Call for abstracts

EXTENDED DEADLINE – 15th May 2010

After three fruitful meetings in Utrecht (2004), Leuven (2006) and Leiden (2008), Antwerp is hosting the fourth biannual conference of the Belgian Netherlands Cognitive Linguistics Association (BeNeCLA, https://benecla.com/ ). The event is jointly organized by the University of Antwerp and Lessius University College Antwerp on Friday 17th and Saturday 18th December 2010. The two-day conference offers a venue for researchers from the Low Countries to present and discuss their research results in the various strands of cognitive linguistics. It explicitly aims at offering junior researchers, including doctoral students and postdocs, the opportunity to present their (ongoing) work. All interested scholars working in the field of cognitive linguistics or related areas are invited to submit an abstract for the conference.

Plenary speakers

Ronny Boogaart (University of Leiden)

Kristin Davidse (University of Leuven)

Irene Mittelberg (RWTH University Aachen)

Ted Sanders (University of Utrecht)

Abstracts

We invite abstracts for poster presentations and regular conference papers (20 min. talk plus 10 min. discussion), the length of which should not exceed 600 words, including references and data. Paper proposals are expected to clearly formulate the main research question(s), methodology, dataset and (expected) results.

They will be reviewed anonymously and cannot therefore include any reference to the identity of the author. In the body of your email, please include the following information: author’s name and affiliation and title of the submission. Please also indicate whether you would like your abstract to be considered for a regular or a poster presentation.

Abstracts in Dutch or English have to be submitted electronically, as attachment files in PDF format, to the following address:

coglingdagen2010@lessius.eu

Deadline for submission: extended deadline 15th May 2010

Notification of acceptance: 20th June 2010

Scientific committee

Ronny Boogaart (Universiteit Leiden), Tine Breban (FWO- KU Leuven), Bert Cappelle (Hogeschool Gent), Alan Cienki (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam), Timothy Colleman (UGent), Bert Cornillie (FWO- KU Leuven), Liesbeth Degand (UCLouvain), Walter De Mulder (Universiteit Antwerpen), Jan Nuyts (Universiteit Antwerpen), Esther Pascual (RU Groningen), Elena Tribushinina (Universiteit Antwerpen), Lieven Vandelanotte (FUNDP Namur), Marjolein Verspoor (RUGroningen),

Organizing committee

Frank Brisard (Universiteit Antwerpen), Geert Brône (Lessius Antwerp – KU Leuven), Astrid De Wit (Universiteit Antwerpen), Liesbet Heyvaert (FWO- KU Leuven), Tanja Mortelmans (Universiteit Antwerpen), Paul Sambre (Lessius Antwerp – KU Leuven)