Vacature Hoogleraar Communicatie- en Informatiewetenschappen (Universiteit Utrecht)

Hoogleraar Communicatie- en Informatiewetenschappen

Functie
Per 1 september 2015 zoekt de Universiteit Utrecht een hoogleraar Communicatie- en Informatiewetenschappen (CIW). De opleiding CIW in Utrecht integreert de studie van taal als communicatiemiddel met de studie van de rol van media in communicatie. De hoogleraar speelt een belangrijke rol bij de verdere integratie van deze twee perspectieven. De hoogleraar verzorgt onderwijs op BA- en op MA-niveau. Van de kandidaat wordt een actieve, leidende en coördinerende rol verwacht binnen de opleiding CIW. Afhankelijk van de expertise en voorkeuren van de kandidaat, zal het onderzoek worden ondergebracht in het Utrechts instituut voor Linguïstiek OTS (UiL OTS) of in het Instituut voor Cultuurwetenschappelijk onderzoekinstituut (ICON). De leerstoel zal mede trekker worden van een sterk verbindende, interdisciplinaire onderzoekslijn. De leerstoel valt onder het departement Talen, Literatuur en Communicatie (TLC) van de Faculteit Geesteswetenschappen.

Profiel
De succesvolle kandidaat

• is een excellente senior-onderzoeker met aantoonbare kennis op tenminste één van de twee voor CIW relevante wetenschapsgebieden en heeft ervaring in onderwijs en onderzoek met de integratie van die gebieden;
• heeft laten zien dat hij/zij in staat is een eigen, vernieuwende onderzoekslijn op te zetten en daarvoor onderzoeksubsidies te verwerven en als coach jonge onderzoekers, met name promovendi, te stimuleren en begeleiden;
• is in staat internationaal en interdisciplinair samen te werken, zoals blijkt uit samenwerkingsverbanden en publicaties;
• is een motiverend en gemotiveerd docent, die gebruik maakt van hedendaagse onderwijsmethoden en die eigen onderzoeksprojecten kan vertalen naar een dynamische onderwijsomgeving;
• is in staat tot het aangaan, uitbouwen en goed onderhouden van zowel geformaliseerde als informele netwerken, in de academische wereld en in de maatschappelijke velden en valorisatiedomeinen van taal, media en communicatie;
• beschikt aantoonbaar over de communicatieve en organisatorische vaardigheden die vereist zijn voor deze functie en is een teamspeler met leidinggevende en relationele capaciteiten;
• is de Nederlandse taal machtig en is vertrouwd met de Nederlandse context waarin de opleiding staat. Van buitenlandse kandidaten wordt verwacht dat zij binnen korte tijd (twee jaar) vertrouwd raken met de Nederlandse taal en de context.

Aanbod
Wij bieden een aanstelling van 1 fte voor 5 jaar. Na een positieve evaluatie is er zicht op een aanstelling voor onbepaalde tijd. Het salaris bedraagt minimaal € 5.003,- en maximaal € 7.285,- bruto per maand bij een voltijdse aanstelling.

Over de organisatie
De Universiteit Utrecht heeft een krachtige ambitie ten aanzien van onderwijskwaliteit en studiesucces. Dat geldt ook voor de scherpe onderzoeksprofilering op vier thema’s: Sustainability, Life Sciences, Dynamics of Youth en Institutions. De Universiteit Utrecht staat midden in de samenleving en draagt bij aan antwoorden op de maatschappelijke vragen van vandaag en morgen.

Aan de faculteit Geesteswetenschappen zijn ongeveer 900 medewerkers en 7000 studenten verbonden. De faculteit omvat vier kennisdomeinen:

1. filosofie en religiewetenschap,
2. geschiedenis en kunstgeschiedenis,
3. media- en cultuurwetenschappen en talen,
4. literatuur en communicatie.

