The Polish Cognitive Linguistics Association (PCLA), an affiliate of the International Cognitive Linguistics Association (ICLA), is a non-profit science organization existing officially since October 2001 (unofficially a year longer). Among honorary members are Barbara Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk (the first president of the Association; between 2001 and 2008), Ronald W. Langacker, and Laura Janda.
News
27 August 2025
We are pleased to announce that Brill has just released the book “The Language of Othering in a Diverse Europe,” edited by Marta Falkowska and Jadwiga Linde- Usiekniewicz. The book is the result of research conducted as part of the SEED4EU+ project “Naming for Othering in a Diversified Europe” (NODE, 2023–2025, project leader: Marta Falkowska), a joint initiative of the University of Warsaw, Charles University in Prague, and Heidelberg University. Thanks to funding from the SEED4EU+ and Excellence Initiative – Research University (Action I.2.4) programs, the book is available in an open access form on the publisher’s website.
15 May 2025
On behalf of the editors, we encourage you to submit text proposals for the monograph English Phraseology in Contrast. You can find more information in the call for papers.
19 March 2025
The second circular for the conference “Cognitive Linguistics in the Year 2025” is now available.
Announcements
PCLA’s statement concerning the war in Ukraine
The Executive Committee and Advisory Board of the Polish Cognitive Linguistics Association express their full solidarity with Ukraine, which has become the target of unprovoked military aggression. Following the statement of the Polish Ministry of Education and Science, issued on March 1st, 2022, Poland is putting on hold all scientific cooperation with Russian and Belorusian scholars and scientific institutions. As a consequence, PCLA suspends all cooperation with scientists affiliated with Russian and Belorusian scientific institutions.
Current issue of LaMiCuS
The current issue of LaMiCuS 8/2024 is now available for download.
Membership fee
The membership fee is 25 euro per year. The payment can be made via a bank transfer. Click here for more information.