3rd CALL FOR PAPERS

 4^th UK COGNITIVE LINGUISTICS CONFERENCE – LONDON 2012

The 4th UK Cognitive Linguistics Conference (UK-CLC4) will take place 10-12 July 2012 at King’s College London, London, UK.
 
Confirmed keynote speakers:

• Professor Stephen Levinson (Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics)
• Professor George Lakoff (University of California - Berkeley)
• Professor Gilles Fauconnier (University of California - San Diego)
• Professor Elena Lieven (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology)
• Professor Martin Pickering (University of Edinburgh)
• Professor Lawrence Barsalou (Emory University)

We invite the submission of abstracts (for paper or poster presentations) addressing all aspects of Cognitive Linguistics. These include, but are by no means limited to:

• Domains and frame semantics
• Categorisation, prototypes and polysemy
• Metaphor and metonymy
• Mental spaces and conceptual blending
• Cognitive and construction grammar
• Embodiment and linguistic relativity
• Language acquisition and language impairment
• Language evolution and language change
• Language use

Cognitive Linguistics is an inherently interdisciplinary enterprise which is broadly concerned with the connection between language and cognition in relation to body, culture and contexts of use. We therefore invite interdisciplinary research that combines theories and methods from across the cognitive, biological and social sciences. These include, but are not limited to:

• Linguistics
• Psycholinguistics
• Anthropology
• Evolution
• Paleoanthropology
• Primatology
• Neuroscience
• Cognitive and developmental psychology
• Discourse and Communication studies

Talks will be allocated 20 minutes, plus 10 minutes for question. Posters will stay up for a day and be allocated to dedicated, timetabled sessions. The language of the conference is English. Abstracts of no more than 300 words (excluding references) should be submitted online at www.cognitivelinguistics.org.uk/submission/  All abstracts will be subject to double-blind peer review by an international Scientific Committee. The deadline for abstract submission is 15 December, 2011. Notification of acceptance decisions will be communicated by 15 February 2012.

 For further information, please visit the conference website at www.kcl.ac.uk/schools/sspp/education/events/ukclc4   or contact the Local Organising Committee at uk-clc4@kcl.ac.uk  

Registration fees are as follows and cover participation, conference materials, and lunch/refreshments for three days:

• Early registration (faculty): £220
• Early registration (student): £170
• Late registration (faculty): £270
• Late registration (student): £220

Registration periods are as follows:

• Early registration: until 1 March 2012
• Late registration: 2 March - 1 May 2012

 Please check with the UK Border Agency whether you need a visa and how to obtain one if necessary.  If you do require a visa, it is most likely a Business Visitor Visa that you need as this applies to academics attending conferences.

Please contact the Local Organising Committee at uk-clc4@kcl.ac.uk to arrange for a letter of invitation, but note that we can only issue letters of invitations to participants who have formally registered for the conference.

 

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Professor/Yr Athro Vyv Evans
Professor of Linguistics/Athro mewn Ieithyddiaeth
www.vyvevans.net

Head of School/Pennaeth Ysgol
School of Linguistics & English Language/
Ysgol Ieithyddiaeth a Iaith Saesneg
Bangor University/Prifysgol Bangor
www.bangor.ac.uk/linguistics

Deputy Head of College (Research)/
Dirprwy Bennaeth y Coleg (Ymchwil)
College of Arts and Humanities/
Coleg y Celfyddydau a’r Dyniaethau
Bangor University/Prifysgol Bangor

General Editor of 'Language & Cognition'
A Mouton de Gruyter journal
www.languageandcognition.net