<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><br><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><br><div dir="ltr"><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">4TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">ON LANGUAGE DOCUMENTATION & CONSERVATION</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">CALL FOR PROPOSALS:</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">General papers, posters, electronic posters</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">NSF-Supported Special Sessions on Pedagogy in Language Conservation</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Please read carefully as some information has changed since last year.</span></p>
<br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">INTRODUCTION</span></p>
<br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The </span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">4th International Conference on Language Documentation and Conservation (ICLDC),</span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> “Enriching Theory, Practice, & Application,” will be held </span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">February 26-March 1, 2015</span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, at the Ala Moana Hotel in Honolulu, Hawai‘i. The conference is hosted by the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa and is sponsored in part by the US National Science Foundation.</span></p>
<br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The program for this 3 ½ day conference will feature two keynote talks, an integrated series of </span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Master Classes </span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">on the documentation of linguistic structures, and a series of </span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Sponsored Special Sessions</span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> on pedagogy in language conservation. An optional Hilo Field Study (on the Big Island of Hawai‘i) to visit Hawaiian language revitalization programs in action will immediately follow the conference.</span></p>
<br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The theme of the 4th ICLDC, “Enriching Theory, Practice, and Application,” highlights the need to strengthen the links between language documentation (practice), deep understanding of grammatical structure (theory), and methods for teaching endangered languages (application). At this conference, we intend to focus on language documentation as the investigation of grammar and linguistic structure on the one hand, and the development of that investigation into sound pedagogy for endangered languages on the other. We hope you will join us.</span></p>
<br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">For more information and links to past conferences, visit our </span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">conference website: <a href="http://icldc-hawaii.org/" target="_blank">http://icldc-hawaii.org/</a></span></p>
<br><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">1. CALL FOR PROPOSALS: GENERAL CONFERENCE TALKS, POSTERS, AND ELECTRONIC POSTERS </span></p>
<br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Proposal deadline: August 31, 2014</span></p>
<br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Topics</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We especially welcome abstracts that address the conference theme, “Enriching Theory, Practice, & Application.” Discipline-wide reflection on the relationship between the documentation of grammatical structure and language pedagogy is crucial if the proper documentation and conservation of endangered languages is to be effective. Our aim here is two-fold: to create citizen scientists who can reflect on their language for the purpose of teaching and documenting without being hindered by metalanguage, and to enrich the contributions of linguists to linguistic theory and description via documentation.</span></p>
<br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We are also seeking abstracts on the science of documentation and revitalization. Documentation is usually portrayed as a means of collecting language data, and revitalization is generally seen primarily as a kind of applied work directly benefiting communities. However, each of those domains is a genuine area of research, and we welcome presentations that treat documentation and revitalization not merely as activities, but also as domains requiring discussion, clarification, and theorization in their own right.</span></p>
<br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">In addition to the topics above, we warmly welcome abstracts on other subjects in language documentation and conservation, which may include but are not limited to:</span></p>
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<span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Archiving matters</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;margin-left:15px">
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Community experiences of revitalization</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;margin-left:15px">
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Data management</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;margin-left:15px">
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Ethical issues</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;margin-left:15px">
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Language planning</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;margin-left:15px">
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Lexicography and grammar design</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;margin-left:15px">
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Methods of assessing ethnolinguistic vitality</span></p></li>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Orthography design</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;margin-left:15px">
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Teaching/learning small languages</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;margin-left:15px">
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Technology in documentation – methods and pitfalls</span></p>
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<li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;margin-left:15px"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Topics in areal language documentation</span></p>
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<span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Training in documentation methods – beyond the university</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;margin-left:15px">
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Assessing success in documentation and revitalization strategies </span></p>
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<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Presentation formats</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">
<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Papers</span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> will be allowed 20 minutes for presentation with 10 minutes of question time.</span></p>
<br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Posters</span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> will be on display throughout the day of presentation. Poster presentations will run during the early afternoon. Poster presentations are recommended for authors who wish to present smaller, more specific topics, or descriptions of particular projects. </span></p>
<br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Electronic posters (e-posters)</span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> are opportunities for presentations of software, websites, and other computer-based projects, in an environment that allows face-to-face interaction with the audience. Similar to a traditional poster session, e-poster presenters will use their own laptop computers to display their projects while the audience walks around, watching demonstrations and asking questions. E-poster sessions will take place in the early afternoon in a room with tables and internet access. </span></p>
