DGKL4: Fourth International Conference of the German Cognitive Linguistics Association, Bremen, October 7-9, 2010

Executive Summary

  • Possible contributions: Presentations, Posters and Theme Sessions;
  • Deadline for abstracts and proposals: February 15, 2010;
  • Notification of acceptance/rejection: March 15, 2010;
  • Registration opens: April 15, 2010;
  • Conference Website: http://www.iaas.uni-bremen.de/dgkl2010/en;
  • Conference Committee email address: dgkl2010@googlemail.com.

Call for Papers

The Fourth International Conference of the German Cognitive Linguistics Association (DGKL/GCLA), Cognitive Linguistics: Reflections and Connections, will be held from October 7.-9., 2010 in Bremen, Germany.

Presentations

We look forward to your abstracts dealing with topics in cognitive-functional linguistics. We welcome contributions dealing with all research areas of cognitive linguistics as well as contributions taking a cognitive perspective on language on the basis of methods from psychology, psycholinguistics, corpus linguistics, historical linguistics and artificial intelligence or explorations of the connections between these disciplines and cognitive linguistics.

Conference languages are English and German.

There are two types of presentation:

  • 20-minute oral presentations (plus 10 minutes question period);
  • Poster presentations

Submission of abstracts for oral and poster presentations

Please submit your abstract by February 15th, 2010 via email to dgkl2010@googlemail.com.

The subject line of your email should be "Abstract Submission - AUTHOR NAME(S)".

The file name of your abstract should consist of the first five letters of your last name, followed by the first three letters of your first name.

The main body of your email message should contain the following information:

  • Title of your presentation;
  • Name(s) of author(s);
  • Affiliation;
  • Email address for correspondence;
  • 3-5 key words;
  • Preferred presentation type (oral or poster).

When preparing your abstract, please note:

  • The abstract should be no longer than 500 words (plus references);
  • Please give your presentation a clear, descriptive title;
  • The abstract should not contain your name(s), as abstracts will be reviewed anonymously;
  • Please keep figures and diagrams to a minimum. If they are necessary, please embed them in the file in a standard graphics format (PNG, JPEG);
  • Permissible filetypes are (in order of preference): ODF, RTF, TXT or DOC (no PDF, LaTeX or DOCX).

The abstracts will be reviewed on the basis of the following criteria:

  • Topical relevance;
  • Originality;
  • Clear structure;
  • Plausible argumentation.

Theme Session

In addition to the general sessions, the conference will include up to six theme sessions dealing with specific topics in cognitive-functional linguistics. As in the case of the general sessions, these topics include all research areas of cognitive linguistics as well as topics focusing on connections to psychology, psycholinguistics and artificial intelligence. Theme sessions are expected to conform to the 30-minute rhythm of the general sessions and may contain up to seven 30-minute slots.

The main body of your email message should contain the following information:

  • Title of the theme session;
  • Name(s) of organizer(s);
  • Affiliation;
  • Email address for correspondence;
  • 3-5 key words;
  • Titles and names of individual talks.

When preparing your theme session proposal, please note:

  • The description of the theme session should be no longer than 500 words (plus references);
  • The abstracts of the individual talks should be contained in the same file as the description of the theme session and should be no longer than 200 words each;
  • Please give your theme session and the individual talks clear, descriptive titles;
  • The proposal should not contain the names of authors and organizers, as proposals will be reviewed anonymously;
  • Please keep figures and diagrams to a minimum. If they are necessary, please embed them in the file in a standard graphics format (PNG, JPEG);
  • Permissible filetypes are (in order of preference): ODF, RTF, TXT or DOC (no PDF, LaTeX or DOCX).

Each theme session proposal will be reviewed as a whole. Organizers are thus asked to ensure a high quality of the individual contributions. The proposals will be reviewed on the basis of the following criteria:

  • Topical coherence;
  • Cross-references among the individual contributions;
  • Topical relevance;
  • Originality;
  • Clear structure;
  • Plausible argumentation.

General remark concerning submission

Submission by email always carries the risk that individual emails will be caught by spam filters. Thus, if you have not received an acknowledgement that your submission has been received within a week after submission, please contact the conference committee by email.