The 9th International Conference on Figurative Thought and Language

Schedule

Wed, 09 Sep, 2026 at 09:30 am to Fri, 11 Sep, 2026 at 06:00 pm

UTC+02:00
Location

Facultat de Filologia, Traducció i Comunicació (UVEG) | Valencia, VC

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🎉 Call for Papers – FTL9 is now OPEN! 🎉
The CLaRe Research Group and the FTL9 Organising Committee are delighted to invite you to join us at:
💡 The 9th International Conference on Figurative Thought and Language (FTL9)
🧠 Blending Minds and Machines: Figurative Language, Creativity, AI & Computational Linguistics
📍 University of Valencia, Spain
📅 9–11 September 2026
We are thrilled to present our keynote speakers, featured in the invitation image:
🎤 Smaranda Mureșan (Barnard College, Columbia University)
🎤 Alexander Onysko (University of Klagenfurt)
🎤 Sandra Peña Cervel (University of La Rioja)
🎤 Manuela Romano Mozo (Autonomous University of Madrid)
🎤 Tony Veale (University College Dublin)
🎤 Bodo Winter (University of Birmingham)
FTL9 continues a long tradition of international conferences devoted to figurative thought and language, bringing together scholars in cognitive linguistics, discourse studies, AI, computational linguistics, translation, multimodality, and more.
✨ Call for Papers & Themed Sessions now open!
Submit your abstract or panel proposal here:
🔗 https://cogclare.com/call-for-papers-ftl9/ (or simply scan the QR code in the image 📱)
We can’t wait to welcome you to Valencia for three days of inspiring research, discussion, and Mediterranean sunshine! 🌞🌊
#FTL9 #CallForPapers #FigurativeLanguage #CognitiveLinguistics #AIandLanguage #Multimodality #AcademicConference #Valencia2026
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Facultat de Filologia, Traducció i Comunicació (UVEG), Avenida Blasco Ibáñez, 32, 46010 Valencia (Valencia), España, Valencia, Spain

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