RaAM 14: Metaphor and Space Vilnius University Vilnius, Lithuania, June 23-26, 2021 |
Conference website | http://www.raam14.flf.vu.lt/ |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=raam14 |
Submission deadline | November 21, 2020 |
Submission Guidelines
All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. The following paper categories are welcome: oral presentations in a general session, coloquia presentations and poster presentations.
Abstracts for oral presentations, colloquia presentations and poster presentations should be no longer than 400 words (excluding references) and should include:
- Title
- Clearly articulated research question(s) and their relevance to the conference theme
- Essential details about research framework, data and methods
- If possible, (preliminary) results and their interpretation.
You are welcome to submit more than one contribution, but please note that you can only be first author for one contribution. All abstracts, as well as conference presentations/colloquia/ posters, if accepted, should be written/conducted in English. Please also note that while you do not have to be a RaAM member to submit an abstract, paid-up membership of RaAM is mandatory in order to register and present at the conference.
You may apply for one of the following:
- Paper presentation
- single or multiple authors
- 20 minutes presentation plus 5 minutes Q & A
- Colloquium presentation
- 3 or more authors
- 90-minute theme-based presentations with a strong interactive component among the presenters and audience (or two 90-minute sessions on the same topic)
- Colloquium proposals should include the title and 3 or more abstracts (of 300-400 words each; outlining each part of the colloquium). Additional explanation (in 200-300 words) regarding how the colloquium will be structured is required
- After the colloquium proposal is accepted, individual authors should submit their abstracts via EasyChair for double-blind peer review.
- Poster presentation
- single or multiple authors
- 2-minute presentation. Please note that instructions for poster presenters will be sent out upon acceptance.
List of Topics
- Theoretical and methodological aspects of metaphor
- Metaphor in cross-cultural communication
- Metaphor and Mental Space Theory
- Metaphor in discourse
- Multimodal metaphor
- Metaphor in gesture and other modes/spaces of expression
- Metaphor and translation
- Metaphor in learner language and education
Committees
Program Committee
- Kathleen Ahrens, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
- Angeliki Athanasiadou, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
- Antonio Barcelona, University of Córdoba
- John Barnden, University of Birmingham
- Ksenija Bogetić, University of Belgrade
- Marianna Bolognesi, University of Bologna
- Christian Burgers, University of Amsterdam
- Daniel Casasanto, Cornell University
- Jonathan Charteris-Black, University of West of England
- Alan Cienki, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
- Herbert Colston, University of Alberta
- Allison Creed, University of Melbourne
- Alice Deignan, University of Leeds
- Zsófia Demjén, University College London
- Kristina Despot, Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics
- Lettie Dorst, Leiden University
- Elisabeth (Lisa) El Refaie, Cardiff University
- Malgorzata Fabiszak, Adam Mickiewicz University
- Michele Feist, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
- Charles Forceville, University of Amsterdam
- Dedre Gentner, Northwestern University
- Raymond W. Gibbs Jr., Cognitive Scientist and Independent Scholar
- Linda Greve, Aarhus University
- Beate Hampe, University of Erfurt
- Iraide Ibarretxe-Antuñano, University of Zaragoza
- Marlene Johansson Falck, Umeå University
- Albert Katz, The University of Western Ontario
- Veronika Koller, Lancaster University
- Michiel Leezenberg, University of Amsterdam
- Jeannette Littlemore, University of Birmingham
- Francisco Ruiz de Mendoza, University of La Rioja
- Cornelia Müller, European University Viadrina
- Andreas Musolff, University of East Anglia
- Susan Nacey, Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences
- Anita Naciscione, Latvian Academy of Culture
- Ignasi Navarro-Ferrando, Universitat Jaume I
- David O’Reilly, The University of York
- Paula Pérez-Sobrino, University of la Rioja
- Julien Perrez, University of Liège
- Gill Philip, University of Macerata
- Ana María Piquer-Píriz, University of Extremadura
- David Ritchie, Portland State University
- Ljiljana Saric, University of Oslo
- Elena Semino, Lancaster University
- Mark Shuttleworth, Hong Kong Baptist University
- Karen Sullivan, The University of Queensland
- Eve Sweetser, University of California
- Dennis Tay, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
- Paul Thibodeau, Oberlin College
- Solange Vereza, Fluminense Federal University
- Anna Vogel, Stockholm University
- Ning Yu, Pennsylvania State University
- Jordan Zlatev, Lund University
Organizing committee
- Inesa Šeškauskienė, Vilnius University (chair)
- Liudmila Arcimavičienė, Vilnius University
- Jurga Cibulskienė, Vilnius University
- Ieva Stasiūnaitė, Vilnius University
- Justina Urbonaitė, Vilnius University
- Dovilė Urbonienė, Vilnius University
- Eglė Žilinskaitė Šinkūnienė, Vilnius University
Invited Speakers
- Jonathan Charteris-Black, University of the West of England
- Alan Cienki, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
- Michele Feist, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
- Charles Forceville, Universiteit van Amsterdam
Venue
The conference will be held in Vilnius University, Lithuania.
Contact
All questions about submissions should be emailed to raam14@flf.vu.lt