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Call for Papers Theme: Inside/Out Subtitle: Practice and Representation Type: Sixth International Conference on Language, Culture and Mind Institution: Faculty of Philosophy and Sociology, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University Location: Lublin (Poland) Date: 23.–26.6.2014 Deadline: 30.11.2013 __________________________________________________ The Sixth International Conference on Language, Culture and Mind (LCM VI) will be held on 24-26 June 2014 at the Maria Curie-Sklodowska University in Lublin, Poland. It will be preceded by a Young Researchers Workshop on 23 June 2014 (same venue), where young researchers will present their ongoing dissertation projects and other work. The Language, Culture and Mind conference series aims at establishing an interdisciplinary forum for an integration of cognitive, social and cultural perspectives in theoretical and empirical studies of language and communication. Human natural languages are biologically based, cognitively motivated, affectively rich, socially shared, grammatically organized symbolic systems. They provide the principal semiotic means for the complexity and diversity of human cultural life. As has long been recognized, no single discipline or methodology is sufficient to capture all the dimensions of this complex and multifaceted phenomenon, which lies at the heart of what it is to be human. In the recent past, perception and cognition have been the basis of general unifying models of language and language activity. However, a genuine integrative perspective should also involve such essential modalities of human action as: empathy, mimesis, intersubjectivity, normativity, agentivity and narrativity. Significant theoretical, methodological and empirical advancements in the relevant disciplines now provide a realistic basis for such a broadened perspective. This conference will articulate and discuss approaches to human natural language and to diverse genres of language activity which aim to integrate its cultural, social, cognitive and bodily foundations. We call for contributions from scholars and scientists in anthropology, biology, linguistics, philosophy, psychology, semiotics, semantics, discourse analysis, cognitive and neuroscience, who wish both to impart their insights and findings, and learn from other disciplines. While some focus on the representational nature of language and mind, others regard them as socially embedded and embodied practices. We encourage submissions that further investigate the dynamic between practice and representation and critically examine stereotypical or mainstream conceptions of representations as internal and practices as external. Topics include but are not limited to: - biological and cultural co-evolution - comparative study of communication systems - cognitive and cultural schematization in language - emergence of language in ontogeny and phylogeny - language in multi-modal communication - language and normativity - language and thought, emotion and consciousness We invite abstract submissions for oral presentations, posters and symposia. (Please clearly indicate your chosen format with your submission). Submission Guidelines and Formats * Oral presentations: Title, name, affiliation, 400 word abstract 20 min presentation + 10 minute discussion * Posters: Title, name, affiliation, 100 word abstract 1 minute oral presentation in the main lecture hall, preceding the poster session Deadline for abstract submission of individual papers and posters: Dec 31, 2013. * Symposia Symposium title, name and affiliation of symposium convener, an introduction of up to 400 words explaining the theme, all symposium abstracts, in suitable order. 90-minute symposia of 3 papers, allowing time for discussion. Up to two 90-minute symposia may be merged for proposals with 5-6 participants. Papers in each symposium should be thematically linked. Symposium proposers should indicate whether, if a symposium is not accepted as a whole, they wish the individual abstracts to be considered as individual presentations (oral or poster) Deadline for abstract submission of symposia: Nov 30, 2013. Abstracts should be submitted as .rtf, .odt or .doc attachments using EasyChair: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=lcm6. In order to submit an abstract you have to use your existing EasyChair account or register using the link above. Detailed instructions can be found on the Language Culture and Mind VI conference website: http://lcm6.umcs.lublin.pl/participation Important Dates Deadline for abstract submission (symposia): 30 Nov 2013 Deadline for abstract submission (papers, posters): 31 Dec 2013 Notification of acceptance (symposia): 15 Jan 2014 Notification of acceptance (papers, posters): 15 Feb 2014 Last date for early registration: 30 Mar 2014 Last date for participant registration: 1 May 2014 Final program publication: 31 May 2014 Contact: LCM Organizing Committee Email: i...@lcm6.umcs.lublin.pl Web: http://lcm6.umcs.lublin.pl __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://cal.polylog.org __________________________________________________