Laura Janda's conference presentations

Glynn & Robinson's volume: "Antonyms as near-synonyms: sadness and happiness in Russian", for volume entitled Polysemy and Synonymy. Corpus Methods and Applications in Cognitive Linguistics to be published by John Benjamins.

Krakow, May 2014.

Washington, DC, Oct 14-16, 2011: SCLA 2011

Xi'an, July 11-17, 2011: International Cognitive Linguistic Conference: “The Metaphorical Shape of Actions: Verb Classifiers in Russian”, with Tore Nesset (ppt, ppt.pdf; handout, handout.pdf); “Linguistic Theory in the Information Age: The Case of Allomorphy”(ppt, ppt.pdf; handout, handout.pdf)

Beijing, June 29-July 8, 2011: China International Forum on Cognitive Linguistics. Titles for my lectures.
  • Series Title: Cognitive Linguistics as an Empirical Science
  • 1. From Cognitive Linguistics to Cultural Linguistics: How Cognitive Categories Reflect Culture (ppt/pdf, handout/pdf)
  • 2. Conceptual Overlap and the Illusion of Semantic Emptiness (ppt/pdf, handout/pdf)
  • 3. Metaphor in Grammar: Conceptualization of Time (ppt/pdf, handout/pdf)
  • 4. Metonymy in Grammar: Word-Formation (ppt/pdf, handout/pdf)
  • 5. Constructional Profiles: What Grammatical Constructions Tell us about the Meanings of Words (ppt/pdf, handout/pdf)
  • 6. Grammatical Profiles: What Inflectional Forms Tell us about Lexicon and Grammar (ppt/pdf, handout/pdf)
  • 7. Semantic Maps: Do they Reveal a Universal Underlying Conceptual Space? (ppt/pdf, handout/pdf)
  • 8. Pedagogical Applications of Research into Embodied Grammar (ppt/pdf)
  • 9. Linguistic Concepts as Prototype-Based Categories: Reexamining Allomorphy (ppt/pdf, handout/pdf)
  • 10. The Paradigm as a Radial Category (ppt/pdf, handout/pdf)
  • CASTL, March 17, 2011 ppt

    Oslo, Nov 4, 2010: Gettting published in (Cognitive) Linguistics at Seminar i kognitiv lingvistikk, my ppt, my example of an author response

    Providence, RI October 9-11, 2010: SCLA 2010; Nesset/Janda presentation: Are Paradigms Radial Categories?, handout; Workshop presentation: How to get published in Cognitive Linguistics, example cover letter.

    Aarhus 2010: Workshop on Syntax & Morphology

    Helsinki 2010: Theoretical Convergence & Divergence in Linguistics; My presentation: The journal Cognitive Linguistics: Convergence & Practice; example text

    Tammerfors 2010: Nordiska Slavistmøtet, 18-22 August. slavistmotet2010"krøllalfa"uta.fi. Information brochure; click here for information on submission, accommodations, etc.

    Bergen, June 3-4, 2010 Kognitivt sommerseminar. my ppt, my handout

    Petersburg, May 26-31, 2010: The Russian Verb. Formal and contrastive approaches to aspect, tense and mood in Russian. invitation. my ppt, my handout

    Tartu 2010:
  • “Attentuated agency in Russian”, co-authored with Dagmar Divjak, ppt, handout, Questionnaire in English, Questionnaire in Russian
  • “Russian RAZ-: A case of semantic camouflage”, with Tore Nesset ppt, handout
  • “A metonymic model of word-formation”, ppt, handout
  • Prague 2009: Slavic Cognitive Linguistics Association conference, October 16-18, 2009
  • Lecture for Fakulta: Kvantitativní metody pro kulturní lingvistiku: ppt version, pdf version, handout
  • Lecture for Kruh přátel jazyka českého: Metafora a metonymie v české mluvnici: ppt version, pdf version, handout
  • Lecture for SCLA: Building words via metonymy: ppt version, pdf version, handout
  • Oslo 2009: Russian in Contrast September 17-19, 2009. Organizer: Atle Grønn. Staying at Thon Spectrum Hotel. my ppt pdf version my handout

    Zadar 2009: Slavic Linguistics Society conference, September 3-6, 2009. (contact: Damir Cavar dcavar"alfakrøll"unizd.hr). my ppt, pdf version, handout

    Cortona 2009: International Summer School on Embodied Language Games and Construction Grammar, abstract, my ppt, pdf version, my handout

    Helsinki 2009: Case in and across languages SKY, Finnish Linguistics Society, August 27-29, 2009. (contact Seppo Kittila: kittila"alfakrøll"mappi.helsinki.fi), my presentation, pdf version, handout

