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The Center for Research on the Applications of Language (CRAL), based at the University of La Rioja (Spain), solicits papers for the III International Conference on Meaning Construction, Meaning Interpretation: Applications and Implications (CRAL 2013), to be held on July 18-20, 2013, at the Quintiliano building of the University of La Rioja.

The conference is open to presentations on a range of topics related to Cognitive Linguistics and compatible approaches to language, both from a theoretical and an applied perspective. We invite proposals on subjects including but not limited to: metaphor theory, metonymy, cognitive models, cognitive stylistics, figurative language use in L1 and in additional languages including foreign languages and multilingual acquisition, theory of figurative language acquisition and development, vocabulary and figurative language in foreign languages, applications of figurative language (to lexicography, translation, language teaching and methodology, etc.).

Questions and correspondence may be addressed to Paula Pérez, co-chair of the Organizing Committee, to [log in to unmask] and/or [log in to unmask]

Plenary Speakers (in alphabetical order)
Marcella Bertucelli (University of Pisa, Italy): “The pragmatics of insinuation”
Sabine De Knop (Facultés Universitaires Saint-Louis Brussels, Belgium): “Language pedagogy at the crossroads between language typology, contrastive linguistics and construction grammar”
Charles Forceville (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands): “Relevance Theory and communicating by pictures and word & image texts”
Francisco Gonzálvez (University of Almería, Spain): “On the role of coercion in meaning construction and meaning interpretation in cognitive-functional linguistics”
Klaus Uwe Panther (University of Hamburg, Germany): pending title
Günter Radden (University of Hamburg, Germany): “Metonymic blending”

Questions and correspondence may be addressed to Paula Pérez, co-chair of the Organizing Committee, to [log in to unmask] and/or [log in to unmask]

General Session
Abstracts for 20-minute presentations (plus ten-minute discussion) should be no more than 500 words (plus references, tables and figures), and should also include 4 or 5 keywords. Candidates may submit: (i) a single-authored abstract; (ii) a single-authored abstract and a co-authored one (not as first author) or (iii) two co-authored abstracts (only one as first author).
Abstracts should be sent by March 15, 2013 through the online system EasyAbs: http://linguistlist.org/easyabs/cral2013.

Round Tables
Round Tables last a maximum of 90 minutes. The proposal should include not more than 5 presentations of ten minutes each. Round tables should have a discussant that will act as debate moderator; debate time should take at least 40 minutes. Round Table proposals should have a general description of the aims of the session, and one abstract for each of the presentations. All abstracts should comply with the same specifications as the abstracts for the General Session.
Abstracts should be sent by March 15, 2013 through the online system EasyAbs: http://linguistlist.org/easyabs/cral2013.

Prize for the Best Oral Presentation
There will be a prize for the best oral presentation by a PhD student and a prize for the best oral presentation by a postdoc. PhD students are students that have not completed their PhD before the conference. Postdocs have completed their PhD not earlier than January 2010. A nominated paper may be co-authored; in such a case, the nominee will be the first author.
Applicants are invited to include “Prize for the Best Communication” under the paper title in the abstract and select the option “Oral Presentation + Prize” when submitting their proposals via EasyAbs. On the basis of the ranking of the abstracts, the Advisory Committee will set up an internal shortlist with nominees for the prizes.
Members of CRAL (www.cilap.es) will decide who will be awarded the first prize in each category, which consists of a waiver fee and bursary of 200 euros to attend conferences.

Organizing Committee
Conference Chairs
Francisco J. Ruiz de Mendoza (CRAL, University of La Rioja): [log in to unmask]
Lorena Pérez (CRAL, University of La Rioja): [log in to unmask]
Mª Sandra Peña (CRAL, University of La Rioja): [log in to unmask]

Co-Chairs
Paula Pérez (University of La Rioja): [log in to unmask]
Aneider Iza (University of La Rioja): [log in to unmask]
Alba Luzondo (University of La Rioja): [log in to unmask]

Media
José Díaz (CRAL, University of La Rioja): [log in to unmask]
Mar Asensio (CRAL, University of La Rioja): [log in to unmask]

Advisory Committee
Susanne Niemeier (University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany)
Mario Brdar (University of Osijek, Croatia)
Dylan Glynn (Lund University, Sweden)
Antonio Barcelona (University of Granada, Spain)
Frank Boers (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)
Enrique Bernárdez (Complutense University, Spain)
Mª Ángeles Gómez (University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain)
Juana Marín (Complutense University, Spain)

Sponsors
Modern Philologies Department (University of La Rioja)
Vice-rectorate of Research (University of La Rioja)

Contact
Conference website: http://cral13.cilap.es
Conference mail: [log in to unmask]