Author Archives: benecla

University of Antwerp, 12-13 December 2024 Cognitive linguists study, as their name indicates, how individuals cognitively process language. At the same time, they stress that language use is an inherently social activity, as a primary function of language is to … Continue reading →

After a four-year break, The CogLing Days 2022 will again offer all cognitively inspired linguists the opportunity to catch up with each other and to share recent research. The updated version of the program can be found here. The updated … Continue reading →

Language, Discourse and Cognition: Interdisciplinary Approaches Tilburg University, 8-9 December 2022 Cognitive Linguistics is concerned with language and its cognitive underpinnings from a broad methodological perspective. The methodological approaches range from text or corpus analysis to ethnography, and from experiments … Continue reading →

Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to announce that the 4th conference of the International Association for Cognitive Semiotics (IACS) will take place on July 2-4, 2020 at RWTH Aachen University in Aachen (Aix-la-Chapelle), Germany. IACS 4 2-4 July 2020 SEMIOTIC … Continue reading →

Announcement: The 9th International Conference of the German Cognitive Linguistics Association (DGKL/GCLA-9) takes place at the University of Erfurt (Erfurt, Germany) from 23rd to 26th September 2020. Its framing topic is “Cognitive Linguistics as an Interdisciplinary Endeavour: Theoretical and Methodological … Continue reading →

Metaphor Festival Amsterdam 2019 CALL FOR PAPERS Amsterdam, 28 – 31 August 2019 The Metaphor Lab Amsterdam is delighted to announce that the next Metaphor Festival will take place in Amsterdam from 28 – 31 August 2019. The Metaphor Festival … Continue reading →

ICLC is the biennial conference of the International Cognitive Linguistics Association (ICLA; http://www.cognitivelinguistics.org/). ICLC 15 will be hosted by the Japanese Cognitive Linguistics Association, and will be held at Kwansei Gakuin University in the city of Nishinomiya. More information about … Continue reading →

The annual Linguists’ Day of the LSB (Linguistic Society of Belgium) will be organized this year on Friday 25 May 2018 at the Faculté de Philosophie et Lettres of the Université de Liège. Abstracts Lectures (20’ presentation + 10’ discussion) … Continue reading →

Populariserend tijdschrift over taal, misschien een interessante publicatiemogelijkheid voor BeNeCLa-leden. Popular-scientific journal on language in general, perhaps an interesting publication forum for members of BeNeCLa. Read, teach from, or write for Babel – The language magazine? Babel – The language … Continue reading →

The CogLing Days are the biennial conference of the Belgium Netherlands Cognitive Linguistics Association (www.benecla.com). The 8th CogLing Days will be held at the Université catholique de Louvain in Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, on December 13th and 14th 2018 (www.cogling2018.wordpress.com). We welcome … Continue reading →