ICLC 11: Language, Cognition, Context
July 11-17, 2011, Xi'an, China
(http://www.iclc11.org; iclc11@xisu.edu.cn)

Under the auspices of the International Cognitive Linguistics Association, co-organized by China Cognitive Linguistics Association and China International Forum on Cognitive Linguistics, and hosted by Xi'an International Studies University, the 11th International Cognitive Linguistics Conference will be held July 11- 17, 2011, in the historic city of Xi'an, China.

General Guidelines

Like all previous ICLCs, ICLC 11, Xi'an will be a gathering of cognitive linguists to present their most recent research in the study of language. We invite abstracts that subscribe to the assumption that language is part of human cognition, not an autonomous and separate system.  Language is seen as influenced and, to a large extent, even determined by forces not only within it but also outside it—factors of general human cognitive capacities as well as factors that result from the diversity of societies, cultural groups, discourse types, and communicative modes.

As such, presentations at ICLC 11, Xi'an may be on any facet of human language—including the non-verbal—from any cognitive linguistics perspective. The following general areas are provided as a sampler, not an exclusive list of possibilities: cognitive grammar, cognitive semantics, construction grammar, conceptual metaphor, conceptual integration, embodiment of language, cognitive psycholinguistics, cognitive sociolinguistics, cognitive stylistics, cognitive applied linguistics, corpus linguistics, and application of a cognitive linguistics theory to other disciplines.

ICLC 11, Xi'an will hold a general session, theme sessions, and a poster session. Presentations for the general session and theme sessions will be allotted 25 minutes, with 20 minutes for presentation and 5 minutes for discussion. The poster session will be given a two-hour time window, without competing with the general session or the theme sessions.

Each presenter can appear in the program a maximum of two times: once as a first author and once as a co-author. Abstracts for both the general session and theme sessions will go through the same anonymous peer-review process.  A presentation for a theme session (see below) will thus be submitted twice—once to the theme session organizer and once to the Organizing Committee.

The conference website (http://www.iclc11.org) is being constructed and will be updated with new information as it becomes available. Questions regarding the conference should be addressed to iclc11@xisu.edu.cn.

Abstract Submission and Requirements

Abstracts will be accepted from June 16, 2010 to November 15, 2010. Details about how to submit abstracts will be announced by June 15, 2010.

Abstracts should be no more than 500 words, including references. They should reflect the soundness of argument, substance of content, and relevance to cognitive linguistics—the three criteria on which acceptance decisions will be based. An abstract about an empirical study, therefore, ought to include preliminary findings. Similarly, an abstract of a theoretical presentation should outline how a position is defended in addition to what that position is.

Theme Sessions

Theme sessions at ICLC 11, Xi'an are expected to encourage the broadest participation possible by scholars in the entire cognitive linguistics community and to present studies that are of as high caliber as those presented in the general session. We ask that theme session organizers follow these procedures:

1.	Announce their call for papers on the listserv Cogling and send it to the conference website for posting. They are also encouraged to publicize their calls on other popular listservs (e.g., funknet, linguist list) or venues.
2.	By October 15, 2010, submit to the Organizing Committee a one-page proposal plus a list of potential presenters and their titles (with a maximum of three-sentence description for each) for review by a panel composed of members of the Organizing Committee and the Advisory Committee.
3.	In the latter part of October, 2010, theme session organizers will receive decisions on their sessions from the review panel. For an approved theme session, the organizer should remind his/her presenters to submit their abstracts to the Organizing Committee by November 15, 2010. Should a session not be approved, the organizer is asked to encourage his/her presenters to submit their abstracts to the general session.
4.	By February 15, 2011, theme session organizers will have received the results of the abstract review. Should the number of accepted presentations for a theme session fall below 5, the session will be cancelled. Should it be greater than 24, the organizer will be asked to select no more than 24 for the session. Those presentations not selected by the organizer will be automatically routed to the general session.

Important Dates

June 16, 2010: Abstract submission begins.
October 15, 2010: Theme session proposals due
November 15, 2010: Abstract submission ends.
February 15, 2011: Notification of acceptance
March 15, 2011: Early registration begins.
July 11-17, 2011: Conference in session

Keynote Speakers

Harald Baayen, University of Alberta, Canada
Ewa Dabrowska, Northumbria University, UK
Mirjam Fried, Czech Academy of Sciences Prague, Czech Republic
Kaoru Horie, Tohoku University, Japan
Ronald Langacker, University of California, San Diego, USA
John Lucy, The University of Chicago, USA
Jiaxuan Shen, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, China

Co-organizers

China Cognitive Linguistics Association (http://www.ccla2006.com)
China International Forum on Cognitive Linguistics (http://cifcl.buaa.edu.cn)

Host

Xi'an International Studies University (http://www.xisu.edu.cn)

Organizing Committee

Dingfang Shu (Co-Chair), Shanghai International Studies University
Thomas Fuyin Li (Co-Chair), Beihang University
Dafu Yang (Executive Co-Chair), Xi'an International Studies University
Rong Chen, California State University, San Bernardino
Shisheng Liu, Tsinghua University
Hui Zhang, PLA International Studies University
Yajun Jiang, Xi'an International Studies University

Advisory Committee

Yuelian Liu (Chair), Xi'an International Studies University, China
Laura Janda, University of Tromsø, Norway
Maarten Lemmens, Université Lille 3 & CNRS, France
Klaus-Uwe Panther, University of Hamburg, Germany
Rene Dirven, University Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Suzanne Kemmer, Rice University, USA
Elzbieta Tabakowska, Jagiellonian University of Kraków, Poland