Met het onderwijs en onderzoek op deze gebieden wil de faculteit bijdragen aan een beter begrip van Nederland en Europa in een sterk veranderende maatschappelijke en culturele context.
De ambitie van de bacheloropleiding CIW is afgestudeerden zodanig op te leiden in de analyse van beeld/geluid, taal en interactie, dat ze in alle beroepenvelden inzetbaar zijn waar de keuze en combinatie van media een rol spelen. Verder zijn zij voldoende voorbereid om deel te nemen aan tenminste één van de volgende academische masterprogramma’s:

• Communicatie en organisaties,
• Film- en televisiewetenschap,
• Nieuwe media en
• Digitale cultuur of Interculturele communicatie

Deze onderwijsdoelstellingen worden uiteraard gevoed door het interdisciplinaire onderzoek op dit terrein.

De leerstoel wordt ondergebracht bij het departement Talen, Literatuur en Communicatie als penvoerder van de opleiding CIW. Er zal een nauwe samenwerking zijn met de bestaande leerstoelen die direct betrokken zijn bij CIW, met name Taalbeheersing van het Nederlands, Tekstontwerp en Communicatie en Discourse, Cognition and Communication. Binnen het departement Media- en Cultuurwetenschappen (MCW) is samenwerking mogelijk met de leerstoelen Media en communicatie, Mediatheorie, Film- en televisiegeschiedenis en Kunst, cultuur en diversiteit.

De enthousiaste en betrokken collega’s en de uitstekende voorzieningen in de historische binnenstad van Utrecht, waar de faculteit is gehuisvest, zorgen voor een inspirerend werkklimaat. Bovendien biedt de Universiteit Utrecht aantrekkelijke arbeidsvoorwaarden.

Aanvullende informatie
Heeft u belangstelling? Vraag het profiel dan op bij de afdeling HR van de faculteit Geesteswetenschappen: (030) 253 6244 of hr.gw@uu.nl.

Neem voor nadere inlichtingen contact op met prof. dr. T.J.M. Sanders (Departementshoofd), (030) 253 6080 of t.j.m.sanders@uu.nl.

Solliciteren
Uw sollicitatie, bestaande uit een motivatie, CV en publicatielijst, kunt u tot 1 december 2014 indienen via onderstaande link.
De selectie van kandidaten voor de sollicitatiegesprekken vindt plaats in januari 2015.
Het geven van een proefcollege, het indienen van een onderzoeksplan evenals een assessment kunnen deel uitmaken van de sollicitatieprocedure.

Reageren uiterlijk 1 december 2014.

Reageren uiterlijk
01/12/2014

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ICLC13: Final call for papers

13th International Cognitive Linguistics Conference (ICLC13)

http://www.northumbria.ac.uk/iclc13

20-25 July 2015, Northumbria University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK

This is a final call for abstracts for the 13th International Cognitive Linguistics Conference to be held at Northumbria University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK, 20-25 July 2015. The deadline for all abstracts (for the general session, poster session, and previously submitted theme sessions) is Monday, 3 November 2014.
We invite a broad range of papers taking a cognitive, functional, typological, and discourse approach to the study of language and cognition. The special theme of ICLC13 is “bringing together theory and method”. We welcome papers that demonstrate, or reflect upon, the successful union of modern empirical methods with sound theory.

A (non-exhaustive) list of potential topics is provided on the conference homepage http://www.northumbria.ac.uk/iclc13. Go to: Call for Papers > Potential Topics.

The language of the conference is English. Both general and theme (parallel) session talks will be allocated 25 minutes, which includes time for questions and discussion. Posters will stay up for a day and will be allocated to dedicated, timetabled sessions.

Abstract Submission:

Each author may submit maximally one single-authored and one co-authored paper, regardless of whether they are intended for the general or a special theme session. All abstracts must be submitted electronically through EasyAbs:

http://linguistlist.org/easyabs/iclc13

The submission period is 1 August – 3 November 2014.

Abstracts must not exceed 1 page of A4 (including title, data, figures and references), and 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. Abstracts will be subjected to blind review by a minimum of two referees from an international Scientific Committee, so author names should not appear anywhere on abstracts (you may cite yourself as [Author] or in the third person for previously published work). Please include a list of five keywords that describe the research at the top of the abstract to assist the reviewing process.

Theme session authors should also make sure to note the title of the theme session at the top of their abstracts.

Authors must include the following information on the EasyAbs web page: (1) name(s) of author(s); (2) affiliation(s); (3) email address; and (4) preference for general, theme or poster presentation. Authors should upload .pdf versions of their abstracts to preserve special formatting or fonts.

