When: May 28-29, 2026

Where: University of Waterloo, DC 1301 & DC1302

A symposium on the intersection of rhetorical figures and grammatical constructions featuring keynotes by three internationally renowned scholars: 

Adele Goldberg (Explain me this; Constructions at work) 

Jeanne Fahnestock (Rhetorical figures in science; Rhetorical style)

Laura Michaelis (Sign-Based Construction Grammar, Syntactic Constructions of English)

Additional presentations on figurative constructions, computational linguistics, and Chinese figuration. 

If you are a UWaterloo employee or student and your department will be covering your event registration fees, please contact Randy Harris to complete your registration. Please note that expense reimbursement claims for this conference registration are not permitted, except for FPER‑related reimbursements.

Cancellation Policy: Full refund for cancellations received on or before May 1, 2026.

Circulated discount codes must be applied at checkout. If attendees fail to use the shared discount code and pay the full registration price, no refunds or partial refunds will be issued to accommodate the missed discount.