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It’s almost time!
Just a few days left until RaAM 17 – August 7–10 in Detroit!
Check out the full programme and start planning your days!
Link to the full schedule here:
https://t.co/DvxBYDu8qs

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RaAM 2025 🔸 Conference Programme & AGM Invitation - https://t.co/DChMSFU3FF

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📣 Good news!
You’ve got a little more time — RaAM 17 registration is now open until June 22nd!

📍 Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, MI (USA)
📆 August 7–10, 2025

🔗 Register now: https://t.co/pCZrxlsVYs

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📍 RaAM 17 will take place at Lawrence Technological University, in Southfield, MI (USA), from 7 to 10 August 2025.

📅 Register by June 15 to be included in the official conference program!

🔗 Register here: https://t.co/pCZrxlsVYs

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Find more information about the events here:
🍸 https://t.co/HhjkEMdTLZ

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🎷 https://t.co/kU5IIoaA7j

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🎷 Kimmie Horne Jazz Festival
Relax and enjoy live music at the nearby Southfield Municipal Campus. A reserved section for RaAM attendees will be available!

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🍽️ Conference Dinner — August 9
Held at Andiamo Detroit Riverfront, inside Detroit’s iconic Renaissance Center. Dinner registration opens in late July — stay tuned!

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🍸 PhD Student Party — August 8
All student attendees are automatically registered! Meet fellow PhD students at The 5th of Novi, a local bar and eatery with games.

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RaAM 17 Social Events!
Join us for fun, food, music, and networking beyond the sessions — here's what's planned: 🧶

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📍 RaAM 17 will take place at Lawrence Technological University, in Southfield, MI (USA), from 7 to 10 August 2025.

📅 Register by June 15 to be included in the official conference program!
🔗 Register here: https://t.co/pCZrxlsVYs

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💡 Metaphor and Iconicity in Sensory Language
Bodo Winter (University of Birmingham)

Find abstracts and full details here:
https://t.co/VS83tyIYLz

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💡 From Conceptual Metaphor to Science Learning: Theoretical and Applied Perspectives
Vicky Lai (University of Arizona)

💡 Help, Hype, Hindrance? Identifying, Analyzing, and Translating Metaphors with AI
Lettie Dorst (Leiden University)

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Plenary Presentations by First-Time RaAM Plenary Speakers!
They’re well-known voices in metaphor research — and this year, they’ll take the plenary stage at RaAM for the very first time: 🧶

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📍 RaAM 17 will take place at Lawrence Technological University, in Southfield, MI (USA), from 7 to 10 August 2025.

📅 Register by June 15 to be included in the official conference program!

🔗 Register here: https://t.co/pCZrxlsVYs

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💡 Analysing Metaphor in the Vocabulary Production of L2 and L3 (Heritage) Learners of English as a Foreign Language in Secondary Education
Organizer: Ana María Piquer Píriz (Universidad de Extremadura)

Read more about them: https://t.co/IALrU5ACCs

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💡 Climate Change Metaphors: Critical Approaches to Representation in Media and Research
Organizers: @EliseStickles (University of British Columbia), Schuyler Laparle (Tilburg University)

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Curious about metaphor research on climate change and foreign language learning?
Don’t miss our two Organized Special Themed Sessions at RaAM 17: 🧶

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📍 RaAM 17 will take place at Lawrence Technological University, in Southfield, MI (USA), from 7 to 10 August 2025.

📅 Register by June 15 to be included in the official conference program! 🔗 Register here: https://t.co/pCZrxlsVYs

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💡 Natural Language Processing Techniques — Paula Lauren (Lawrence Tech)

💡 Statistical Analyses in R — Bodo Winter (University of Birmingham)

💡 Myth, Memory, Metaphor and Meaning in Storytelling — Corrine Stavish (Lawrence Tech)