Important Dates:

Deadline for abstract submission: 3 November 2014

Notification of acceptance: 15 January 2015

Dates of conference: 20-25 July 2015

Please direct all enquiries to ICLC13@northumbria.ac.uk

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Cogling-6 (11-12 Dec 2014, Ghent): online registration

We would like to inform you that registration for Cogling-6, the biennial conference of the Belgium Netherlands Cognitive Linguistics Association (BeNeCLA), is now open, via the following online registration form. You will find a provisional programme and some practical information on the conference website.

The conference fee is 80 EUR, which covers all conference materials, refreshments and coffee breaks, as well as two cold lunches at the conference venue on Thursday 11 and Friday 12 December. The deadline for online registration is 4 December 2014. In addition, there is a conference dinner on Friday evening in restaurant Het Pakhuis. The price is 70 EUR for a three-course menu with matching wines, aperitifs and coffee (cf. the online registration form).

We hope to welcome you in Ghent in December,

The CogLing-6 organisers

Timothy Colleman (Ghent University)
Renata Enghels (Ghent University)
Tim Geleyn (Ghent University)
Peter Lauwers (Ghent University)
Miriam Taverniers (Ghent University)

Frank Brisard (University of Antwerp)
Paul Sambre (University of Leuven)

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Call for Papers: TDL-2, June 3-5, 2015

THINKING, DOING, LEARNING: USAGE BASED PERSPECTIVES ON SECOND LANGUAGE LEARNING

Confirmed keynote speakers:
Teresa Cadierno
Wander Lowie
Simona Pekarek Doehler
Steve Thorne

Invited Colloquium:
Converging evidence in Thinking, Doing, Learning from one dataset
Gale Stam

After the successful first conference in Denmark in 2013 (http://www.selc.dk/conference/), the University of Groningen will host the second one. The conference will take place from Wednesday June 3 to Friday June 5 at the University of Groningen in Groningen, The Netherlands
The field of second language (L2) learning research has come to sustain a multitude of perspectives on language and learning but also on broader issues such as the crossing points between sociality, the nature of human interaction, and individual cognition. Along with this great theoretical, methodological and empirical variety comes an expansion of what is traditionally thought of as the core of language and the nature of learning.
This conference brings together perspectives that find mutual kinship in a view of language as an embodied, semiotic, symbolic tool used for communicative and interactional purposes and an understanding of language use as the preeminent condition for language learning – perspectives that we conjoin under the umbrella term of usage based perspectives.
Such perspectives yield a wide variety of questions to be answered – from societal issues of what it means to interact in an L2 to how speakers carry out social, sense-making moment-to-moment activities, and from the environments of language use and learning to the nature of the sediments of these usage events that are left as “acquired linguistic constructions” in the individual language learner.
The conference will promote and advance this multitude of theoretical and methodological perspectives in second language learning research. We therefore invite conference contributions that draw on theories and methods from across the spectrum of usage based language learning research, including data-driven and theory driven empirical investigations of the relation between cognition, context, interaction and language learning.

We invite the submission of abstracts (for paper, poster or panel presentations) addressing issues in second language learning research, including but not limited to:

Usage-based linguistics in language learning
Embodiment and language learning
Construction-based language learning, including the role of formulaic sequences and frequency issues
Dynamic Systems / Chaos-Complexity-based language learning
Linguistic relativity and language learning
Thinking-for-speaking and SLA
Socio-cognitive language learning
Socio-cultural language learning
Ecological language learning
Language socialization
Conversation Analysis in language learning
Language learning as social activity

Talks: 20 minutes, plus 10 minutes for questions.
Posters: whole conference
Panels: 2 hours and 15 minutes (about 3-5 presentations on common theme)

Please submit by visiting the conference website at http://www.rug.nl/let/tdl. The following information will be requested:

Full name, affiliation and e-mail of corresponding author/panel organizer
Choice of talk, poster, panel general proposal, or panel presentation
Names of authors/ organizers
Title
Abstract 300 words
References
Summary 25 words
Choice of general stream: Thinking (L1-L2 concepts), Doing (interaction), Learning (development or teaching)

All abstracts will be subject to double-blind peer review by an international Scientific Committee. The deadline for abstract submission is December 1st 2014. Notification of acceptance will be given by January 20th 2015.

