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prof. dr. G.J. (Gerard) Steen

  • Telephone:+31 20 59 86433
  • Room nr:11a-35
  • E-mail:g.j.steen@vu.nl
  • Unit:faculteit der letteren (taal en communicatie)
  • Position:Professor of Language Use and Cognition


Office hours: By prior appointment 

Curriculum Vitae

Research interests

Metaphor in discourse, by genre; style, register, rhetoric; discourse analysis; psycholinguistics; applied linguistics; pragmatics; stylistics; cognitive linguistics; cognitive poetics; empirical poetics.

Teaching 200-2010

BA HP VU University
‘Illness, Image, Metaphor’, with Heidi de Mare and Arko Oderwald

Master English Language and Culture
‘Metaphor in Language’
‘Metaphor in Cognition’, with Marga van Gent-Petter

Postgrad course
‘Usage events’, LOT Winterschool course, January 2010, VU University Amsterdam.
‘A crash course in metaphor identification’, Graduate Seminar, Cognitive Science Program, March 2009, Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill., USA
'Metaphor in discourse', Master’s Seminar of Linguistics, May 2008, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Facultad de Filología, Dpto. Filología Inglesa I: Lengua y Lingüística, Madrid- Spain.
LOT Winterschool course 'Metaphor in discourse', January 2006, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.

PhD supervision
• Inge Boot, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam, 'The role of metaphors in the representation of abstract concepts' (lid begeleidingscommissie, dagelijks begeleider dr D. Pecher).
• A.G. (Lettie) Dorst (see Vici)
• Berenike Herrmann (see Vici)
• Anna Kaal (see Vici)
• Tina Krennmayr (see Vici)
• Tryntje Pasma (see Ster)
• Patricia Pineda, 'Children's interpretation of metaphors'
• Christine Versluis, ‘Talige conceptualisering door Nederlandstalige sprekers met niet-vloeiende afasie’ (tweede promotor, met prof dr Theo Janssen)
• Kirsten Vis, ‘Conversationalisation of public discourse,’ (co-promotor, promoter is prof. Dr. W. Spooren), part of VU-STER program ‘Text, Cognition, and Communication: Mechanisms of Public Discourse,’ from 1 September 2005
• Jeroen Wittink, ‘Metaphor in knowledge management’, (co-promotor Dr Daan Andriessen, INHolland), from 1 September 2009

Research

 

Publications

In press
• Steen, G.J., Biernacka, E.A., Dorst, A.G., Kaal, A.A., López-Rodríguez, I., and Pasma, T. 'Pragglejaz in practice: Finding metaphorically used words in natural discourse.' To appear in G. Low, L. Cameron, A. Deignan, Z. Todd (eds.), Metaphor in the real world. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins. 
• Steen, G.J., Dorst, A.G., Herrmann, J.B., Kaal, A.A., Krennmayr, T., Pasma, T. A method for linguistic metaphor identification: From MIP to MIPVU. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins.
• Steen, G.J. 'Metaphor in language and thought: How do we map the field?' To appear in Mario Brdar and Milena Zic Fuchs (eds.), Converging and Diverging Tendencies in Cognitive Linguistics.

2009

• Steen, G.J. 'Three kinds of metaphor: A linguistic taxonomy.' In Jörg Zinken and Andreas Musolff (eds.), Metaphor and discourses. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 25-39. 

•  Steen, G.J. ‘From linguistic form to conceptual structure in five steps: Analyzing metaphor in poetry.’ In G. Brône and J. Vandaele (eds.), Cognitive poetics. Berlin and New York: Mouton de Gruyter, 197-226.

2008 

  • Gavins, J., and Steen, G.J. (eds.). 実　践　認　知　詩　学 , Japanese translation of Cognitive Poetics in Practice. Translation by Shigeko Uchida. Tokyo : Otori Shobo. 
  • Steen, G.J. 'The paradox of metaphor: Why we need a three-dimensional model for metaphor'. Metaphor & Symbol 23 (4), 213-241. 
  • Semino, E., and Steen, G.J. ‘Metaphor in literature.’ In R.W. Gibbs (ed.), The Cambridge Handbook of Metaphor and Thought, pp. 232-246. 
  • Steen, G.J. Review of June Luchjenbroers (ed.), Cognitive Linguistics Investigations (Amsterdam: John Benjamins).Applied Linguistics 29 (2), 329-332.    

