Call for papers

The Fourteenth International Cognitive Linguistics Conference (ICLC-14)
University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
July 10-14, 2017

The ICLC is the biennial conference of the International Cognitive Linguistics Association (www.cognitivelinguistics.org). The local organisers of ICLC-14 are based in the Estonian affiliate organization ECLA (www.ecla.ut.ee). There is no requirement to be an ICLA member for conference participation, but members will get a substantial reduction in conference fee as well as enjoy other benefits (more information and member signup via ICLA website).

We invite a broad range of papers on any topic taking a cognitive, functional, typological, and discourse approach to the study of language and cognition. The special theme of ICLC-14 is “Linguistic Diversity and Cognitive Linguistics”. We hope to promote the relevance of Cognitive Linguistics to a wide range of languages and to encourage papers that draw data from lesser known languages and language families. The term “linguistic diversity” is used in its broadest sense and it can refer to either diversity within one particular language or diversity of languages in general.

Plenary speakers

Dagmar Divjak, University of Sheffield, UK
https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/russian/staff/profiles/divjakd

Nick C. Ellis, University of Michigan, USA
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~ncellis/NickEllis/Home.html

Laura A. Janda, University of Tromso, Norway
http://ansatte.uit.no/laura.janda/

Ronald W. Langacker, University of California, San Diego, USA
http://idiom.ucsd.edu/~rwl/

Asifa Majid, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
http://meaningculturecognition.ruhosting.nl/people/asifa-majid/

John Newman, University of Alberta, Canada
http://www.johnnewm.org/

Submission formats

The language of the conference is English. Session slots will be allocated 25 minutes, which includes questions and discussion.

1. Theme sessions

Extended deadline: 22 September 2016; notification: 15 October 2016

– Theme session organisers should submit their theme session proposals directly to the conference organisers (by email: iclc14@ut.ee) either in a .pdf or a .doc(x) format. Theme session proposals should include: session title, name and affiliation of the theme session convener, an introduction of up to 400 words explaining the theme, a list of the authors and titles of the individual papers, and all abstracts for the theme session in a suitable order.

– The conference schedule particularly suits sessions comprised of 6 slots (25 minutes each), including time for introduction and general discussion. The maximum length of the theme session is 12 slots. Papers in each theme session should be thematically linked. We strongly encourage diversity at the level of the affiliations involved at the theme session – one third of the papers should be contributed by authors outside the affiliation of the theme session convener. Theme session conveners are encouraged to launch a broad call for submission.

– Once the theme session has been accepted as a whole, theme session authors will need to submit their abstracts for review (following the guidelines below).

2. General and poster session

Extended deadline: 7 November 2016; notification: 20 January 2017
Abstract resubmission deadline: 26 February 2017

Abstract Submission

All accepted abstracts should be resubmitted over EasyAbs by 26 February in PDF format.

•  Submissions should include: title of the presentation, name(s), affiliation(s), and e-mail address(es) of the author(s), five keywords, and a 500-word abstract (including examples, and excluding figures and references). Submissions should be formatted in the following way: please use 10 point Arial (Unicode) font, single-spaced, and set margins to 1 inch (2.54cm) all around (see link to the style sheet below). The submission should be in PDF format. The deadline for abstract resubmission is 26 February.

Link to the style sheet: stylesheet.docx

Link to EasyAbs abstract resubmission page:
http://linguistlist.org/easyabs/resubICLC14

Important dates*

Abstract submission becomes available: 1 August 2016
Extended deadline for the submission of theme session proposals: 22 September 2016
Notification of acceptance for theme sessions: 15 October 2016
Extended deadline for the submission of abstracts for oral presentations and posters: 7 November 2016 
Notification of acceptance for oral presentations and posters: 20 January 2017
Abstract resubmission deadline: 26 February 2017

Dates of conference: 10-14 July 2017

*All dates use the Eastern European Time Zone (GMT + 02:00)

Local Organizing Committee

Jane Klavan (conference chair)
Liina Lindström
Mariann Proos (conference secretary)
Ilona Tragel (conference chair)
Ene Vainik
Ann Veismann

Please direct all enquiries to: iclc14@ut.ee

 

A printable copy of the Call for Papers is available here: