FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS 4th UK Cognitive Linguistics Conference (UK-CLC4) The UK Cognitive Linguistics Association is pleased to announce the 4th UK Cognitive Linguistics Conference (UK-CLC4), to be held at King’s College London on July 10-12, 2012. For more information, please visit the conference website at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/schools/sspp/education/events/ukclc4/ Confirmed keynote speakers: · Professor Stephen Levinson (Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics) · Professor George Lakoff (University of California - Berkely) · 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) Abstracts: We invite the submission of abstracts (for talks 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. Submission: Abstracts of no more than 300 words (excluding references) should be submitted online via the conference website:http://www.kcl.ac.uk/schools/sspp/education/events/ukclc4/ 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. Important dates: Abstract submission deadline: 15 December 2011 Notification of authors: 15 February 2012 'Early bird' registration deadline: 1 March 2012 Registration deadline: 1 May 2012 Conference: 10-12 July 2012 -- Prof. Vyv Evans Professor of Linguistics www.vyvevans.net Head of School School of Linguistics & English Language Bangor University www.bangor.ac.uk/linguistics General Editor of 'Language & Cognition' A Mouton de Gruyter journal www.languageandcognition.net -- Gall y neges e-bost hon, ac unrhyw atodiadau a anfonwyd gyda hi, gynnwys deunydd cyfrinachol ac wedi eu bwriadu i'w defnyddio'n unig gan y sawl y cawsant eu cyfeirio ato (atynt). Os ydych wedi derbyn y neges e-bost hon trwy gamgymeriad, rhowch wybod i'r anfonwr ar unwaith a dilëwch y neges. Os na fwriadwyd anfon y neges atoch chi, rhaid i chi beidio â defnyddio, cadw neu ddatgelu unrhyw wybodaeth a gynhwysir ynddi. Mae unrhyw farn neu safbwynt yn eiddo i'r sawl a'i hanfonodd yn unig ac nid yw o anghenraid yn cynrychioli barnPrifysgol Bangor. Nid yw Prifysgol Bangor yn gwarantu bod y neges e-bost hon neu unrhyw atodiadau yn rhydd rhag firysau neu 100% yn ddiogel. Oni bai fod hyn wedi ei ddatgan yn uniongyrchol yn nhestun yr e-bost, nid bwriad y neges e-bost hon yw ffurfio contract rhwymol - mae rhestr o lofnodwyr awdurdodedig ar gael o Swyddfa Cyllid Prifysgol Bangor.www.bangor.ac.uk This email and any attachments may contain confidential material and is solely for the use of the intended recipient(s). If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete this email. If you are not the intended recipient(s), you must not use, retain or disclose any information contained in this email. Any views or opinions are solely those of the sender and do not necessarily represent those of the Bangor University. Bangor University does not guarantee that this email or any attachments are free from viruses or 100% secure. Unless expressly stated in the body of the text of the email, this email is not intended to form a binding contract - a list of authorised signatories is available from theBangor University Finance Office. www.bangor.ac.uk