Fifth International Conference on Construction Grammar (ICCG-5)
Conference Dates: September 26-28, 2008
Conference Location: University of Texas at Austin
The Fifth International Conference on Construction Grammar (ICCG-5) will be held at the University of Texas at Austin, September 26-28, 2008. In line with the previous International Conferences on Construction Grammar, ICCG-5 will continue to serve as an international forum for promoting discussion and collaboration among linguists interested in Construction Grammar and Frame Semantics, as well as in related constructional research in its various models and applications. Further information about Construction Grammar can be found here: http://constructiongrammar.org
Former conferences took place in Berkeley (2001), Helsinki (2002), Marseille (2004), and Tokyo (2006).
Guest Speakers:
- Johanna Barðdal, University of Bergen
- Laura Michaelis, University of Colorado at Boulder
- Paul Kay, University of California, Berkeley
- Ivan Sag, Stanford University
- Gert Webelhuth, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Important Dates
- Deadline for Abstract Submission: March 15, 2008
- Abstract Acceptance Notification: April 10, 2008
- Program Announcement: May 25, 2008
- Deadline for Early Registration: August 15, 2008
Conference Organization
Chair: Hans C. Boas, University of Texas at Austin
Local Organizing Committee
- John Beavers, University of Texas at Austin
- Lars Hinrichs, University of Texas at Austin
- Knud Lambrecht, University of Texas at Austin
- Marc Pierce, University of Texas at Austin
International Advisory Committee
- Jóhanna Barðdal, University of Bergen
- Benjamin Bergen, University of Hawaii
- Alex Bergs, University of Osnabrück
- Timothy Colleman, The University of Ghent
- Michael Ellsworth, University of California, Berkeley
- Kerstin Fischer, University of Bremen
- Mirjam Fried, Princeton University
- Seiko Fujii, University of Tokyo
- Stefan T. Gries, University of California, Santa Barbara
- Martin Hilpert, ICSI, University of California, Berkeley
- Willem Hollmann, University of Lancaster
- Seizi Iwata, Osaka City University
- Jaakko Leino, University of Helsinki
- Laura Michaelis, University of Colorado at Boulder
- Jan-Ola Östman, University of Helsinki
- Kyoko Ohara, Keio University
- Karen Sullivan, University of California, Berkeley