For further information, visit the conference website at http://www.rug.nl/let/tdl or contact us (Marjolijn Verspoor and Rasmus Steinkrauss) by using the following e-mail: tdlgroningen2015@gmail.com.

On behalf of the organizers,
Marjolijn Verspoor
Rasmus Steinkrauss

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ICLC-13 Second Call for Papers

13th International Cognitive Linguistics Conference (ICLC13)

http://www.northumbria.ac.uk/iclc13

20-25 July 2015, Northumbria University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK

We invite a broad range of papers taking a cognitive, functional, typological, and discourse approach to the study of language and cognition in relation to body, culture, and context of use. The special theme of ICLC-13 is “bringing together theory and method”. We welcome papers that demonstrate, or reflect upon, the successful union of modern empirical methods with sound theory.

Potential Topics:

The range of topics at past ICLCs has typically included (but is not limited to):

Categorization, prototypes, and polysemy; Cognitive and Construction Grammars; cognitive corpus linguistics; cognitive phonology; cognitive semantics; discourse and grammar, text and discourse; domains and frame semantics; embodiment and situated cognition; empirical methods in cognitive linguistics; grammaticalization, language evolution, and change; image schemas and force dynamics; language development, impairment, attrition, and loss; linguistic relativity, culture, and ethnosyntax; metaphor and metonymy; mental spaces and conceptual blending; neural models of language; signed languages, gesture, and modality; usage-based approaches.


General Session and Poster Session:

The language of the conference is English. General (parallel) session talks will be allocated 25 minutes, which includes questions and discussion. Posters will stay up for a day and will be allocated to dedicated, timetabled sessions.

Theme Session:

Theme sessions will be integrated into the conference schedule. We encourage theme session organisers to submit theme session titles and proposals (up to 500 words) directly to the conference organisers (by email: ICLC13@northumbria.ac.uk) along with the names of authors and titles of the individual papers.

We will consider sessions of varying lengths and formats (with or without an allocated “discussion” slot). However, we would like to note that the conference schedule particularly suits sessions comprised of 6 slots (of 25 minutes each). The maximum length for theme sessions is 12 slots (of 25 minutes each). Theme session authors will still need to submit their abstracts for review (following the guidelines below) and should make sure to note the title of the theme session at the top of their abstracts.

The deadline for organisers to submit proposals for Theme Sessions is September 15, 2014.

Abstract Submission:

Each author may submit maximally one single-authored and one co-authored paper, regardless of whether they are intended for the general or a special theme session. Abstracts must be submitted electronically through EasyAbs:

http://linguistlist.org/easyabs/iclc13

The submission period is 1 August – 3 November 2014.

Abstracts must not exceed 1 page of A4 (including title, data, figures and references), and 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. Abstracts will be subjected to blind review by a minimum of two referees from an international Scientific Committee, so author names should not appear anywhere on abstracts (you may cite yourself as [Author] or in the third person for previously published work). Please include a list of five keywords that describe the research at the top of the abstract to assist the reviewing process.

Authors must include the following information on the EasyAbs web page: (1) name(s) of author(s); (2) affiliation(s); (3) email address; and (4) preference for oral or poster presentation. Authors should upload .pdf versions of their abstracts to preserve special formatting or fonts. Abstracts must be submitted through EasyAbs starting on 1 August 2014.

Abstracts will be evaluated on the basis of scope, relevance, originality, methodology, and strength of conclusions. It is possible that we will require authors submitting papers to ICLC-13 to assist in the reviewing process. Please note that submitting an abstract constitutes an agreement to reviewing a maximum of 5 other abstracts.

ICLA Membership:

ICLC is the biennial conference of the International Cognitive Linguistics Association (ICLA, http://www.cognitivelinguistics.org). There is no requirement to be an ICLA member to submit an abstract. Participation in the ICLC conference will require standard ICLA membership (at a revised rate of approximately 25€ to 30€), which also gives ICLC participants access to several member benefits.

