Welcome!
An international cognitive linguistic conference "Cognitive Linguistics between Universality and Variation" will take place in (Croatia), September 30 - October 1, 2008, and will be organized by University of Zagreb and University of Osijek.
The organizing committee
- Milena Žic Fuchs
(University of Zagreb, Faculty of Philosophy, Croatia) - Mario Brdar
(University of Osijek, Faculty of Philosophy, Croatia) - Hubert Cuyckens
(Catholic University of Leuven) - Suzanne Kemmer
(Rice University) - Zoltán Kövecses
(Loránd Eötvös University, Budapest) - Ronald Langacker
(University of California at San Diego) - Klaus-Uwe Panther
(University of Hamburg) - Günter Radden
(University of Hamburg) - Linda Thornburg
(University of Hamburg)
Conference secretaries
- Ida Raffaelli - ida.raffaelli@ffzg.hr
(University of Zagreb, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Croatia) - Mateusz-Milan Stanojević - mmstanoje@ffzg.hr
(University of Zagreb, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Croatia) - Nina Tudjman Vukovic - nina.tudman@ffzg.hr
(University of Zagreb, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Croatia)
Key-note speakers
- Antonio Barcelona
(University of Murcia) - Hubert Cuyckens
(Catholic University of Leuven) - Suzanne Kemmer
(Rice University) - Zoltán Kövecses
(Loránd Eötvös University, Budapest) - Ronald Langacker
(University of California at San Diego) - Klaus-Uwe Panther and Linda L. Thornburg
(University of Hamburg) - Günter Radden
(University of Hamburg) - Francisco José Ruiz de Mendoza Ibáñez
(University of La Rioja, Logrono)
Abstract submission
Apart from the key-note speeches, the conference programme will consist of 20-minute papers followed by a 10-minute question-and-answer session. The organizers invite proposals addressing issues within the scope of the conference. The deadline for submitting abstracts (maximum 500 words) is April 15th, 2008. Abstracts should be submitted online using the online submission system, available at http://www.ffzg.unizg.hr/cogling/. All abstracts will be subject to a blind refereeing process.
The scope of the conference
The organizers invite papers reporting substantial, original, and unpublished research in the following areas:
- cognitive corpus linguistics
- usage-based and constructional approaches to linguistic phenomena
- cognitive approach to language contrasts and contacts (and linguistic typology)
- cognitive sociolinguistics and discourse analysis
- diachronic cognitive linguistics
Language of the conference
Language of the conference is English.