Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen,

Im Fachbereich 06 Psychologie und Sportwissenschaft ist zum nächstmöglichen 
Termin die Stelle einer/eines Wissenschaftlichen Mitarbeiterin/Mitarbeiter BAT 
IIa an der Professur für Allgemeine Psychologie zu besetzen. 

Details siehe PDF

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Call for Papers

Panel as part of the 10th International Pragmatics Conference   
8-13 July 2007, Göteborg, Sweden
http://ipra.ua.ac.be 

The language of space and time

Natural language expressions for spatial and temporal phenomena have long been 
recognized as being closely interconnected. Often, similar terms are used in 
both domains, and/or they have a similar history in the development of language. 
Also, there are a number of consistent metaphors indicating a close conceptual 
relationship between spatial and temporal relations. In this panel, we wish to 
bring together researchers concerned with the relationship between spatial and 
temporal language, addressing the issue from a range of different viewpoints, 
including at least the following:

- Language use: How is the conceptual relationship between spatial and temporal 
  domains reflected in the application of spatial and temporal terms?
- Semantics: In how far can parallels between the domains be detected in the semantics of spatial and temporal 
  terms? How can differences be explained?
- Syntax: Do the terms behave similarly or differently in diverse syntactic contexts?
- Metaphors: Does the application of spatial terms in temporal contexts reveal 
  consistent patterns in the conceptualization of the two domains?
- Cross-linguistic research: How are the two domains treated linguistically in other languages?
- Historical perspective: How did spatial and temporal terms develop over time?
- Child language acquisition: How do children learn to apply the terms for the two domains?
- Formalizations: How do formal linguistic treatments of spatiotemporal 
  expressions deal with the similarities and differences involved in space and 
  time?

Important Dates: 

Extended abstract submissions (up to 2.000 words as pdf) to Thora Tenbrink <tenbrink@tzi.de> by 

-- November 6th, 2006 -- 

Further information concerning the submission procedure with IPrA will then be 
sent to you (or can be obtained on request). 

Subsequent to the panel, selected (full) paper contributions will be considered 
for publication in an edited collection or a special issue for a journal. 


Organizer: 

Thora Tenbrink, SFB/TR 8 Spatial Cognition, U Bremen, Germany


Review committee:

Mary Carroll, U Heidelberg, Germany 
Carola Eschenbach, U Hamburg, Germany
Christian Freksa, U Bremen, Germany
Dirk Geeraerts, U Leuven, Belgium
Maya Hickmann, U Paris 5
Konstanze Jungbluth, U Viadrina, Germany
Fons Maes, U Tilburg, The Netherlands
Eric Pederson, U Oregon, US
Günter Radden, U Hamburg, Germany
Gunter Senft, MPIP Nijmegen, The Netherlands

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