26.4735, Calls: Cog Sci, General Ling, Lang Acq, Typology/UK

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Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2015 13:22:48
From: Alan Wallington [A.M.Wallington at bangor.ac.uk]
Subject: 6th UK Cognitive Linguistics Conference

 
Full Title: 6th UK Cognitive Linguistics Conference 
Short Title: UK-CLC6 

Date: 19-Jul-2016 - 22-Jul-2016
Location: Bangor University, Bangor, Wales, United Kingdom 
Contact Person: Alan Wallington
Meeting Email: ukclc2016 at bangor.ac.uk
Web Site: http://ukclc2016.bangor.ac.uk 

Linguistic Field(s): Cognitive Science; General Linguistics; Language Acquisition; Typology 

Call Deadline: 06-Dec-2015 

Meeting Description:

The 6th UK Cognitive Linguistics Conference (UK-CLC5) will be hosted by Bangor University.

Confirmed plenary speakers are:

- Penelope Brown (Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, NL)
- Kenny Coventry (University of East Anglia, UK)
- Vyv Evans (Bangor University, UK)
- Dirk Geeraerts (University of Leuven, BE)
- Len Talmy (University at Buffalo, NY, USA)
- Dedre Gentner (Northwestern University, IL, USA)

The conference aims to cover a broad range of research concerned with language and cognition. We are especially interested in promoting empirical work pertaining to cognitive semantics, embedded discourse, and applied cognitive linguistics. Thematic sessions will be organised around the following topics:

- Functional approaches to cognitive linguistics
- Cognitive linguistic approaches to language teaching
- Lexicology and lexical concepts
- Language and space
- Embodiment
- Analogy and conceptual transfer
- Situated cognition and language

In addition to these themes, other relevant topics include:

- Domains and frame semantics
- Categorisation, prototypes and polysemy
- Mental spaces and conceptual blending
- Language evolution
- Linguistic variation and language change
- Gesture
- Typology and constructional analyses of the languages of the world
- Acquisition
- Corpora and statistical methods
- Metaphor and discourse
- Cognitive computational models

Cognitive linguistics is by definition highly interdisciplinary, and so in addition to primarily linguistic research, we also invite language related submissions that are based on disciplines such as (cognitive and social) psychology, cognitive science, neuroscience, anthropology, biology, artificial intelligence, and discourse and communication studies. 

The cathedral and university city of Bangor is widely recognised as one of the most scenic university settings in the UK, set between the famous Snowdonia Mountains and the sea. The location, the scenery and the surrounding area are amongst the reasons why Bangor University enjoys rising student numbers and continuously attracts researchers from around the world for conferences and extended research visits, spanning many disciplines and research areas. This provides an ideal setting for an intense and thought provoking interdisciplinary conference, following the spirit of previous UK-CLCs. 

Bangor is easily reached through excellent road and railway networks, with easy connections to London, Manchester, and Liverpool airports. It is situated between the historical cities of Conwy and Caernarfon, with their famous castles and many further attractions close by for social events and conference outings. 

Conference participation fees:

- Early-bird registration:  Faculty £240, Students £185
- Late registration: Faculty £290, Students £235

Workshop registration:  £40 for attending one workshop (Monday morning or afternoon), and £60 for attending two (morning and afternoon). This applies for both students and faculty, and includes lunch and refreshments.

Registration for workshops is processed on a first come, first served basis. A maximum of 25 participants will be accepted for each workshop.

In addition to the benefits of a 3.5-day conference including daily lunches, registration includes membership in the UK-CLA (Cognitive Linguistics Association) for a year, with free online access to the Language & Cognition journal.

Chair: Thora Tenbrink
Co-chairs: Alan Wallington, Anouschka Foltz

Local management: Javier Olloqui Redondo, Josie Ryan

Queries: ukclc2016 at bangor.ac.uk
Twitter: @UKCLC2016
Facebook: UKCLC2016

Information about the conference can be found at http://ukclc2016.bangor.ac.uk, which will be updated as more details become available

2nd Call for Papers:

Key dates:

- Abstract deadline: 6 December 2015
- Decisions communicated by: 15 February 2016
- Early bird registration opens: 15 February 2016
- Early bird registration closes: 15 April 2016
- Registration for speakers to be included in Proceedings closes: 31 May 2016
- Accommodation booking on campus closes: 8 July 2016
- Pre-conference workshops: Monday July 18, 2016
- Main conference: Tuesday July 19 – Friday July 22, 2016

Talks will be 20 minutes plus 10 minutes for questions and discussion. There will also be a poster session. The language of the conference is English.

Abstracts of no more than 300 words (excluding references) must be submitted using EasyChair at the link https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ukclc2016

Participants will be allowed to present at most one talk (as a single or first author) and one poster, but can be co-authors on other work. On submission, you will be asked to indicate if you intend the submission for a talk or a poster. Also, you will be asked to indicate if your submission fits to one of the thematic sessions listed above. If not, simply click 'Other.'

All abstracts will be subject to double-blind peer review by an international scientific committee (and should therefore not contain author names).

Since 2012 UK-CLA has published selected conference presentations in the series 'Selected Papers from UK-CLA Meetings' (ISSN 2046-9144); UK-CLC6 will continue this tradition.

Separate from the abstract, please indicate to the organisers by email to ukclc2016 at bangor.ac.uk if you have any special needs or disabilities. This will allow for support to be organised well in advance.

Pre-conference workshops    

- Alan Wallington (Bangor): Metaphors of space and time
- Willem Hollmann: (Lancaster) Cognitive sociolinguistics
- Michael Spranger (Sony Labs, Tokyo, Japan): Language evolution
- Welsh for Adults Centre (Bangor): 'Pocket Welsh' for beginners
- Peredur Davies / Sarah Cooper (Bangor): Welsh Linguistics for beginners
- Andrea Tyler (Georgetown): Cognitive Linguistics in second language teaching
- Peter Stockwell (Nottingham): Cognitive Poetics




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