<br><br><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">2. CALL FOR PROPOSALS: NSF-SUPPORTED SPECIAL SESSIONS ON PEDAGOGY IN LANGUAGE CONSERVATION </span></p>
<br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Proposal deadline: May 31, 2014</span></p>
<br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Special Session Topics and Format</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">This year, we are inviting proposals for a series of four Special Sessions on Pedagogy in Language Conservation. Each session will contain four talks and will be focused on a theme relating to the notion of pedagogy for endangered language teaching. </span></p>
<br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Endangered language teaching in the language community is often informed by only the most generic of language pedagogies, and language teachers are often frustrated by the lack of methodologies that go beyond short conversation, basic vocabulary, and constructions that can be taught by methods like Total Physical Response (e.g., Asher 1969). Compounding the problem, these same trained teachers may not have enough linguistic knowledge of the subject language to develop robust teaching materials and programs, while linguists with command of linguistic structure may not have the teaching training required to properly educate students or inform language teachers.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">
<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">In the past we have followed the “Ken Hale” model of training endangered language speakers in linguistics. We have created reference grammars and pedagogical grammars, and most documentation projects include some component for creating teaching materials. What is still lacking from the discipline is a systematic discussion of how to transform documentary materials like annotated corpora and reference grammars into an effective pedagogical workflow for endangered languages (e.g., reference grammar to pedagogical grammar to teaching materials to pedagogical methods to assessment of teaching programs). There is a disconnect between linguistic theory and pedagogical theory, and we aim to bridge this gap during these Special Sessions.</span></p>
<br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Each Special Session on Pedagogy in Language Conservation will consist of four 20-minute presentation slots, with each slot to be followed by a 10 minute question period. One Special Session will occur each day of the conference in the same room and time. A total of four Special Sessions will be invited to present at the ICLDC.</span></p>
<br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Successful proposals will be</span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> thematically unified on a particular aspect</span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> of pedagogy in language conservation. These may include, but are not limited to:</span></p>
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<span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Acquisition: What can L1 and L2 acquisition studies teach us that is relevant for developing classroom materials and curricula?</span></p>
</li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Teaching methods: What language teaching methods and activities can be brought to endangered language teachers to enhance language learning and retention?</span></p>
</li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Understanding and conveying complex grammar: What specific activities in the classroom could be used to teach higher level constructions (e.g., complex clauses, information structure, or particle use)?</span></p>
</li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Assessment: How can we properly assess teaching programs for radically less commonly taught languages?</span></p>
</li></ul><br><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">NSF Support details</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Thanks to generous support from the US National Science Foundation Documenting Endangered Languages Program, we are able to offer sponsorship in the form of travel assistance in the amount of US$2400 for each selected Special Session. The organizer of each Session will determine how that sum is to be divided among the speakers and will inform the ICLDC Executive Committee; depending on each circumstance, funds will be provided as (partial) flight reimbursements, hotel nights, or per diem payments (to be determined by the ICLDC Executive Committee).</span></p>
<br><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">3. ABSTRACT SUBMISSION</span></p>
<br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Rules for submission in all categories:</span></p>
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<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Abstracts should be submitted in English, but presentations can be in any language. We particularly welcome presentations in languages of the region discussed. </span></p>
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<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Authors may submit no more than one individual and one co-authored proposal (including participation in a Special Session proposal), or no more than two co-authored proposals. In no case may an author submit more than one individually-authored proposal.</span></p>
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<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Proposals for the sponsored Special Sessions on Pedagogy in Language Conservation are </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">due by May 31, 2014</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, with notification of acceptance by June 30, 2014.</span></p>
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<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Proposals for general papers, posters, and electronic posters are </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">due by August 31, 2014,</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> with notification of acceptance by October 1, 2014.</span></p>
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<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Individual authors whose proposals for the Special Sessions are rejected are welcome to submit their abstracts individually to the call for general proposals. </span></p>
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<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We will not be accepting any proposals for panel presentations or colloquia beyond the Special Sessions on Pedagogy in Language Conservation. </span></p>
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<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Because of limited space, please note that the Abstract Review Committee may ask that some general abstracts submitted as papers be presented as posters or electronic posters instead. </span></p>
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<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Selected authors will be invited to submit their conference papers to the journal </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Language Documentation & Conservation</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> for publication.</span></p>
</li></ul><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">How to prepare your proposal:</span></p>