Important Dates:

Abstract submission becomes available on EasyAbs: 1 August 2014

Deadline for theme session proposals: 15 September 2014

Deadline for abstract submission (general and theme session): 3 November 2014

Notification of acceptance: 15 January 2015 Dates of conference: 20-25 July 2015

Please direct all enquiries to ICLC13@northumbria.ac.uk

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ICLC-13: First call for papers

13th International Cognitive Linguistics Conference (ICLC-13)

http://www.northumbria.ac.uk/iclc13

20-25 July 2015, Northumbria University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK

We invite a broad range of papers taking a cognitive, functional, typological, and discourse approach to the study of language and cognition in relation to body, culture, and context of use. The special theme of ICLC-13 is “bringing together theory and method”. We welcome papers that demonstrate, or reflect upon, the successful union of modern empirical methods with sound theory.

Potential Topics:
The range of topics at past ICLCs has typically included (but is not limited to):

Categorization, prototypes, and polysemy; Cognitive and Construction Grammars; cognitive corpus linguistics; cognitive phonology; cognitive semantics; discourse and grammar, text and discourse; domains and frame semantics; embodiment and situated cognition; empirical methods in cognitive linguistics; grammaticalization, language evolution, and change; image schemas and force dynamics; language development, impairment, attrition, and loss; linguistic relativity, culture, and ethnosyntax; metaphor and metonymy; mental spaces and conceptual blending; neural models of language; signed languages, gesture, and modality; usage-based approaches.


General Session and Poster Session:

The language of the conference is English. General (parallel) session talks will be allocated 25 minutes, which includes questions and discussion. Posters will stay up for a day and will be allocated to dedicated, timetabled sessions.

Theme Session:
Theme sessions will be integrated into the conference schedule. We encourage theme session organisers to submit theme session titles and proposals (up to 500 words) directly to the conference organisers (by email: ICLC13@northumbria.ac.uk) along with the names of authors and titles of the individual papers.

We will consider sessions of varying lengths and formats (with or without an allocated “discussion” slot). However, we would like to note that the conference schedule particularly suits sessions comprised of 6 slots (of 25 minutes each). The maximum length for theme sessions is 12 slots (of 25 minutes each). Theme session authors will still need to submit their abstracts for review (following the guidelines below) and should make sure to note the title of the theme session at the top of their abstracts.

The deadline for organisers to submit proposals for Theme Sessions is September 15, 2014.


Abstract Submission:

Each author may submit maximally one single-authored and one co-authored paper, regardless of whether they are intended for the general or a special theme session. Abstracts must be submitted electronically through EasyAbs via the “Abstract Submissions” tab on the ICLC-13 homepage: http://www.northumbria.ac.uk/iclc13.

The submission period is 1 August – 3 November 2014.

Abstracts must not exceed 1 page of A4 (including title, data, figures and references), and 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. Abstracts will be subjected to blind review by a minimum of two referees from an international Scientific Committee, so author names should not appear anywhere on abstracts (you may cite yourself as [Author] or in the third person for previously published work). Please include a list of five keywords that describe the research at the top of the abstract to assist the reviewing process.

Authors must include the following information on the EasyAbs web page: (1) name(s) of author(s); (2) affiliation(s); (3) email address; and (4) preference for oral or poster presentation. Authors should upload .pdf versions of their abstracts to preserve special formatting or fonts. Abstracts must be submitted through EasyAbs starting on 1 August 2014.

Abstracts will be evaluated on the basis of scope, relevance, originality, methodology, and strength of conclusions. It is possible that we will require authors submitting papers to ICLC-13 to assist in the reviewing process. Please note that submitting an abstract constitutes an agreement to reviewing a maximum of 5 other abstracts.


ICLA Membership:

ICLC is the biennial conference of the International Cognitive Linguistics Association (ICLA, http://www.cognitivelinguistics.org). There is no requirement to be an ICLA member to submit an abstract. Participation in the ICLC conference will require standard ICLA membership (at a revised rate of approximately 25€ to 30€), which also gives ICLC participants access to several member benefits.


Important Dates:

Abstract submission becomes available on EasyAbs: 1 August 2014
Deadline for theme session proposals: 15 September 2014

Deadline for abstract submission (general and theme session): 3 November 2014

Notification of acceptance: 15 January 2015
Dates of conference: 20-25 July 2015

Please direct all enquiries to ICLC13@northumbria.ac.uk.

