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CALL  FOR  PAPERS

We are pleased to announce the call for papers for the Sixth International Conference on Construction Grammar (ICCG-6). The conference will be held in Prague, Czech Republic, at Charles University (Faculty of Arts), on September 3-5, 2010. This gathering marks 10 years of a conference series that started in 2000 and has developed into a regularly held international forum for promoting discussion and collaboration among linguists interested in Construction Grammar and Frame Semantics, as well as related constructional approaches, including their application in a wide range of empirical research. Previous conferences took place in Berkeley, CA (2001), Helsinki (2002), Marseille (2004), Tokyo (2006), and Austin, TX (2008). Further information about Construction Grammar can be found at http://constructiongrammar.org

There is also a pre-conference workshop organized by Luc Steels and his research associates, a two-day Tutorial on Fluid Construction Grammar. Details can be found at the conference website as well.

Conference Organizers:

            Mirjam Fried, Chair (Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague)

            Eva Leheckova (Charles University, Prague)

            Ema Krejcova (Charles University, Prague)

            Jan Cermak (Charles University, Prague)

Confirmed Plenary Speakers:

• Charles J. Fillmore (ICSI & University of California at Berkeley)
• Stefan Gries (University of California at Santa Barbara)
• Björn Hansen (University of Regensburg)
• Toshio Ohori (University of Tokyo, Japan)
• Luc Steels (Free University of Brussels & Sony CSL Paris)
• Elizabeth Closs Traugott (Stanford University)
• Gert Webelhuth (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen)

Abstracts for regular conference papers (20 min. talk plus 10 min. discussion) are invited on any aspect of linguistic analysis, synchronic or diachronic, that is concerned with grammatical constructions and/or semantic frames. We welcome submissions on issues in all areas of constructional or frame-semantic research, including syntax, morphology, semantics, pragmatics, cognitive and interactional aspects of linguistic structure, language variation and change, language typology, corpus linguistics, language acquisition and learning, etc.

GUIDELINES for abstract submission:

The length of each abstract should not exceed 500 words, not including references and data. Abstracts must be submitted electronically, as attachment files in PDF format, to the following address: iccg6@ff.cuni.cz

Abstracts will be reviewed anonymously and therefore must exclude all reference to the identity of the author. In the body of your email, please include the following information: author’s name and affiliation and the title of the submission.

IMPORTANT DATES:

The deadline for receipt of abstracts: March 1, 2010

Notification of acceptance: April 1, 2010

Program announcement: April 30, 2010

Early registration deadline: May 15, 2010

If you have questions about the submission process, please email them to: iccg6@ff.cuni.cz