I’ve been reading Zoltán Kövecses’s Extended Conceptual #MetaphorTheory. I was going to do a notes thread, but I’m hesitant bc I feel it would just be a steady stream of complaints and disagreements. Perhaps I should just move on to something else. hmmm
#linguistics #cognitivelinguistics #cogsci
Fantastic new AIFL Blog post from Lucia Busso on cognitive linguistic / construction grammar approaches to cross-genre authorship analysis aifl-blog.com/constructing... #linguistics #idiolect, #cognitivelinguistics #constructiongrammar #genre #authorship
👀 How are recent advances reshaping Construction Grammar?
This Special Issue brings together leading international scholars to present cutting-edge research on constructional idioms, semantic–pragmatic interfaces, and constructional borrowing.
#CognitiveLinguistics #CREACONSTRIDIOMS
If something is concrete, then I have sufficient knowledge of it.
Contrapositively, if I have insufficient knowledge of something, then it is abstract.
If I do not understand something, then I have insufficient knowledge of it.
#cognitivelinguistics #logic
Some miscellaneous thoughts:
1) Based on what I've read of Kövecses's Extended Conceptual Metaphor Theory (2020), it is clear that it will not clarify the relation between domains and elements.
#cogsci #cognitivelinguistics #philsky
🔍 New Publication! Discover groundbreaking research on how emotions are expressed across languages (Spanish-German) using corpora and Construction Grammar.
A must-read for linguists & language lovers!
shorturl.at/LmwFj
More updates coming
#CognitiveLinguistics #Phraseology
❗ DEADLINE EXTENSION ❗: The submission deadline for this year's International Conference of the German #CognitiveLinguistics Association #DGKL2026 has been extended to January 25!
www.uni-bielefeld.de/fakultaeten/...
Although a couple of generations preceding mine, I have grown familiar with the name Brigitte Bardot through the works of @george-lakoff.com including this piece on the conceptualization of multiple selves: george-lakoff.com/wp-content/u...
#linguistics #cognitivelinguistics #brigittebardot
Calling all linguists: Join us for an evening with Eve Sweetser who will be talking about viewpoint and multimodal communication! Thursday December 4th at 5pm Central time #Linguistics #CognitiveLinguistics
Let A and B be domains, where B is concrete.
If A is concrete, then we assume we understand it.
#cognitivelinguistics #logic #philsky
Add link to bio.
#OpenAccess #CognitiveLinguistics
#Linguisticsn
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#ICLC2025
📢Nuestr@s #psylexeros participarán en el 17th International Cognitive Linguistics Conference #ICLC2025 que tendrá lugar en 🇦🇷 Buenos Aires durante los días 🗓️14-18 de Julio.
👇Os compartimos en este hilo sus comunicaciones:
#ICLC2025 #CognitiveLinguistics
Poster of the talk showing a photo of Maria Piñango, the title as well as time and place of the talk. On top are the logos of Bielefeld University, the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft and the CRC 1646 "Linguistic creativity in communication"
This Thursday (26.06., 14:15h) Maria Piñango (Yale) will talk in our #CRC1646 colloquium about "A multidimensional mental space for linguistic meaning". Join us in H9 our via Zoom! (just drop me a pm for the link)
#CognitiveLinguistics #creativity
aktuell.uni-bielefeld.de/event/maria-...
When a language falls silent, it isn’t just words that die. It’s a way of knowing.
New academic miniature — a poetic reflection on linguistic extinction and epistemic loss.
pkahl.substack.com/p/quan-una-l...
#epistemicjustice #cognitivelinguistics #poetryandphilosophy #epistemicide
Have you ever fallen in love — in Russian?
It’s unlike anything else. To experience it, read my poem «Влюбиться по-русски» (To Fall in Love — the Russian Way).
pkahl.substack.com/p/vlyubitsya...
#poetry #Russianlanguage #linguisticrelativity #emotionallanguage #cognitivelinguistics
Join us for the 11th International Conference of the DGKL/GLCA in beautiful #Bielefeld! #CognitiveLinguistics
Reposting this, so obvious and I hope I will not have to post it again and again: “Can’t anybody here play this game?”— Casey Stengel, sage philosopher and manager of the 1962 New York Mets baseball team.
#CognitiveLinguistics
#SocialScience
Educate, hear constituents before you beg for dollars.
📘This is the end of a long process... I've worked so hard in it that it is surprising and exciting to see this book becoming real & advertised by the publishers!
#academicpublishing #conflict #cognitivelinguistics
➡️www.bloomsbury.com/uk/conflict-discourse-an...
Seeking a #PhDposition starting early 2026! 🎓
My #research interests include #ConversationAnalysis, #SecondLanguageAcquisition, and #Phonology.
Please repost & DM with any info 🙂
#PhD #linguistics #cognitivelinguistics #interaction #intercultural #university #language
Cover of the Yearbook of the German Cognitive Linguistics Association
Good news: All papers accepted for publication in the Yearbook of the German #CognitiveLinguistics Association will be published ahead-of-print from now on. This means they will be immediately accessible after acceptance, and authors don't have to wait any more until the full volume is published 🎉
Need some basics of Construction Grammar? 👇🏼 www.cambridge.org/core/books/c... #constructiongrammar #cognitivelinguistics @cambup-linguistics.bsky.social
🚀 Preprint alert! New work by @nicohinrichs.bsky.social, a recent member of our lab, explores multimodal dialogue annotation for neurophysiological mapping of communication—plus insights on speech acts, implicatures & turn-taking: doi.org/10.31234/osf... #Neuropragmatics #CognitiveLinguistics
#Ecolinguistics and #cognitivelinguistics followers: does anyone know of any Greek-speaking researchers working on or interested in (non-literary) language, cognition and the environment? I’d be grateful if you could point them in my direction for a potential funding/project opportunity.
We will be present at Met(V)iEW5, hosted by University of Bremen, 25-26 February. Check out our promotional material and discount order form here: shorturl.at/dbztH
Or come and browse our books at the exhibit!
#metaphor #cognitivelinguistics #linguistics #conference
#unibremen #johnbenjamins
For those planning to submit abstracts to #ICLC17 - the deadline has been extended from January 30 to February 15, as seen on X. #cognitivelinguistics #ICLA #CognLing #LinguistSky
Really interesting piece on metaphors for the recent Californian wildfires ⬇️. #ecolinguistics #cognitivelinguistics
The German #CognitiveLinguistics Association is now on Bluesky! If you're interested in #language and #cognition, #ConstructionGrammar and related topics, follow us here:
✨ My book is out !!!
Explore the fascinating interplay of culture, cognition, and emotion in Seamus Heaney’s work, analyzed through the lens of Cognitive Linguistics.
Get your copy here (open access): www.peterlang.com/document/150...
#SeamusHeaney #CognitiveLinguistics #ShortStories #NewBook
