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Subject: 22.973, Calls: English, Semantics, Text/Corpus Ling/Spain

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Date: 27-Feb-2011
From: Antonio José Silvestre-López [asilvest at ang.uji.es]
Subject: Metaphor and Discourse: Verb-particle Constructions
 

	
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Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2011 23:07:16
From: Antonio José Silvestre-López [asilvest at ang.uji.es]
Subject: Metaphor and Discourse: Verb-particle Constructions

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Full Title: Metaphor and Discourse: Verb-particle Constructions 

Date: 19-Oct-2011 - 20-Oct-2011
Location: Castellón de la Plana, Spain 
Contact Person: Antonio José Silvestre-López
Meeting Email: vpc at uji.es
Web Site: http://www.metaphordiscourse.com/ 

Linguistic Field(s): Semantics; Text/Corpus Linguistics 

Subject Language(s): English (eng)

Call Deadline: 31-Mar-2011 

Meeting Description:

3rd International Seminar on Metaphor and Discourse: Verb-particle Constructions and their Underlying Semantic Systems

The seminar series on Metaphor and Discourse, held at Universitat Jaume I in 2003 and 2006, sees its continuation in its third edition, which focuses on literal and figurative uses of verb-particle constructions (VPCs, multi-word verbs, phrasal verbs, prepositional verbs, phrasal-prepositional verbs) in the English language.

Invited Speakers:

Francisco José Ruiz de Mendoza Ibáñez (University of La Rioja, Spain) 
Beate Hampe (Erfurt University, Germany) 

Call for Papers:

We cordially invite researchers to submit paper proposals on theoretical and applied studies on VPCs. The following thematic lines are especially welcome:

-Figurative uses of VPCs 
-VPCs: semantics and compositionality 
-VPCs and construction grammars 
-VPCs and the lexicalization continuum 
-Idiomaticity and phraseology 
-VPCs and corpus studies: syntactic and semantic patterns

Abstract Submission:

We invite abstracts, in English, for 20-minute presentations, plus 10-minute discussion. Abstracts submitted for consideration should clearly state the problem, objectives, methodology, and possible results/findings where applicable.Abstract length must range between 800 and 1000 words, including title, 5 keywords and a maximum of 8 references. Abstracts should be sent via email as an attachment (in .doc format) to vpc at uji.es by March 31st 2011. 

The attached file must only include the title of the contribution in boldface and the abstract itself (including keywords and references).  Please do not include the author's details in the attachment.

Further information to be included in the body of the email:

- Title of the contribution
- Author's full name
- Affiliation
- Address (electronic and post)
- Phone number

Please include the following information in the ''subject'' of the 

Email: 'VPC:' 
Plus 'title of paper'.

Full paper submission deadline: 4 September 2011

Important Dates:

Abstract submission deadline: 31 March 2011
Notification of proposal acceptance/rejection (via email): 30 April 2011
Full paper submission deadline: 4 September 2011
Seminar: 19-20 October 2011

Registration and Fees:

Early bird: May 30th/ 100€
Late registration: September 16th/120€

For further information please visit: 

http://www.metaphordiscourse.com




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