35.2860, Calls: Language Thought and Society: An Exploration of Identities Through Cognitive (Socio)Linguistics

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Subject: 35.2860, Calls: Language Thought and Society: An Exploration of Identities Through Cognitive (Socio)Linguistics

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Date: 07-Oct-2024
From: Anastasios Vogiatzis [st_vogs at yahoo.gr]
Subject: Language Thought and Society: An Exploration of Identities Through Cognitive (Socio)Linguistics


Full Title: Language Thought and Society: An Exploration of Identities
Through Cognitive (Socio)Linguistics
Short Title: LTS

Date: 01-Feb-2025 - 02-Feb-2025
Location: Thessaloniki - Online, Greece
Contact Person: Anastasios (Tassos) Vogiatzis
Meeting Email: ltsworkshop365 at gmail.com
Web Site: https://ltsworkshop365.blogspot.com/

Linguistic Field(s): Cognitive Science; Discourse Analysis;
Sociolinguistics

Call Deadline: 20-Dec-2024

Meeting Description:

Call for Papers:

Online workshop
Language Thought and Society: an exploration of identities through
Cognitive (Socio)Linguistics

Saturday-Sunday 1-2 February, 2025
Workshop organizer: Dr. A. Vogiatzis
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, School of English
Email: ltsworkshop365 at gmail.com,
For updates: https://ltsworkshop365.blogspot.com/
Registration fee: Free
Abstract submission by 20 December 2024 (submission form:
https://forms.gle/CMisKSRZg5sK592G7 )
Workshop language: English

An issue that has been of extreme interest and has gained momentum the
last decades is the exploration of identities in the anthropological
(Vargas-Cetina, 2013) and sociolinguistic paradigm (Edwards, 2009;
Omoniyi & White 2006). Individuals have challenged the idea of
identity, and from being characterized by one identity are now bearers
and creators of different identities. Identity is viewed as a dynamic
trait of an individual, shaped and expressed through language
interactions (Deckert & Vickers, 2011), it“is locally situated; who we
are is, at least partially, a product of where we are and who we are
with”(Schiffrin, 1996:  198).

This online workshop aims to intersect sociolinguistic research on
identities with the Cognitive (Socio)Linguistic (CL) view to language.
In terms of cognitive linguistics, the workshop aims to investigate
how metaphor, metonymy and other less represented figures in CL
research are reflected, or contribute to the creation of a person’s or
a group’s identity/ies in different social, economic, political etc.,
contexts. Apart from figurative language, other areas of interest for
exploration in their interaction with identities are Cognitive
Grammar, image schemas, frame semantics, construction grammar,
(Geeraerts, 2006: 2) and political discourse (Lakoff, 2004; Musolff et
al., 2022).

The workshop invites researchers from relevant fields, such as those
working on cognitive sociolinguistics, sociolinguistics, discourse
analysis, cognitive linguistics, semantics and pragmatics, to
contribute with a presentation of their research. It also addresses
those who already conduct cross-disciplinary research in the field or
are interested in getting engaged in it.

There is provisional agreement with the series Applications of
Cognitive Linguistics by Mouton de Gruyter to publish a collective
volume with selected papers from the workshop. Registration for
audience will be announced on the workshop’s blog on the 15th January
2025.

References:

Deckert, S., K. & Vickers, C., H. (2011). An Introduction to
Sociolinguistics Society and Identity. London & New York: Continuum
International Publishing Group.
Edwards, J. (2009). Language and Identity: An introduction. Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press.
Geeraerts, D. 2006. A rough guide to cognitive linguistics. In
Cognitive Linguistics: Basic readings. D.
        Geeraerts, R. Dirven, & J., R. Taylor, R., W Langacker (Eds).
Berlin & New York: Mouton de
        Gruyter. Lakoff, G. (2004). Don’t think of an elephant.
Vermont: Chelsea Green.
Musolff, A., Breeze, R., Kondo K., Vilar-Lluch, S (Eds). 2022.
Pandemic and Crisis Discourse. Communicating COVID-19 and Public
Health Strategy. Blumsbury.
Schiffrin, D. (1996). Narrative as self-portrait: Sociolinguistic
constructions of identity. Language in Society, 25(2), 167–203.
Omoniyi, T., & White, G. (Eds.). (2006). The Sociolinguistics of
Identity . London : Continuum.
Vargas-Cetina, G. (Ed.). (2013). Anthropology and the Politics of
Representation. Tuscaloosa, Alabama: The University of Alabama Press

Call for Papers:

Abstracts should be up to 250 words excluding references.
Please submit all abstracts by 20 December 2024 using the submission
form:
https://forms.gle/CMisKSRZg5sK592G7 )

For information about how to submit an abstract, please visit the
website below.



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