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CogLingDays 6, Ghent

After successful meetings in Utrecht, Leuven, Leiden, Antwerp, and Groningen, the sixth edition of the biennial conference of the Belgium Netherlands Cognitive Linguistics Association (BeNeCLA, http://benecla.com) will take place at Ghent University on 11–12 December 2014. The conference provides a forum to scholars based in the Low Countries or abroad to present and discuss their research in the various strands of cognitive linguistics or other cognitively inspired usage-based approaches to language, including construction grammar.


 
Conference website: http://www.contragram-network.ugent.be/node/10

 
Plenary speakers:

Ewa Dąbrowska (Northumbria University)
Dirk Geeraerts (University of Leuven)
Muriel Norde (Humboldt University Berlin)
Gerard Steen (VU University Amsterdam)

 
Organising committee:

Frank Brisard (University of Antwerp)
Timothy Colleman (Ghent University)
Renata Enghels (Ghent University)
Tim Geleyn (Ghent University)
Peter Lauwers (Ghent University)
Miriam Taverniers (Ghent University)

 
Scientific committee:

Jóhanna Barđdal (Ghent), Ronny Boogaart (Leiden), Frank Brisard (Antwerp), Bert Cappelle (Lille), Timothy Colleman (Ghent), Bert Cornillie (Leuven), Hubert Cuyckens (Leuven), Barbara De Cock (Louvain), Gert De Sutter (Ghent), Renata Enghels (Ghent), Kurt Feyaerts (Leuven), Ad Foolen (Nijmegen), Liesbet Heyvaert (Leuven), Francisco Gonzálvez-García (Almeria), Peter Lauwers (Ghent), Dominique Legallois (Caen), Maarten Lemmens (Lille), Tanja Mortelmans (Antwerp), Esther Pascual (Groningen), Paul Sambre (Leuven), Miriam Taverniers (Ghent), Arie Verhagen (Leiden), Dominique Willems (Ghent)

 
We invite abstracts for regular 20-minute conference presentations, which will be reviewed anonymously. Abstracts must not exceed 500 words, including references and data, and should mention main research question(s), methodology, dataset and (expected) results. The conference languages are English, Dutch, and French.

 
Please send your abstract as a pdf attachment to cogling6@UGent.be. Please do not reveal the identity of the author(s) in the abstract; this implies not making explicit references to one’s own work in the first person. Include author names and affiliations in the body of your e-mail.

 
Deadline for submission: 15 May 2014
Notification of acceptance: 10 June 2014

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“The Political Impact of Metaphors”, University of Liège, 15-16 May 2014

International interdisciplinary conference on “The Political Impact of Metaphors”, University of Liège (ULg), 15-16 May 2014.
Arranged by the Departments of Modern Languages of the University of Liege (ULg) and of Political Science form the University of Louvain (UCL).

Scope and issues
*********************

In the wake of Lakoff and Johnson’s seminal work, much attention has been devoted to the study of metaphors not as rhetoric figures but as conceptual tools to express a complex reality in more familiar terms. While conceptual metaphors occur in every area of life, the political domain remains one prominent area where to find metaphors.

Though a large body of research has been devoted to the study of (conceptual) metaphors in the political domain, it is striking to notice that the question of the political impact of metaphors has hardly been addressed. While metaphors are described as devices structuring our perception of political realities and representations, and as devices frequently used by political elite to frame particular debates, their actual political impact has mostly been taken for granted. We therefore suggest that the next turn in the study of political metaphors is to grasp their political impact. This issue raises several questions: they tap on the “production” side and on the “reception” side of the metaphor chain, as well as on the intermediary process itself both at the individual level and at the collective level:

– Who, why and how do we use metaphors in political discourse?

– What’s the short-term, mid-term and long-term political impact of metaphor use?

– How do metaphors circulate from one discourse type to another?

– Do they travel across issues, languages and countries?

– What does political impact more precisely mean?

– What are the political consequences of metaphors in terms of attitudes and behaviours?

– Taking an interdisciplinary perspective, the aim of this conference is to offer not only conceptual insights but also real world oriented research to explain how discourses, through metaphors, actively shape the political reality.
The conference will include talks by Gerard Steen, Ray Gibbs, Tina Krenmayr, Didier Caluwaerts, Emilie L’Hôte, Camille Debras, Brigitte Nerlich, Dimitrios Karmis and Christ’l De Landstheer.

