GENERAL SESSION

Theme: COGNITIVE LINGUISTICS/ FUNCTIONAL LINGUISTICS and INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES

Like its predecessors, the 6th Conference on Language, Discourse, and Cognition (CLDC 2012) provides an international forum that brings together researchers interested in language, discourse and cognition to report new research findings, exchange innovative ideas, and develop new research directions. The special focus of this year's conference includes interdisciplinary research looking at cross-fertilization between cognitive and functional linguistics and allied disciplines, including psychology, neuroscience, biological science, cognitive science, and brain science. Interdisciplinary studies in these areas promise to become increasingly important as scientists aim to build a comprehensive model of cognitive and functional linguistics. Thus, we have set the CLDC 2012 theme as "Cognitive Linguistics/Functional Linguistics and Interdisciplinary Studies" in the hope that we can further explore the various issues bearing on the symbiosis between Cognitive Linguistics/Functional Linguistics and other disciplines. We would like therefore to invite original abstracts on topics dealing with the theme of the general session. Possible fields include, but are not restricted to, the following:

SPECIAL SESSION

Theme: EMOTION, LANGUAGE, and COGNITION

The 6th Conference on Language, Discourse, and Cognition (CLDC 2012) features a special session titled "Emotion, Language, and Cognition." Over the past decades, the language of emotion has become an increasingly important topic in fields such as cognitive and functional linguistics, psychology, and cognitive science. By looking in depth at the concepts of emotion, language, and cognition, we may gain a better understanding of how emotions are expressed and embedded in different linguistic structures, and also how they function at different cognitive levels, such as verbal communication, social interaction, metaphorical expressions, and embodiment. There are to be sure many other issues or new possibilities in research methodology worth exploring – for example, the new directions and aggregate innovations in language of emotion research that interdisciplinary integration and exchange is facilitating. With this in mind, CLDC 2012 Special Session invites abstracts on innovative research related to all the various aspects of language of emotion, including theoretical or applied and interdisciplinary research. Possible topics include, but are not restricted to, the following:

• Language of emotion: Its phonological structure and cognition
• Language of emotion: Its phonetic structure and cognition
• Language of emotion: Its syntactic structure and cognition
• Language of emotion: Its semantic structure and cognition
• Language of emotion: Its pragmatic structure and cognition
• Emotion, communication, and cognition
• Emotion, language, and culture
• Emotion and metaphor
• Emotion and embodiment
• Acquisition of language of emotion
• Interdisciplinary studies on emotion and Psychology
• Interdisciplinary studies on emotion and Sociology
• Interdisciplinary studies on emotion and Neuroscience
• Interdisciplinary studies on emotion and Biological Science
• Interdisciplinary studies on emotion and Cognitive Science
• Interdisciplinary studies on emotion and Brain Science
• Others