3rd International Conference for Young Researchers in Cognitive Linguistics (YRCL)

The YRCL serves as an opportunity for PhD students and candidates, as well as recent doctoral graduates (up to five years), to interact with fellow graduate students and professors, to present their work in progress and to receive feedback from renowned international experts in the field.

A registration fee of 10€ / $10 will be charged for presenters. For non-presenters, attendance is free of charge, but registration is required. See Registration in our web page for more details.

*Participants must be PhD candidates or doctoral graduates within the five years prior to the conference.

General information

We encourage young researchers to submit proposals that report on research in progress, pedagogical and curricular innovations, and theoretical/conceptual advancements within the framework of Cognitive Linguistics, and on topics that include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Construction grammar and conceptual interaction between syntax and semantics
• Experiential basis of language in use
• Cognitive Critical Discourse Analysis
• Cognitive Linguistics and Translation
• Cognitive Sociolinguistics
• Figurative language: Conceptual metaphor, metonymy and conceptual integration
• Cognition and multimodal Discourse
• Cognitive Linguistics applied to second language learning and teaching
• Language-cognition-culture interactions
• Motion and typology

>The languages of the conference presentations are English and Spanish.
>>Abstracts (in English or Spanish) should clearly state hypotheses, research questions, method, data, and expected results.

***Check out our webpage for details!

Important dates:

Deadline for submissions: EXTENDED deadline ending september 8th!

Acceptance of proposals: October 5th

Deadline for registration: October 15th

Conference: November 13-15

oMonday, November 13th - from 9:30am to 12:30pm (EST/New York) / 15:30h to 18:30h (CET/Madrid)

oTuesday, November 14th - from 9:30am to 12:30pm (EST/New York) / 15:30h to 18:30h (CET/Madrid)

oWednesday, November 15th - from 3:30am* to 12:30pm (EST/New York) / 9:30h to 18:30h (CET/Madrid)

*Only talks in CET/Madrid will be scheduled until the 9:30am of EST/New York.

The organization of YRCL23 is guided by the principles summarized in the ICLA Statement of Diversity and Inclusion.