36.852, Confs: The 4th Iconicity Seminar (Japan)

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Subject: 36.852, Confs: The 4th Iconicity Seminar (Japan)

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Date: 11-Mar-2025
From: Ian Joo [joo at res.otaru-uc.ac.jp]
Subject: The 4th Iconicity Seminar


The 4th Iconicity Seminar
Theme: IcoSem4

Date: 21-Feb-2026 - 22-Feb-2026
Location: Nagoya, Japan
Contact: Hinano Iida
Contact Email: iida.hinano.i1s at mail.nagoya-u.ac.jp
Meeting URL: https://ianjoo.github.io/icosem/4

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics

The Iconicity Seminar (IcoSem) is an international conference
dedicated to linguistic iconicity, the resemblance between linguistic
form and meaning.
The 4th Iconicity Seminar (IcoSem 4) will be held on 21-22 February
2026 at Nagoya University (Nagoya, Japan).
We call for papers for 30-minute presentations (20min presentation +
10min Q&A) dealing with any aspect of linguistic iconicity, such as:
 - Sound symbolism
 - Onomatopoeia and ideophones
 - Sign language iconicity
 - Syntactic iconicity
 - Iconicity and language change
 - Iconicity in writing systems
 - Phonaesthetics
 - Phonaesthemes
Please send a 2-page abstract (including everything) in the following
format:
 - A4 paper
 - 2.5cm margin
 - 12pt Times New Roman
Please send your anonymized abstract to Hinano Iida (via contact
email). Your anonymous abstract will then be reviewed by two anonymous
reviewers.
The deadline is 1 October 2025. Decisions will be communicated to you
on a rolling basis within two weeks.



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