Eighth International Symposium on Iconicity in Language and Literature
International Conference 16-18 June 2011 Växjö, Sweden
The eighth in a series of biennial international and interdisciplinary symposia organized by the Iconicity Research Project since 1997, this meeting will once again focus on iconicity – understood as form miming meaning and form, and meaning miming form and meaning – in language and in literature.
Confirmed keynote speakers:
Masako Hiraga,
professor of English and Linguistics at Rikkyo University, Tokyo.
Wendy Steiner,
Richard L. Fisher Professor of English at University of Pennsylvania.
Frederik Stjernfelt,
professor of Semiotics at University of Aarhus.
Mark Turner,
professor of Cognitive Science at Case Western Reserve University.
For further information contact:
iconicity_AT_lnu.se