Call for vol. 21, no. 2, 2025

2025-02-05

Linguí∫tica, the journal of the Graduate Program in Linguistics at UFRJ, invites researchers to submit, by April 14, 2025, papers for its issue on vol. 21, no. 2.

Theme: Cognitive Linguistics: Diversity and Interfaces on Translation and Interpretation Studies

Guest Editors: Flávia Medeiros Álvaro Machado (UFES), Veridiane Pinto Ribeiro (IFSC) e Paulo Henrique Duque (UFRN)

Submission deadline: April 14, 2025 - Extended until May 05, 2025 [closed]

Publication scheduled for August 2025.

Cognitive Linguistics, an exciting field within Linguistic Science, has explored, especially in the last decade, the intersection between cognition and language use, providing innovative insights into how we categorize and make sense of our experience, considering the inseparability between mind and body, shape and meaning. Essential research by figures such as Lakoff (1987), Langacker (1987), Fillmore (1982), Fauconnier (1994), Talmy (2000), Croft and Cruse (2004), Bergen and Chang (2005), among others, reveals how language not only reflects but also shapes our cognitive processes, influencing everything from perception to social interaction. This field extends beyond the purely linguistic in order to touch on the realms of psychology, neuroscience, and philosophy, offering a more holistic understanding of the human mind.

The next edition of our journal is dedicated to expanding the discussion on the role and impact of Cognitive Linguistics, exploring its place both within Linguistics and in a broader interdisciplinary context. We invite research that address, among other topics, the following:

 

  1. The relationship between lexeme and cognition;
  2. The impact of cognitive semantics on linguistic studies;
  3. Categorization and conceptual structures in language;
  4. The role of metaphor and metonymy in meaning construction;
  5. Analysis of semantic constructions and their development;
  6. The interface between semantics and pragmatics;
  7. Matters of polysemy and prototypicality;
  8. Applications of cognitive semantics in learning contexts;
  9. The Embodied Construction Grammar as a reference in linguistic construction;
  10. Mental spaces against cognitive challenges of meaning relations;
  11. Grammatical Studies on Brazilian Sign Language.