29.159, Calls: English, Discourse Analysis, Sociolinguistics, Typology/Austria

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Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2018 18:47:22
From: Alexander Onysko [alexander.onysko at aau.at]
Subject: Metaphors in Englishes around the World

 
Full Title: Metaphors in Englishes around the World 
Short Title: Met(V)iEW 3 

Date: 20-Sep-2018 - 21-Sep-2018
Location: Klagenfurt, Austria 
Contact Person: Alexander Onysko
Meeting Email: alexander.onysko at aau.at
Web Site: https://www.aau.at/en/english/metview3/ 

Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis; Sociolinguistics; Typology 

Subject Language(s): English (eng)

Call Deadline: 15-Apr-2018 

Meeting Description:

Following on from the first and second workshops on metaphor variation in
Englishes around the world at the University of Bremen in 2015 and at the
University of Potsdam in 2016, the third edition will be held at the
University of Klagenfurt on September 20  – 21, 2018. All researchers and
scholars working in the emerging field of metaphor studies in world Englishes
are welcome to participate and share their research. While the first two
editions focused on aspects of metaphor variation, the 3rd workshop will
broaden its scope to all questions of metaphor usage and variation in
Englishes world-wide.

Keynote Speakers:

Prof. Zoltán Kövecses
Prof. Hans-Georg Wolf

The study of metaphors in world Englishes has long been a neglected area of
research. However, recent developments in world Englishes, in conceptual
metaphor theory, in cognitive linguistics at large, and in cultural
linguistics emphasize the need to study metaphorical language use as a
potential characteristic of Englishes in the world. Wolf and Polzenhagen
(2009) provide a foundational study that highlights the relation between
metaphor and cultural knowledge in the context of African Englishes. The
connection between sociolinguistic-variationist research and cognitive
linguistics has been strengthened over the last few years, leading to the
emergence of cognitive sociolinguistics (e.g. Kristiansen & Dirven 2008; Pütz,
Robinson & Reif 2014; Geeraerts 2016). At the same time, studies on conceptual
metaphors have benefitted from methodological (e.g. Steen et al. 2010) and
conceptual advances (e.g. Kövecses 2015; Gibbs 2017). In line with these
tendencies, it is important to expand our understanding of (conceptual)
metaphors in diverse Englishes. Of particular relevance is the use of
metaphors to express local cultural knowledge, which, among others, can
surface in idiomatic patterns of language use (e.g. Callies 2017; also see
contributions in Idström & Piirainen 2012 and Piirainen & Sherris 2015 for
other languages). The usage of metaphors in different Englishes can also be a
token of contact-induced influences in the speech of multilingual speakers of
English (e.g. in constellations where English co-exists with other languages
in daily interactions and in situations where English is acquired as an
additional language). From a cognitive point of view, research into metaphor
variation in world Englishes adds to the debate on the interplay of universal
and culturally-specific manifestations of conceptual metaphors (see, e.g.
Kövecses 2015; some contributions in Callies & Onysko 2017).
[References at https://www.aau.at/en/english/metview3/call-for-papers/]

Further information on the event (call for papers, registration, programme,
travel and accommodation, etc.) is available at:
https://www.aau.at/en/english/metview3/

We look forward to seeing you in Klagenfurt.

The organizing team:

Alexander Onysko (University of Klagenfurt) – chair
Marcus Callies (University of Bremen)
Marta Degani (University of Verona)
Anna Finzel & Milene Mendes de Oliveira (University of Potsdam)

Scientific Committee: 

Ray Gibbs (University of California, Santa Cruz)
Zoltán Kövecses (Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest)
Andreas Musolff (University of East Anglia)
Frank Polzenhagen (University of Heidelberg)
Hans-Georg Wolf (University of Potsdam)

This is a RaAM endorsed event
(http://www.raam.org.uk/conferences/raam-endorsed-events/metaphors-in-englishe
s-around-the-world/)


Call for Papers:

We invite paper presentations on the topic of metaphors in Englishes around
the world from various perspectives, including but not limited to:

- Metaphors as variety-specific traits
- Metaphors in idiomatic language use
- Cultural conceptualization and metaphors
- Universality vs. specificity of metaphors
- Variation of metaphors
- Metaphors in Englishes resulting from language contact
- Netaphors in multilingual constellations
- Learner Englishes and metaphor use

Slots for paper presentation will be 20 minutes followed by 10 minutes for
discussion. If you intend to participate as a speaker, you are invited to send
an abstract of your contribution (max 300 words, references excluded) to
alexander.onysko at aau.at. Abstracts should be anonymous but preceded by a title
sheet stating the author(s) contact details. Please state ''abstract
submission Met(V)iEW 3'' in the subject line of your e-mail. 

Further information on the event (keynote speakers, registration, programme,
travel and accommodation, etc.) is available at:
https://www.aau.at/en/english/metview3/

Final date of abstract submission: April 15, 2018.
Notification of acceptance: May 14, 2018.




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