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| European Association for Cognitive Linguistics | |
|---|---|
| Name | European Association for Cognitive Linguistics |
| Abbreviation | EACL |
| Formation | 1989 |
| Type | Learned society |
| Headquarters | Europe |
| Region served | Europe |
| Language | English |
European Association for Cognitive Linguistics is a learned society that promotes research in cognitive approaches to language across Europe, connecting scholars, institutions, and events from University of Cambridge to University of Barcelona and from Utrecht University to University of Oslo. The association fosters links among researchers who work on topics connected to figures and venues such as Ronald Langacker, George Lakoff, Zoltán Kövecses, Cognitive Science Society, and conferences like International Cognitive Linguistics Conference and Society for Cognitive Science of Language. It serves as a hub aligning work at departments including University of Oxford, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, University of Amsterdam, University College London, and University of Granada.
The association was founded in 1989 amid growth in cognitive approaches championed by scholars such as Ronald Langacker, George Lakoff, Mark Johnson, Eve Sweetser, and Zoltán Kövecses, with early meetings involving institutions like University of California, Berkeley, University of Chicago, University of Southern California, McGill University, and University of Toronto. Early gatherings linked researchers from ELT centers, departments at University of Paris, Humboldt University of Berlin, Trinity College Dublin, University of Salamanca, and research groups at Max Planck Society, building networks parallel to those of Cognitive Science Society, Association for Computational Linguistics, Linguistic Society of America, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, and Deutscher Linguistenverband. Over subsequent decades the association expanded in membership drawn from universities such as University of Padua, University of Vienna, University of Warsaw, University of Helsinki, and research units like CNRS, Instituto Cervantes, and British Academy.
The association's aims include promoting cognitive-linguistic research, supporting early-career scholars affiliated with Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, fostering collaborations among labs at Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Universität zu Köln, and disseminating findings through venues linked to Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, John Benjamins Publishing Company, Mouton de Gruyter, and Routledge. Activities span organization of events with hosts such as University of Tübingen, University of Barcelona, University of Ljubljana, Universidade de Lisboa, and engagement with projects funded by bodies like European Research Council, Horizon 2020, and Erasmus+. The association promotes interdisciplinary links to centers including Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Donders Institute, Institut Jean Nicod, Barcelona Cognition Centre, and think tanks interacting with European Commission initiatives.
Governance rests with an elected board drawn from universities such as University of Cambridge, University of Groningen, Freie Universität Berlin, University of Bucharest, and University of Malta, with officers collaborating with editorial boards at Journal of Cognitive Linguistics, Cognitive Linguistics Journal, Language Sciences, Annual Review of Linguistics, and Frontiers in Psychology. Membership includes researchers affiliated with University of Edinburgh, Sorbonne University, Charles University in Prague, University of Belgrade, and research institutes like Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton), Max Planck Society, and CNRS. The association coordinates with national bodies such as British Academy, Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Austrian Academy of Sciences, and regional networks including Nordic Association of Linguists and Iberian Association of Cognitive Linguistics.
The association organizes biennial conferences hosted by venues including University of Stuttgart, University of Lisbon, University of Bucharest, University of Groningen, and University of Vienna, alongside specialized workshops held at sites like University of Warsaw, University of Ljubljana, Trinity College Dublin, University of Glasgow, and University of Bergen. Conferences commonly feature keynote lectures by scholars such as George Lakoff, Ronald Langacker, Zoltán Kövecses, Dirk Geeraerts, and Eve Sweetser, panel sessions tied to projects funded by European Research Council and Horizon Europe, and satellite meetings involving organizations like Association for Computational Linguistics, Cognitive Science Society, and International Pragmatics Association. Events often collaborate with publishers including John Benjamins Publishing Company, Mouton de Gruyter, and Cambridge University Press for proceedings and edited volumes.
The association supports publication of proceedings, edited volumes, and special issues in outlets such as Journal of Cognitive Linguistics, Cognitive Linguistics, Language and Cognition, Cognitive Science, Journal of Pragmatics, Annual Review of Linguistics, Frontiers in Psychology, Lingua, Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, and book series from John Benjamins Publishing Company, Mouton de Gruyter, Cambridge University Press, and Routledge. Edited collections arising from conferences have featured contributors affiliated with University of California, Berkeley, University of Oxford, University of Amsterdam, University of Barcelona, and Universität Hamburg. The association sometimes partners with editorial teams of journals like Cognitive Linguistics and Language and Cognition for special issues honoring figures such as Ronald Langacker and George Lakoff.
Special interest groups connect scholars working on conceptual metaphor with links to George Lakoff, conceptual blending associated with Gilles Fauconnier, construction grammar tracing to Adele Goldberg, and usage-based approaches tied to Michael Tomasello and Elizabeth Bates, with networks spanning University of Vienna, University of Amsterdam, University of Cologne, University of Helsinki, and University of Barcelona. Other networks focus on domains such as gesture studies involving Adam Kendon, cognitive semantics linked to Eve Sweetser, corpus-based research associated with Mark Davies, and neurolinguistic interfaces connected to Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Donders Institute, Institut Jean Nicod, and École Normale Supérieure.
The association grants prizes and recognitions for early-career research, lifetime achievement awards honoring scholars like Ronald Langacker and George Lakoff, and best-paper awards presented at meetings hosted by University of Tübingen, University of Barcelona, University of Groningen, and University of Vienna. Honors often facilitate fellowships and grants linked to Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, European Research Council, British Academy fellowships, and travel awards in collaboration with publishers such as John Benjamins Publishing Company and academic bodies including Royal Society and Academia Europaea.
Category:Linguistic societies