Second call for papers
 
Cognitive Linguistics East of Eden
 
A joint conference organized by the Finnish Cognitive Linguistics
Association (FiCLA) and the Slavic Cognitive Linguistics Association
(SCLA) will take place in Turku, Finland, on September 13 to 15, 2002.
 
Starring (as plenary speakers):
Mirjam Fried (Princeton University)
Marja-Liisa Helasvuo (University of Turku)
Laura Janda (University of North Carolina)
Helena Leheckova (University of Helsinki)
Ekaterina Rakhilina (Moscow State University)
 
The aim of the conference is to bring together cognitive linguists
from the East and the West, and to offer a forum for collaboration and
discussion on current developments in Cognitive Linguistics. We
welcome abstracts for oral presentations (20 minutes + 10 minutes for
discussion) and for posters on all cognitive linguistic topics,
including syntax, semantics, morphology, phonology, metaphor,
pragmatics, discourse, etc. We especially welcome papers on Slavic
and/or Finno-Ugric languages.
 
The deadline for submissions is April 1, 2002. Please submit a
one-page abstract (max. 500 words), with an additional page for
tables, graphs and references, if necessary. We strongly encourage
e-mail submissions. For speakers with topics related to the Slavic
languages: Please send your abstract to janda@unc.edu. For speakers
with topics related to other languages: Please send your abstract as
an attachment file (plain text or rtf) to aairola@ling.helsinki.fi,
with your name, affiliation, e-mail address and the title of your
paper included in the message. If you wish to submit a paper version,
then please send 5 anonymous copies of your abstract, and your author
information on a separate sheet of paper. In this case, please use the
following address:
 
Anu Airola
Department of General Linguistics
P.O.Box 9 (Siltavuorenpenger 20 A)
FIN-00014 University of Helsinki
Finland
 
The participation fee will be 70 euros (35 euros for students,
including graduate students), to be paid at the conference site in
cash (please observe that we cannot accept credit cards). For members
of the FiCLA, SCLA or ICLA the fee will be 50 euros (25 euros for
students). Participants from economically disadvantaged countries may
be allowed a free participation upon application. In such a case,
please include an application for free participation in your abstract.
 
The participation fee will cover the abstract booklet, other
conference materials, coffee and a get-together with snacks.