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2021 Annual Meeting

San Antonio, TX

Meeting Begins11/20/2021
Meeting Ends11/23/2021

Call for Papers Opens: 1/20/2021
Call for Papers Closes: 3/24/2021

Requirements for Participation

Cognitive Linguistics in Biblical Interpretation


Program Unit Type: Section
Accepting Papers? Yes

Call For Papers: For 2021 Annual Meeting we will host three sessions: 1) an open session on cognitive linguistics and biblical interpretation in general; 2) an open, themed session on cognitive linguistics and Bible translation to continue the insightful conversation from the previous Annual Meeting; 3) an invited panel on cognitive linguistic models that are underrepresented in biblical scholarship. Both open sessions seek to apply findings from cognitive linguistics to biblical interpretation. In particular, our focus is on how various methodological approaches from cognitive theory enable contemporary scholars to understand and interact with ancient texts. Call for Papers for the Open Session: Papers should use and explore at least one cognitive linguistic method to study a biblical text or corpus. Possible approaches include, for example, conceptual metaphor theory, prototype theory, frame semantics, construction grammar, or viewpoint analysis. Papers are required to go beyond methodological reflection by including exegetical and linguistic results. Call for Papers for the Open Themed Session, “Cognitive Linguistics and the Translation of Biblical Texts”: This session focuses on how cognitive resources (for example: frames or constructions) can enhance the study of translation issues in a discrete biblical text. Successful proposals indicate which cognitive linguistic models and/or method(s) are used. They should reveal the author’s assessment of both the payoffs and the challenges of using the chosen methods for analyzing biblical material. Scholars and students new to the field of Cognitive Linguistics are encouraged to submit proposals for papers. The invited panel aims to provide accessible, theoretical presentations of more advanced cognitive linguistic methodologies such as construction grammar, force dynamics, cognitive hermeneutics, and metaphor from the perspective of frame semantics.

Program Unit Chairs

Johan de Joode

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