37.1700, Calls: Prepositions in Thought and Language (Online)

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Subject: 37.1700, Calls: Prepositions in Thought and Language (Online)

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Date: 05-May-2026
From: Thessaloniki Cognitive Linguistics Research Group [tclrg.auth at gmail.com]
Subject: Prepositions in Thought and Language


Full Title: Prepositions in Thought and Language

Date: 10-Oct-2026 - 11-Oct-2026
Location: Online
Contact Person: Evangelos Tsigaridas and Pantazis Stougianas
Meeting Email: tsigevan at lit.auth.gr

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics; Pragmatics; Semantics;
Syntax

Call Deadline: 30-Jun-2026

Call for Papers:
Following the success of the annual autumn online workshops, TCLR
Group is organizing an online workshop on the seminal role of
Prepositions in Thought and Language.
This online workshop aims to explore and extend the discussion
regarding the pervasive role of prepositions in thought and language.
More specifically, prepositions will be treated within the framework
of Cognitive Linguistics, in terms of subjectivity and
subjectification, reference and vantage point, figurativity,
embodiment, cognitive grammar, construction grammar, schematicity,
among other issues. Prepositions play a central role in a variety of
communicative situations, taking into consideration all levels of
language and discourse in ANY GIVEN LANGUAGE.
In particular, contributions are welcome on topics including, but not
limited to:
 - Prepositions in thought and language in synchrony or diachrony
 - Prepositions in figurative thought and language; how prepositions
contribute to producing or enhancing figurative mechanisms such as
metaphor, metonymy, irony, … (in love, under pressure)
 - Prepositions in abstract domains or frames of experience (motion,
time, cause, reason, or e-motions, …)
 - Prepositions in cliché expressions (par excellence, per se, de
facto, κατ’ εξοχήν, κατά περίπτωση)
 - Complex, compound, clusters of prepositions (within, without, upon,
dedans, from under, down under, με δίχως, overcook, underperform,
αποδυναμώνω)
 - Prepositions and narrative space; how an author, a narrator, or a
character can use prepositions in language and discourse, in order to
create a certain perspective (proximal or distant) or to denote a
shift in perspective
 - Prepositions that create and sustain confining or open spaces
concerning e.g. migrants, minorities, communities, …
 - Representation, encoding, and processing of prepositions in Large
Language Models and Natural Language Processing systems, including
issues of semantic interpretation, compositionality, and context
sensitivity
Working language of the workshop: English
Participation and attendance are free of charge.
Presentations will be no longer than 15 min. Abstracts (no more than
300 words, excluding bibliography) should be submitted in PDF format.
Let us know if you would be interested in participating by sending
your abstracts (deadline: June 30th) to tclrg.auth at gmail.com  (subject
title: Abstract Submission).
Notifications of acceptance will be announced by the end of July 2026.
For further information or any questions, please do not hesitate to
contact the organizers, Pantazis Stougianas (pstougi at auth.gr) and
Evangelos Tsigaridas (tsigevan at lit.auth.gr).



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