27.803, Calls: Cog Sci/Poland

Fri Feb 12 14:37:30 UTC 2016

LINGUIST List: Vol-27-803. Fri Feb 12 2016. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 27.803, Calls: Cog Sci/Poland

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Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2016 09:37:18
From: Iwona Kraska-Szlenk [i.e.kraska-szlenk at uw.edu.pl]
Subject: Embodiment in cross-linguistic studies: The body part term ‘head’

Full Title: Embodiment in cross-linguistic studies: The body part term ‘head’ 

Date: 15-Sep-2016 - 17-Sep-2016
Location: Poznan, Poland 
Contact Person: Iwona Kraska-Szlenk
Meeting Email: i.kraska at uw.edu.pl

Linguistic Field(s): Cognitive Science 

Call Deadline: 31-Mar-2016 

Meeting Description:

We invite submission of abstracts for a one-day workshop session to be held at
46th Poznan Linguistic Meeting. Each paper will be given 30 minutes, including
10 minutes for discussion.

The workshop will contribute to research on the connection between language
and the human body which has been extensively investigated in cognitive
sciences under the cover-term of “embodiment”. One of the major tenets of the
theory claims that the body provides a prolific source domain in
conceptualization of various concrete and abstract notions. This can be
observed in the case of body part terms which easily extend onto other domains
by means of metaphor or metonymy. Such transfers are found in all languages,
because major body part terms belong to a basic lexicon and tend to have high
frequency of use and rich polysemy. Semantic extensions share a number of
cross-linguistic tendencies, but also show culture-specific
conventionalization. For these reasons, the lexicon of body part terms
constitutes an interesting research area for typological studies on
embodiment, but also for investigation of more general issues, such as
regularity of semantic change and cognitive universals, as well as problems of
language-culture connection. The workshop aims at a close examination of a
chosen body part term – ‘head’ – from the comparative perspective of many
unrelated, geographically distant and culturally differentiated languages.
Using the example of this lexeme, we will discuss various semantic,
morphological and syntactic aspects of body part terms, including: 

- polysemy and domains of semantic extension
- usage patterns of constructed senses 
- grammaticalization processes 
- corpus studies of various issues (e.g. frequency, collocations)
- compounding and noun incorporation
- “special” syntax (e.g. inalienable possession, use of pronouns)
- lexicalization and diachronic change
- morphological derivatives and semantic autonomy
- language-culture issues and idiomatic constructions

Call for Papers:

We welcome papers on any of the above and related issues, whether focused on
one specific language or comparative studies. The workshop will end with a
discussion summarizing preliminary results as to cross-linguistic tendencies
and cultural  differences among languages.

The abstract submission deadline for this session is extended until March 31,
2016.

For abstract submission guidelines and other conference information please
visit the 46th Poznan Linguistic Meeting website at:
www: http://wa.amu.edu.pl/plm. The contact person for this thematic session is
Iwona Kraska-Szlenk (e-mail: i.kraska at uw.edu.pl).

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