Call for papers: AFLiCo 9 "Embodied and Ecolinguistic Approaches to Cognitive Linguistics"

9th International Conference of the French Association for Cognitive Linguistics (AFLiCo 9)

Lyon, France, 15 - 17 May 2024

https://aflico9.sciencesconf.org

The 9th AFLiCo conference will take place in Lyon from 15th to 17th May 2024. It follows the previous AFLiCo international conferences that took place in Bordeaux (2005), Lille (2007, 2013), Nanterre (2009), Lyon (2011), Grenoble (2015), Liège (2017) and Mulhouse (2019). The theme of this year's conference is "Embodied and Ecolinguistic Approaches to Cognitive Linguistics". We welcome 20-minute presentations (with 8 minutes for follow-up questions) from students and researchers interested in cognitive linguistics, and more specifically on embodied and ecolinguistic approaches to cognitive linguistics. However, as in previous editions, the conference will not be limited to thematic sessions devoted to the main foci described below. The organisers also encourage researchers to submit proposals within all areas of cognitive linguistics.

Important dates

Submission: July 1 to November 5, 2023

Notification of acceptance: December 2023

Registration: early 2024

Conference: May 15 to 17, 2024

Introduction

The last few years have seen a growing interest for Cognitive Linguistics in France, resulting in new studies and stimulating exchanges. After various cognitively-oriented conferences and workshops, it was time to establish in France a more general hub for discussion, which motivated the creation of the French Association for Cognitive Linguistics (AFLiCo) in 2005.

Although Cognitive Linguistics is the main focus of the AFLiCo, the association aims to maintain a constructive and profitable discussion with the various French theoretical approaches in linguistics. In doing so, it will differ from the International Cognitive Linguistics Association (www.cognitivelinguistics.org), with which the AFLiCo is also associated since its creation. The AFliCo aims to include French scholars working in various theoretical frameworks and to encourage them to take an active part in its activities.

Mission statement (PDF)

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