; embodiment in models of language use
www.cogsci.ucsd.edu/~bkbergen

Group 3:
Laura Carlson
University of Notre Dame
Research interests:  spatial language; spatial reference frames; how we 
remember and use landmarks; why we get lost
www.nd.edu/~lcarlson 

Mark Davies
Brigham Young University
Research interests:  corpus design, creation, and use; historical change 
(especially syntax); genre-based variation (especially syntax), frequency 
and collocational data; English, Spanish, and Portuguese
http://davies-linguistics.byu.edu/

Accommodations:

Accommodations are available within easy walking distance of the 
university; prices range from $60+ per night for a single, or $80+ per night 
for a double. Further information will be given to accepted participants after 
notification of acceptance to the workshop.

Participation fee:  $300.00  

Fees will cover the costs of organization and faculty travel and 
accommodations and will also cover most meals for participants during the 
workshop.

Application:

To apply, please send the following:
1. A letter of application, maximum of two pages, describing
a. Your background and research interests
b. Your reasons for wanting to participate in EMCL 5.2
c. The research group you would like to work in and why
2. A copy of your curriculum vitae.

Please submit all materials electronically to emcl5.2.chicago (at) gmail.com.

The application deadline is 15 March 2011.  Accepted applicants will be 
notified on or before 1 May 2011.

Please note: Participation is strictly limited to accepted applicants so as to 
preserve the pedagogical integrity of the workshop atmosphere.

We thank the following organizations for their generous support of EMCL 
5.2

The Center for the Study of Languages
The Center for East European and Russian/Eurasian Studies (CEERES)

EMCL 5.2 Organizing Committee:

Michele I. Feist, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Steven Clancy, University of Chicago

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