3rd CALL FOR PAPERS
4th 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(a)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(a)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