2007
  • Steen, G.J. Finding metaphor in grammar and usage: A methodological analysis. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. Finding metaphor 
  • Steen, G.J., 'Wanneer denken wij in metaforen? Over de relatie tussen taalgebruik en cognitie.' [When do we think metaphorically? On the relation between language use and cognition.] Inaugural lecture, Faculteit der Letteren, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
  • Hannay, M., and Steen, G.J. (eds.). Structural-Functional studies in English grammar . Amsterdam: John Benjamins. Structural-Functional studies 
  • Hannay, M., and Steen, G.J., ' Introduction .' In Hannay and Steen (2007), 1-5. 
  • Steen, G.J. ‘Finding metaphor in discourse: Pragglejaz and beyond’. Cultura, Lenguaje y Representación / Culture, Language & Representation (CLR) Revista de Estudios Culturales de la Universitat Jaume I - Vol. 5, 9 - 26. 
  • Steen, G.J. Review of Veronika Koller, Metaphor and gender in business media discourse: A critical cognitive study (Basingstoke and New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2004). Cognitive Linguistics 18 (3), 478-483.
  • Pragglejaz Group. 'A practical and flexible method for identifying metaphorically used words in discourse.' Metaphor and Symbol 22 (1), 1-39. 
  • Steen, G.J., Review of Stephan Kepser and Marga Reis (eds.), Linguistic evidence: Empirical, theoretical, and computational perspectives (Berlin and New York: Mouton de Gruyter, 2005). Functions of Language 14 (1), 165-171.


Extensive list of publications 

Professional activities


Recent invited talks

  • ‘Rhetoric and cognition: A genre model’. Łodz, Poland, Cognitive Poetics and Rhetoric, January 2010.
  • ‘The new contemporary theory of metaphor’. Logroño, Spain, CRAL 09, October 2009.
    ‘How to do things with M-words: Metaphor in cognitive linguistics, discourse analysis, systemic-functional grammar, and relevance theory’. Middelburg, NL, 29th international conference of PALA, the Poetics And linguistics Association (July 09).
  • ‘Researching and applying metaphor: From fundamental to applied research and back again.’ Kerkrade, NL, 6th conference of Anéla, Association Neerlandaise de Linguistique Appliqué (May 09).
  • ‘When is metaphor deliberate? From metaphor in language and thought to metaphor in communication.’ Cognitive Science Colloquium, Northwestern University, Evanston Ill, USA (March 09).
  • ‘Style and cognitive science: the perspective from genre.’ Marburg, Ger, Bi-directional Perspectives in the Cognitive Sciences (Feb-Mar 09).
  • ‘Is metaphor always a matter of thought? A case study in converging evidence.’ Leipzig, Ger, 3rd international conference of GCLA/DGKL (Sept 08).
  • ‘When is metaphor deliberate? From metaphor in language and thought to metaphor in communication.’ Stockholm, Swe, 2nd international Metaphor Festival (Sept. 08).
  • ‘Style in cognitive linguistics: The perspective from genre.’ Leiden, NL, NWO Interdisciplinary workshop stylistics (Jan 08).
  • ‘Metaphor identification and annotation in BNC-Baby.’ Portsmouth, UK, British Academy Workshop on metaphor identification in corpora (Jan 07).
  • ‘Conceptualizing cognition: Which cognitive approach to metaphors of power?’ Helsinki, Fin, FiCLA, Cognitive approaches to metaphors of power (Oct 06).
  • ‘Metaphor in cognitive linguistics: Perspectives for EFL teachers.’ Florence, It, the fourth annual Giornate di studio su materiali didattici per l’insegnamento delle lingue (May, 06).
  • ‘Finding metaphor in discourse.’ Istanbul, Tk, IDEA, English Language and Literature Research Association (Apr 06).
  • ‘Metaphor in discourse: A usage-based model.’ Madrid, Sp, 25th AESLA Conference (Ma/Apr 06).“Finding metaphor in discourse: Pragglejaz and beyond’. Castellón, Sp, Second metaphor workshop (Feb 06). 


Recent regular talks

  • Stockholm, Sweden (Third Metaphor Festival, 2009)Cáceres, Sp. (RaAM VII, 2008), Krakow, Polen (ICLC 10, 2007), Leeds, UK (RAAM VI, 2006), Amsterdam, NL (39. Linguistisches Kolloquium, 2005), Budapest, Hong (Pragglejaz 5, 2004), Driebergen, NL (MAD '03), Paris, Fr (RAAM V, 2003); York, UK (Pragglejaz 4, 2003); Pécs, Hu (IGEL 8, 2002).


