The XIV SCOLA (AELCO) International Conference will take place at the Faculty of Arts of the University of Murcia. SCOLA 2026 offers a space for academic exchange that reflects the growing relevance of multimodal studies. Cognitive linguistics, by placing language as a phenomenon linked to cognitive processes, responds to a social and educational demand, providing tools, intercultural, technological, and pedagogical contexts. Its interdisciplinary nature fosters dialogue between linguistics, psychology, neuroscience, and artificial intelligence, thus ensuring an impact both in the field of research and in the training of professionals.

The call for proposals will open on November 3, 2025, and close on January 20, 2026, for thematic workshops, and on February 13, 2026, for oral presentations and posters (extended deadlines). Presentations may address any topic within the field of Cognitive Linguistics, including, but not limited to, the following:

- Cognitive grammar
- Construction grammar
- Cognitive linguistics applied to language acquisition/learning and teaching
- Cognitive linguistics and corpus linguistics
- Cognitive linguistics and discourse analysis
- Cognitive linguistics and multimodal communication
- Conceptual metaphor and metonymy
- Cognitive pragmatics
- Linguistic variation and change
- Cognitive linguistics, natural language processing, and artificial intelligence
- Cognitive studies of translation and interpretation

Plenary speakers

Metaphorical competence in multicultural education contexts. Ana Piquer Píriz (University of Extremadura)

Escuchando al cuerpo: Indicadores psicofisiolóficos de emoción y rendimiento en traducción e interpretación. Ana Rojo López (University of Murcia)

Multimodal constructions in political communication. Christopher Hart (Lancaster University)

Face-to-face language use and processing. Judith Holler (Radboud University/MPI for Psycholinguistics)

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Sponsors

This Congress 22876/OC/25 is funded by the Regional Ministry of the Environment, Universities, Research, and Mar Menor, through the Seneca Foundation-Science and Technology Agency of the Region of Murcia, under the Regional Program for Mobility, Collaboration, and Knowledge Exchange “Jiménez de la Espada.”