Language, Culture and Mind VI – program

The final program of the 6th edition of the

International Conference on Language, Culture and Mind,
entitled „Inside/Out: Practice and Representation

has been just announced.

We encourage researchers as well as students to take advantage of the unique opportunity and attend the conference.

Some LCM VI conference facts:

five keynote speakers (lectures open for public):

  • Nancy Budwig (Clark University, Psychology)
  • Henryk Kardela (Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Linguistics)
  • Alan Rumsey (Australian National University, School of Culture, History & Language)
  • Farzad Sharifian (Monash University, Language and Society Centre)
  • Beata Stawarska (University of Oregon, Philosophy)

Three symposia (to participate please contact the organizers):

And 52 individual papers (to attend please contact the organizers).

The main conference will be preceded by a satellite event, Young Researchers Workshop, where graduate students and junior scholars will present their research.

We expect over 80 researchers representing universities and research centres in 26 countries.
The detailed schedule is available here: http://lcm6.umcs.lublin.pl/program/

Contact:
Piotr Konderak, kondorp[at]bacon.umcs.lublin.pl
Local Organizing Committee, lcm[at]bacon.umcs.lublin.pl

Ronald Langacker: Lectures on Cognitive Grammar

The Department of English
the Program in Cognitive Science at the Department of Philosophy,
Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin

are pleased to announce:

Open lectures on Cognitive Grammar

by Professor Ronald W. Langacker.

13-14 May 2014, the Czartoryski Palace, the HQ of the Lublin Scientific Society (LTN),
Lublin, pl. Litewski 2.

The schedule of the lectures:

Tuesday, 13 May

10.00—12.00 Structure, Function, System, and Strata
15.00—17.00 Noun Classes and Nominal Structure

Wednesday, 14 May

10.00—12.00 Nominal Grounding
15.00—17.00 Quantification

In particular, we encourage all CogSci students to attend the lectures, as it is an unique opportunity to learn about cognitive linguistics from one of the „fathers” of the approach.