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<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">For Special Session proposals</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">: Special session organizers must submit their proposal on behalf of the authors included in the session. We ask the organizer to prepare an </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">abstract of no more than 400 words</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> for the Special Session as a whole, and to also submit </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">abstracts of no more than 400 words </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">for each paper in the Session. We also ask for a </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">50-word summary</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> of the Special Session and of each paper in the session for inclusion in the conference program. All abstracts will be submitted to blind peer review by international experts on the topic.</span></p>
</li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">For proposals for general papers, posters, and electronic posters</span><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">: We ask for </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">abstracts of no more than 400 words</span><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> for online publication so that conference participants will have a good idea of the content of your paper, and a </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">50-word summary</span><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> for inclusion in the conference program. All abstracts will be submitted to blind peer review by international experts on the topic.</span></p>
</li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">To facilitate blind peer review, please DO NOT INCLUDE YOUR NAME OR AFFILIATION in your abstract or filename. Your proposal should only include your presentation title, abstract, and list of references (if applicable).</span></p>
</li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">If you are including references/citations to your own work in your abstract, please be sure to replace your name(s) with "Author".</span><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> For example, if you are Ted Smith and you wrote an article in 2009, which you are citing in your file (i.e., Smith (2009) ), you would change it to "Author (2009)." If you are including a list of references at the end, also make sure to anonymize any of your publications similarly as well. </span></p>
</li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Please note that your reference list is </span><span style="background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">not</span><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> counted in your 400-word abstract maximum, only the main abstract text.</span></p>
</li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Please save your abstract as an MS WORD DOCUMENT or PDF FILE. </span><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">MS Word is preferred. However, if you are using special fonts, special characters, or diagrams in your abstract, a PDF file is recommended to make sure it displays as you intend.</span></p>
</li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">For a FILE NAME, use an abbreviated version of your title.</span><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> For example, if your presentation title is "Revitalizing Hawaiian for the next generation: Social media tools," your filename might be "Revitalizing_Hawaiian.doc" or "Revitalizing_Hawaiian_social_media.pdf"</span></p>
</li></ul><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">To submit an online proposal, visit</span><a href="http://www.icldc4.icldc-hawaii.org/" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://www.icldc4.icldc-hawaii.org</span></a><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> and click on "Call For Proposals."</span></p>
<br><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Proposal review criteria</span></p>
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<span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Appropriateness of the Topic:</span><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Does the paper/poster address the themes of the conference or Special Session? </span></p>
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<span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Presentation:</span><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Is the abstract well-written? Does it suggest that the paper/poster will be well organized and clearly presented?</span></p>
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<span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Importance of the Topic:</span><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Is this an important topic within the area? Is the paper/poster likely to make an original contribution to knowledge in the field? Will it stimulate discussion?</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:15px;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Contribution to the discipline: </span><span style="font-size:15px;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">For talks, does the presentation make a methodological or theoretical contribution to the discipline? If not (e.g., project descriptions), could the presentation be submitted as a poster or electronic poster?</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">4. TIMELINE</span></p>
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<span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">April 1, 2014: Call for Proposals announced</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline">
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">May 31, 2014: Proposals for Special Sessions on Pedagogy in Language Conservation deadline</span></p>
</li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">June 30, 2014: Notification of acceptance to Special Sessions</span></p>
</li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">August 31, 2014: Proposals for general papers, posters, and electronic posters deadline</span></p>
</li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">October 1, 2014: Notification of acceptance for general papers, posters, and electronic posters</span></p>
</li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">October 1, 2014: Early registration opens</span></p>
</li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">January 15, 2015: Early registration deadline</span></p>
</li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">February 26-March 1, 2015: 4th ICLDC</span></p>
</li></ul><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">5. SCHOLARSHIPS</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">To help defray travel expenses to come and present at the conference, scholarships of up to US$1,500 will be awarded to the six best abstracts by (i) students and/or (ii) members of an endangered language community who are actively working to document their heritage language and who are not employed by a college or university. If you are eligible and wish to be considered for a scholarship, please select the appropriate "Yes" button on the proposal submission form. This is applicable to regular conference papers only (not to the Special Sessions).</span></p>
<br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">NOTE: Please be advised that these scholarships are considered taxable income under U.S. tax laws. U.S. citizens and permanent residents can expect to receive a 1099 form to figure into their annual tax return for 2015. Non-U.S. citizens/residents may have the applicable taxable amount (typically 30%) deducted from the scholarship check prior to receipt.</span></p>
<br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Questions?</span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Feel free to contact us at <a href="mailto:icldc@hawaii.edu" target="_blank">icldc@hawaii.edu</a></span></p>
<br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Andrea L. Berez, Victoria Anderson, and Jim Yoshioka</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">4th ICLDC Executive Committee</span></p>
<br></span></div></div></div></div><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Victoria B. Anderson<br>Associate Professor of Linguistics<br>University of Hawai`i at Manoa<br><a href="mailto:vanderso@hawaii.edu" target="_blank">vanderso@hawaii.edu</a>, 808-956-8602<br>
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