Metaphor and Communication

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Full Title: Metaphor and Communication=20

Date: 12-May-2011 - 14-May-2011
Location: Cagliari, Italy=20
Contact Person: Francesca Ervas
Meeting Email: metaph...@gmail.com
Web Site: http://https://sites.google.com/site/metaphor2011/=20

Linguistic Field(s): Cognitive Science; Computational Linguistics; Linguist=
ic Theories; Pragmatics=20

Call Deadline: 15-Feb-2011=20

Meeting Description:

We are pleased to announce the International Conference on Metaphor organiz=
ed by the Italian Association for Metaphor Studies - Metaphor Club and the =
University of Cagliari:
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Metaphor and Communication
Cagliari - MAY 12-14, 2011
University of Cagliari, Faculty of Education Sciences
Department of Pedagogical and Philosophical Sciences
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Metaphor Club Conference is usually held every two years and the purpose of=
 Conference 2011 is to discuss the role of metaphor in communication, by ex=
ploring some of the major issues in contemporary metaphor theories. The con=
ference will be divided into four sections, having as main subject of discu=
ssion the following topics:
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1) Metaphor and Linguistic Variability
2) Metaphor and Cognition
2.1 Metaphor and (Machine) Translation, 2.2 Metaphor and Explicit/Implicit =
Distinction, 2.3 Metaphor and Intercultural Discourse, 2.4 Metaphor in Sign=
 Languages
1.1 Metaphor and Concepts, 1.2 Metaphor and Cognitive Processes, 1.3 Histor=
y of Metaphor Theories, 1.4 Metaphor and Artificial Intelligence
3) Metaphor and Media=20
3.1 Metaphor and Fiction, 3.2 Metaphor in Cinema and Visual Arts, 3.3 Metap=
hor and Computer Mediated Global Communication, 3.4 Metaphor and Political =
Communication
4) Metaphor in Science and Education=20
4.1 Metaphor in Scientific Explanation, 4.2 Metaphor and Models, 4.3 Metaph=
or in Games, 4.4 Metaphor in E-learning=20

Each section is divided into a plenary presentation and a thematic session =
with two speakers invited by Metaphor Club Committee and two contributed sp=
eakers whose abstracts are selected by double-blind review process.=20

Keynote and Invited Speakers:

Robyn Carston (University College London), Sam Glucksberg (Princeton Univer=
sity), Roberto Muffoletto (Appalachian University, Boone North Carolina), J=
eannette Littlemore (University of Birmingham), Joan Elies Adell i Pitarch =
(Open University of Catalonia, Barcelona), John Barden (University of Birmi=
ngham), Alessio Ceccherelli (University of Rome Tor Vergata), Maurizio Gall=
uzzo (IUAV, Venezia), Stefano Gensini (University of Rome 'La Sapienza'), E=
miliano Ilardi (University of Cagliari), Stefania Manca (Institute for Educ=
ational Technology, Genova), Rachel Sutton-Spence (University of Bristol), =
Daniela Veronesi (Free University of Bozen).

Scientific Committee:

Carla Bazzanella (University of Turin), Claudia Casadio (University of Chie=
ti 'G.d'Annunzio'), Marco Casonato (University of Milan Bicocca), Lia Formi=
gari (University of Rome 'La Sapienza'), Elena Gagliasso (University of Rom=
e 'La Sapienza'), Elisabetta Gola (University of Cagliari), Sam Guttenplan =
(Birbeck College, London), Albert Katz (University of Western Ontario), Gra=
ham Low (University of York), Ira Noveck (Institute of Cognitive Science, L=
yon), Andrew Ortony (Northwestern University), Esther Romero Gonz=E1lez (Un=
iversity of Granada), Bel=E9n Soria (University of Granada), Pietro Storari=
 (University of Cagliari), Alan Wallington (University of Birmingham).

Organising Committee:

Ines Adornetti (University of Rome Tor Vergata), Francesca Ervas (Universit=
y of Cagliari, Institut Jean Nicod, Paris), Valentina Favrin (University of=
 Cagliari), Elisabetta Gola (University of Cagliari), Giulia Piredda (Unive=
rsity of Cagliari), Pietro Storari (University of Cagliari)=20

Call for Papers:

Submission Details:

We invite all scholars, who currently work in metaphor studies, to submit a=
n abstract of their presentation, written in English or in Italian and prep=
ared for blind-review, of no more than 500 words. Please specify on a separ=
ate page name, affiliation, e-mail address, and section in which the paper =
is to be presented. Submissions are made by email attachment to Elisabetta =
Gola at eg...@unica.it and Francesca Ervas at frances...@gmail.com by =
15 February 2011.=20

Key Dates:

15 February 2011: Deadline for submission of abstracts
15 March 2011: Notification of acceptance
12 May 2011: Registration

Further Information:

For further information, please contact metaph...@gmail.com or visit the=
 website at sites.google.com/site/metaphor2011