Polish Cognitive Linguistics Association and Institute of English Studies, University of Rzeszów, Poland, are pleased to launch a Call for Papers for the 2017 annual PCLA conference Cognitive Linguistics in the year 2017.

When: September 21-23, 2017
Where: University of Rzeszów, Poland
Conference languages: English and Polish

PLENARY SPEAKERS:
Laura A. Janda (Tromsø University)
Joanna Rączaszek-Leonardi (University of Warsaw / PAN)
Elżbieta Tabakowska (Jagiellonian University)
Adam Głaz (UMCS, Lublin)
Martin Hilpert (Neuchâtel University)

SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS:
Your abstract should clearly state the scope and aims of your research, the methodology applied, the expected results, etc. Above all, it must be evident that your research lies within the cognitive linguistics enterprise, e.g. (the list is obviously open-ended and should only be treated as a set of general guidelines):
￭ cognitive semantics
￭ linguistic categorization
￭ metaphor and metonymy
￭ conceptual blending
￭ force dynamics
￭ embodiment (including extended and/or social embodiment)
￭ cognitive sociolinguistics
￭ cognitive cultural linguistics/ethnolinguistics
￭ cognitive approaches to discourse
￭ cognitive text linguistics
￭ cognitive poetics
￭ perspectivization
￭ language and the brain
￭ cognitive linguistics from the pedagogical perspective
￭ cognitive approaches to translation
￭ cognitive historical linguistics

Scientific committee:

￭ Prof. Barbara Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk (University of Łódź)
￭ Prof. Réka Benczes (Monash University)
￭ Prof. Mario Brdar (Josip Juraj Strossmayer University, Osijek)
￭ Prof. Katarina Rasulić (University of Belgrade)
￭ Prof. Pamela Faber (University of Granada)
￭ Prof. Dirk Geeraerts (KU Leuven)
￭ Prof. Laura A. Janda (Tromsø University)
￭ Prof. Martin Hilpert (Neuchâtel University)
￭ Prof. Günter Radden (University of Hamburg)
￭ Prof. Henryk Kardela (UMCS Lublin)
￭ Prof. Zoltán Kövecses (Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest)
￭ Prof. Farzad Sharifian (Monash University)
￭ Prof. Cornelia Wermuth (KU Leuven)
￭ Prof. Leonard Talmy (University at Buffalo)
￭ Prof. Elżbieta Tabakowska (Jagiellonian University)
￭ Prof. Krystyna Waszakowa (Warsaw University)
￭ Prof. Bogusław Bierwiaczonek (AJD Częstochowa)
￭ Prof. Elżbieta Górska (Warsaw University)
￭ Prof. Waldemar Skrzypczak (UMK Toruń)
￭ Prof. Agnieszka Libura (University of Wrocław)
￭ Prof. Małgorzata Fabiszak (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań)
￭ Prof. Adam Głaz (UMCS Lublin)
￭ Prof. Krzysztof Hejwowski (Warsaw University)

ORGANISING COMMITTEE:
￭dr hab. prof. UR Marcin Grygiel
￭dr hab. prof. UR Robert Kiełtyka
￭ dr hab. prof. UR Agnieszka Uberman
￭ dr Bożena Kochman-Haładyj
￭ dr Marcin Kudła