31.2330, Calls: Applied Ling, Cog Sci, Pragmatics, Semantics/Lithuania

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Subject: 31.2330, Calls: Applied Ling, Cog Sci, Pragmatics, Semantics/Lithuania

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Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2020 13:55:31
From: Eglė Žilinskaitė-Šinkūnienė [egle.zilinskaite at gmail.com]
Subject: RaAM 14 METAPHOR AND SPACE

 
Full Title: RaAM 14 METAPHOR AND SPACE 
Short Title: RaAM 14 

Date: 23-Jun-2021 - 26-Jun-2021
Location: Vilnius, Lithuania 
Contact Person: Eglė Žilinskaitė-Šinkūnienė
Meeting Email: raam14 at flf.vu.lt
Web Site: http://www.raam14.flf.vu.lt 

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Cognitive Science; Pragmatics; Semantics 

Call Deadline: 02-Nov-2020 

Meeting Description:

We welcome contributions focusing on any aspect of metaphor, metonymy and/or
other forms of figurative language and thought, including but not restricted
to the following:

 - Theoretical and methodological aspects of metaphor
 - Metaphor in cross-cultural communication
 - Metaphor and Mental Space Theory
 - Metaphor in discourse
 - Multimodal metaphor
 - Metaphor in gesture and other modes/spaces of expression
 - Metaphor and translation
 - Metaphor in learner language and education

Keynote speakers:
Jonathan Charteris-Black (University of the West of England)
Alan Cienki (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
Michele Feist (University of Louisiana at Lafayette)
Charles Forceville (Universiteit van Amsterdam)


Call for Papers: 

Abstracts for oral presentations, colloquia presentations and poster
presentations should be no longer than 400 words (excluding references) and
should include:
 - Title
 - Clearly articulated research question(s) and their relevance to the
conference theme
 - Essential details about research framework, data and methods
 - If possible, (preliminary) results and their interpretation.

You are welcome to submit more than one contribution, but please note that you
can only be first author for one contribution. All abstracts, as well as
conference presentations/colloquia/ posters, if accepted, should be
written/conducted in English. Please also note that while you do not have to
be a RaAM member to submit an abstract, paid-up membership of RaAM is
mandatory in order to register and present at the conference.

You may apply for one of the following:

1. Paper presentation
 - single or multiple authors
 - 20 minutes presentation plus 5 minutes Q & A

2. Colloquium presentation
 - 3 or more authors
 - 90-minute theme-based presentations with a strong interactive component
among the presenters and audience (or two 90-minute sessions on the same
topic)
 - Colloquium proposals should include the title and 3 or more abstracts (of
300-400 words each; outlining each part of the colloquium). Additional
explanation (in 200-300 words) regarding how the colloquium will be structured
is required
 - After the colloquium proposal is accepted, individual authors should submit
their abstracts via EasyChair for double-blind peer review.

3. Poster presentation
 - single or multiple authors
 - 2-minute presentation. Please note that instructions for poster presenters
will be sent out upon acceptance.

Important deadlines: 
Colloquium proposal submission deadline: 5 October 2020. Send them to
raam14 at flf.vu.lt
Notification of acceptance: 26 October 2020
Abstract (paper, poster) submission deadline: 2 November 2020
Notification of acceptance: 5 January 2021

Abstracts should be submitted through EasyChair. If you have not already done
so, you will be prompted to set up an EasyChair account. Our submission link:
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=raam14. Abstracts will be reviewed
anonymously by our Scientific Committee.

While the conference proper will begin in the early afternoon of June 23, we
will also host hands-on pre-conference workshops in the morning. There is a
separate call for anyone interested in holding such a workshop (deadline 7
September 2020).

Best PhD presentation award: 
An award will be given to the best presentation by a PhD student.
Presentations will be shortlisted in the review process. Please note that only
single-authored paper presentations are eligible.

Further information: 
Please consult our website: http://www.raam14.flf.vu.lt/ We are also on
Facebook and Twitter: @RaAMconfVilnius. Feel free to contact us via email at
raam14 at flf.vu.lt




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