4th International Conference on Metaphor in Language and Thought

[Vito Evola]

  Dear Colleagues,

            Please find below the call for papers for the 4th International Conference on Metaphor in Language and Thought. We hope you join us in Porto Alegre, Brazil, at Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) from October 26^th to 28^th, 2011.

 

The conference is concerned with all aspects of Cognitive Linguistics, but, this year, it has a recurring theme of Metaphor: Culture and Nature.

 

  Keynote speakers:

Professor Daniel Casasanto, PhD - The New School for Social Research, New York, USA
Professor Zoltán Kövecses, PhD - Eötvös Loránd University, HU
Professor Dirk Geeraerts, PhD - University of Leuven, BE

Professor Solange Coelho Vereza, PhD – Universidade Federal Fluminense, BR

 

  Abstracts for papers and posters are invited for submission in the general theme of the conference, dealing with all aspects of figurative language. Paper presentations will be given a 20-minute time slot with an additional 10 minutes for discussion. Posters will be allocated timetabled sessions, and will stay up for a day. Ongoing graduate research is also welcome and will be presented in a separate session.

            An abstract of between 300 and 400 words (excluding references) should be submitted electronically to ivc...@ufrgs.br by April 15^th, 2011 (e-mail subject: IVCML – submission of abstract). The abstract should contain the presentation title, and preference for paper, ongoing research or poster presentation session. Please state, where appropriate, research questions, approach, method, data, and (expected) results. Please DO NOT include information identifying the author(s) in the abstract document. Author(s) information including name(s), affiliation(s) and email address(es) should be detailed in the body of the email. All abstracts will be subject to peer review by an international scientific committee. A notification of acceptance will be sent to authors by June 15^th 2011.

 

Presenters are invited to submit papers to be published in an edited volume. Works should be sent by August 30^th, 2011. Accepted papers will be subject to peer-review.

 

Keep up-to-date by bookmarking and checking the conference website regularly (http://www6.ufrgs.br/iletras/ivcmlp/), or send an email to ivc...@ufrgs.br.
 
Sincerely,
 
Prof. Dr. Maity Siqueira (conference chair)
IV Congresso Interacional da Metáfora na Linguagem e no Pensamento
4th International Conference of Metaphor in Language and Thought