Programme

Conference programme:

The programme has been revised following the closing of registration. Please click the link below for the latest version.

The links to Zoom conference sessions will be sent out to participants on Wednesday, April 20.

Empirical evidence for the figurative structure of emotions. Conveners: Avgustina Biryukova, Dylan Glynn and Mai Kumamoto
Figurativity as bodily experience: Gestural patterns in various types of discourse. Conveners: Olga Iriskhanova and Alan Cienki
Methods of studying verbal irony and sarcasm in conversations across cultures. Conveners: Maria Zajączkowska, Piotr Kałowski and Natalia Banasik-Jemielniak
On the margins of figurative thought and language. Convener: Angeliki Athanasiadou
Why historical linguistics and cognitive linguistics need each other. Conveners: Anna Rogos-Hebda, Kathryn Allan and Heli Tissari