    Hamar 2009: Kognitivt sommerseminar, Høgskolen i Hedmark, Hamar, Norway, June 2009 “Lingvistiske begrep som prototyper: (tilnærmet) komplementær distribusjon ved russiske semelfaktive verb”. my abstract; my presentation

    Tromsø 2009: Workshop on Spatial Expressions. “From going somewhere to getting things done: spatial prefixes as aspectual markers in Russian” with Tore Nesset. our abstract

    UNC Spring Linguistics Colloquium, March 21, Dey 305 abstract, presentation ppt, presentation pdf, handout

    St Petersburg 2009: Русский язык: конструкционные и лексико-семантические подходы. my presentation

    Serock 2009: Cateogrization of the World through Language, my ppt

    Symposium on linguistic categorization and the nature of linguistic categories April 23-24, 2009, UiT abstract; my ppt and my handout

    San Francisco 2008: "The role of motion verbs in the development of aspect in Russian" AATSEEL 2008, December 27-30, 2008. abstract

    Case Western 2008: Conceptual Structure, Discourse, and Language 9, October 18-20 Cleveland, OH -- withdrawn

    Pisa 2008: Invited speaker November 28, 2008. Title: "The Many Faces of Perfective Aspect in Russian". Contact Pier Marco Bertinetto: piermarco.bertinetto"alfakrøll"sns.it; Handout

    Oslo 2008: Invited lecture at Universitetet i Oslo. Title: "Case and the Construction of Meaning"

    Ohrid 2008: "Semantic Motivations for Aspectual Clusters of Russian Verbs", XIV International Congress of Slavists September 10-16

    Bielsko-Biala 2008: Plenary lecture at conference entitled "Semantic conceptions of case in Slavic languages", September 5-6, 2008. “The Case for Slavic Case”, Sept 5-6, 2008, abstract; my ppt

    Moscow 2008: "What Constructional Profiles Reveal About Synonymy and Metaphor: A Case Study of Russian words for ‘sadness’", handout. Moscow Cognitive Science Conference June 20-25, 2008

    Tromsø 2008: Kognitivt sommarseminar i Tromsø, June 16-17, 2008

    Tartu 2008: Slavic Cognitive Linguistics Association conference May 29, 2008; Estonian Cognitive Linguistics Association conference May 29-June 1, 2008. Papers: “Constructional Profiles as a Measure of Synonymy/Antonymy: ‘happiness’ and ‘sadness’ in Russian” (Handout), co-authored with Valery Solovyev, at the Theme Session on Empirical Approaches to Polysemy and Synonymy; “Semantic Maps, Discreteness, and Theoretical Assumptions” (Handout (ECLA); “The Historical Development of Aspectual Clusters in Russian” (Handout) (SCLA)

    Lodz 2008: Plenary speaker at Jezykoznawstwo kognitywne Lodz 2008, Poland April 24-26, 2008. Title of talk: "What is the role of semantic maps in cognitive linguistics?". Powerpoint; Handout.

    Moscow 2007: “Студенты-пользователи Национального корпуса русского языка” (talk delivered at Конференция "Национальный корпус русского языка и проблемы гуманитарного образования"); "Заимствованные и двувидовые глаголы в русском языке" (talk at MGU; handout)

    Tartu 2007: “From Cognitive Linguistics to Cultural Linguistics” (handout); “How to account for aspectual derivation in Russian”; “What is the Role of Semantic Maps in Linguistics” (handout); “Properties of Matter and Concepts of Time: A model for Russian Aspect” (handout); “Когнитивная модель для славянского вида” (handout); schedule in Tartu; accommodation in Tartu

    Sopot 2007: "Radial categories of constructions"; handout; presented at ICLC Parasession on Passive, Reflexive, Impersonal and Related Construction; accommodation in Sopot; Conference venue in Sopot: University of Gdansk, Conference Center [Centrum Dydaktyczno-Konferencyjne UG], ul. Piaskowa 9, Sopot; party on July 11 at Roman Kalisz' house: 6.00 pm at Gajowa 11 (lower button to press), 81 658 Gdynia

    Krakow 2007: "How Theory Informs Application and How Application Informs Theory"; presented at the 10th International Cognitive Linguistics Conference; accommodation at Dom Goscinny AGH Sienkiewiczowka, ul. Pilsudskiego 16 (map)

    Copenhagen 2007: “Verb som lånord i russisk – hvorfor er noen av dem biaspektuelle, mens andre er imperfektive?” (handout); presented at the 17. Nordiske Slavistmøde