35.2709, Calls: Workshop on “Dimensions of Iconicity in the Visual Modality” at University of Göttingen

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Subject: 35.2709, Calls: Workshop on “Dimensions of Iconicity in the Visual Modality” at University of Göttingen

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Date: 30-Sep-2024
From: Patrick C. Trettenbrein [patrick.trettenbrein at uni-goettingen.de]
Subject: Workshop on “Dimensions of Iconicity in the Visual Modality” at University of Göttingen


Full Title: Workshop on “Dimensions of Iconicity in the Visual
Modality” at University of Göttingen
Short Title: IcoVi2025

Date: 13-Feb-2025 - 14-Feb-2025
Location: University of Göttingen, Germany
Contact Person: Yuqiu Chen
Meeting Email: yuqiu.chen at uni-goettingen.de
Web Site:
https://www.uni-goettingen.de/de/dimensions+of+iconicity/688691.html

Linguistic Field(s): Cognitive Science; General Linguistics; Language
Acquisition; Pragmatics; Semantics
Language Family(ies): Sign Language

Call Deadline: 22-Oct-2024

Meeting Description:

*** Click here for more information in International Sign:
https://s.gwdg.de/WG7FHY ***

Invited presenters:
- Simon Kollien, University of Hamburg, Germany (confirmed)
- Valentina Aristodemo, Université Paris Cité & CNRS, France
(confirmed)
- Irene Mittelberg, RWTH Aachen University, Germany (confirmed)
- Gerardo Ortega, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom (confirmed)

Description:
The presumably larger iconic potential of sign languages has often
been regarded as an exception to the prevalence of arbitrariness in
form-meaning relations in natural language. More recent research on
multimodal communication argues that iconicity does not only affect
form-meaning relations and logical forms in sign languages but also in
spoken languages (e.g., ideophones and vocal gestures) and visual
gestures accompanying spoken languages. In other words, it seems that
iconic components clearly interact with and enter the semantic
representation of (multimodal) linguistic utterances.

Against this background, this workshop will focus on iconicity as a
potentially general property of human language in all modalities
(i.e., spoken, written and signed), with a special focus on different
dimensions of iconicity in the visual modality (i.e., sign, gesture,
writing). Our aim is to bring together researchers from different
(sub-)fields and perspectives to elucidate the linguistic and
cognitive status and relevance of iconicity in language and cognition.

The official languages of the workshop will be English and German Sign
Language (DGS). English ⇄ DGS interpreting will be provided during the
event.

2nd Call for Papers:

***** Extended Deadline: 22nd October 2024 (12am, CEST) *****

We invite theoretical and empirical submissions of original research
for on-stage or poster presentations, provided that they fall under at
least one or several of the following topics relevant to the main
theme of the workshop:

The impact of iconicity on different levels of visual communication
(lexical, grammatical, discourse functional; at-issue status of iconic
enrichments).
The iconic potential of different manual and nonmanual articulators.
Iconic strategies used for the representation of different kinds of
concepts.
Metaphorical extensions of iconic expressions.
Formal semantic and pragmatic analyses of iconic meaning contribution.
Theoretical analyses of iconicity in cognitive linguistics and
semiotics.
Iconic form-meaning mismatches and the function of iconicity in lying
and deceiving.
The implementation of iconicity in sign language corpora and
multimodal spoken language corpora.
The function of iconicity in lexicalization, stabilization and
grammaticalization processes.
The role of iconicity in language processing, in first and second
language and gesture acquisition and in sign language teaching and
interpreter training.

The languages of the workshop are English and German Sign Language
(DGS). Interpretation between English and DGS will be provide.

Workshop location: University of Göttingen
Workshop dates: February 13-14, 2025
Contact: yuqiu.chen at uni-goettingen.de

Abstract submission

Abstracts must not be anonymized and can be submitted either in
written English or as videos in DGS or International Sign. Written
abstracts should not exceed a single A4 size page (plus a second page
for references, figures and tables). Videos of signed abstracts should
be no longer than 5 minutes.

We particularly encourage submissions from graduate students and
junior researchers.

Please submit your abstract via Oxford Abstracts:
https://app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/75830/submitter

*Extended Deadline*: 22nd October 2024 (12am, CEST)
Notification of acceptance: 4th November 2024



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