 

Practical information
*************************

Please visit https://sites.google.com/site/metaimpactulg/ for further information about the conference, including full programme and registration.

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ICLC-13 (20-25 July 2015, Northumbria University)

13th International Cognitive Linguistics Conference (ICLC-13)

http://www.northumbria.ac.uk/iclc13

We are pleased to announce the 13th International Cognitive Linguistics Conference (ICLC-13), which is being held 20-25 July 2015 in Northumbria University, Newcastle, England. ICLC is the biennial conference of the International Cognitive Linguistics Association (ICLA, http://www.cognitivelinguistics.org).

 

Confirmed plenary speakers are:

– Adele Goldberg (Princeton University)

– Martin Haspelmath (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology)

– Mirjam Fried (Charles University in Prague)

– Hans-Jörg Schmid (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich)

– Ronald Langacker (University of California, San Diego)

– Gabriella Vigliocco (University College London)

The special theme of this edition of the International Cognitive Linguistics Conference is “bringing together theory and method”. This reflects one of the main outcomes of ICLC-12, Alberta: that the future of cognitive linguistics lies in the successful union of a robust empirical approach with sound theory.

Information about the conference can be found at http://www.northumbria.ac.uk/iclc13, which will be updated as more details become available.

Amanda Patten (on behalf of the Organising Committee and the ICLA)

ICLC13@northumbria.ac.uk

 

Conference Organisers:

Dr Amanda Patten (chair)

Prof Ewa Dąbrowska

Dr Mimi Huang

Dr James Street

Sarah Duffy

Rachel Ramsey

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Vacancy (Utrecht University): Postdoctoral position in discourse processing

Job description

The goal of the postdoc-project is to investigate the interaction between two crucial mechanisms in discourse processing: coherence relations realized by discourse connectives (causal, contrastive, additive) and pronoun resolution. The focus will be placed on both theory and experimental validation. The postdoc will design eye-tracking and text comprehension experiments in order to investigate the quality of machine translated texts. He/she will collaborate closely with a Ph.D. student working on the annotation of such phenomena in corpora of natural language discourse.

The project will be part of the MODERN SNSF project on the modeling of inter-sentential dependencies (connectives and referential expressions) to improve the output of machine translation systems. It will be hosted by a research group at UiL OTS (Department of Languages, Literature and Communication, Utrecht University) that focuses on machine translation of discourse phenomena. Researchers involved include Ted Sanders, Arnout Koornneef and Sandrine Zufferey.

Requirements

Applicants will have received a PhD in linguistics or psycholinguistics. Candidates must have experience with eye-tracking. Excellent demonstrable command of English as well as either French, German or Dutch is required. Previous experience in natural language processing and translation is a plus.

Conditions of employment

The position is offered for an initial period of 1 year, 0.9 FTE, to be extended by another 1 year (0.9 FTE) upon positive evaluation. Depending on your knowledge and experience, your monthly gross salary will start at between  € 3,037.- and €3,259 . We offer a pension scheme, a holiday allowance of 8% per year and flexible employment conditions. Conditions are based on the Collective Employment Agreement of the Dutch Universities. The appointment will start as soon as the necessary work permits and documents are obtained, with a target starting date of March 1st, 2014.

How to apply

Applications should include

  • a letter of motivation
  • a curriculum vitae including contact and personal details
  • the contact details of two referees (names, affiliations and phone numbers or e-mail addresses); preferably: two reference letters are sent digitally to dr Schoorlemmer
  • a PhD thesis
  • one selected publication

Apply through the Utrecht University vacancy site

(search “academic” + ” Humanities”, open the relevant ad, scroll to the bottom, and click on the application link)

The deadline for application is 22-1-2014.

The interviews are scheduled during the first week of February, 2014.

Additional information

Informal inquiries can be addressed to Prof. Ted Sanders (T.J.M.Sanders@uu.nl), Dr. Sandrine Zufferey (S.I.Zufferey@uu.nl) or Dr Maaike Schoorlemmer (m.schoorlemmer@uu.nl)

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