Membership editorial boards

  • Associate editor of Metaphor and Symbol
  • Member advisory board Annual Review of Cognitive Linguistics
  • Member board advisory editors Journal of Pragmatics
  • Member editorial board Functions of Language
  • Member editorial board Language and Literature
  • Editor of book series Linguistic Approaches to Literature (Amsterdam, Benjamins), together with Willie van Peer and Peter Verdonk (2001-2006)


Recent conference organization

  • Organization RaAM 8, 30 June-3 July, Amsterdam
  • Organization Pragglejaz 10, 24-27 June 2009, Amsterdam.
  • Organization Pragglejaz 9, 25-28 June 2008, Milton Keynes, UK.
  • Organization Pragglejaz 8, 26-28 June 2007, Amsterdam.
  • Organization, with Hans Hoeken, Fons Maes, Margot van Mulken, Joost Schilperoord, Wilbert Spooren, of Workshop and Masterclass Multi Modal Metaphor (21-26 May 2007), an Advanced Studies Initiatives Programme of the Cognition Programme of NWO; for more information, go to http://www.tilburguniversity.nl/faculties/humanities/workshopmay2007.
  • Organization Pragglejaz 7, 21-24 June 2006, Amsterdam.
  • Organization with Wilbert Spooren of the Annual Meeting of the Society for Text and Discourse, 15, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, 6-9 July 2005.
  • Organization of the 14th annual meeting of the Netherlands Society for English Studies (NSES), 'The genre is the message: Exploring common grounds between English language and literature', Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, 26 March 2004.


Membership scientific committees

  • Member of the program Committee for the workshop on Computational Approaches to Linguistic Creativity (CALC-10) at NAACL-HLT 2010 (Los Angeles, California,  5-6 June 2010).
  • Member of the program Committee for the workshop on Computational Approaches to Linguistic Creativity (CALC-09) at NAACL-HLT 2009 (Boulder, Colorado, 31 May – 5 June 2009).
  • Member of the scientific committee of CogLingdag 3 (Leiden, NL, 19-20 December 2008).
  • Member of the scientific committee of RAAM VII, conference series Researching And Applying Metaphor (Cáceres, Spain, 29-31 May 2008)
  • Member of the scientific committee of RAAM VI, conference series Researching And Applying Metaphor (Leeds, UK, 10-12 April 2006)
  • Member of the scientific committee of 24th AESLA International Conference, ‘Language learning, language use, and cognitive modelling: Applied perspectives across disciplines’ (Madrid, Spanje, 30 March – 1 April 2006).
  • Member of the scientific committee of second International Workshop "Metaphor and Discourse: Where Communication and Cognition Meet", (Castellón, Spanje, 2-3 February 2006).
  • Member of the scientific committee of RAAM V, 'Metaphor, categorisation, and abstraction: A multi-disciplinary approach'; conference series Researching And Applying Metaphor (Paris, Fr, 3-6 September 2003)
  • Member of advisory board of ICLC 8, 'Cognitive Linguistics, Functionalism, Discourse Studies: Common Ground and New Directions'; conference series of the International Association of Cognitive Linguistics (University of La Rioja, Spain, 20-25 July 2003).
  • Member of the scientific committee of the international conference on 'Metaphor in Language and Thought', Sao Paulo, Brazil, 21-25 October 2002


Refereeing of conference abstracts, manuscripts and research applications

  • Referee for 19th Annual Meeting of the Society for Text & Discourse, Rotterdam 26-28 July 2009 
  • Referee for Annual Review of Cognitive Linguistics, Discourse Processes, Document Design, Functions of Language, Journal of Pragmatics, Language and Literature, Languages in Contrast, Lingua, Metaphor and Symbol, Poetics, Pragmatics and Cognition, Theory & Psychology, Tijdschrift voor Taalbeheersing.
  • Referee for NWO, the Netherlands Organization of Scientific Research; for the Royal British Academy; for the Israel Science Foundation; and for EURESCO.


Host 2008-2009

  • Prof dr Alina Kwiatkowska, Univeristy of Lodz, Poland (The visual/linguistic interface: Metaphor and other tropes and communicative strategies realized in the visual medium)
  • Dr Sylwia Dzeren-Glowacka, University of Lodz, Poland (Novel metaphors and the extension and re-categorization of concepts. Linguistic inventiveness in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series)

 

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