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1) Subject:African Linguistics Conference CFP

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Date: 12 Nov 2008
From:Tim Mahrt <tmahrt2 at ILLINOIS.EDU>
Subject:African Linguistics Conference CFP


We are pleased to confirm that the 40th Annual Conference on African
Linguistics (40th ACAL) will be held at the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign, U.S.A, from April 9-11, 2009, under the theme of:

AFRICAN LANGUAGES AND LINGUISTICS TODAY: 40TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION

Confirmed invited speakers include: Keynote: Prof. Ayo Bamgbose  
(Professor
Emeritus, University of Ibadan, Nigeria); Plenary sessions: Prof. Lioba
Moshi (University of Georgia, Athens), Prof. Fallou Ngom (Boston
University), and Prof. Brent Henderson (University of Florida,  
Gainesville)

General Call for Papers:
Anonymous abstracts for 20-minute individual paper or 30-minute forum/ 
panel
presentations on any indigenous and/or transplanted African language(s)
(viz., English, French, and Portuguese) are invited. Each abstract,
including the title and illustrative data (wherever necessary), must not
exceed 500 words, and must be submitted online as a portable (i.e.,  
PDF) or
Microsoft Word document. Priority consideration will be given to  
papers that
address the substance of the conference theme in the sense that they
interrogate received linguistic theories or approaches on the analysis  
of
African languages and/or demonstrate the contribution of these  
languages to
linguistic theory and description.

Special Invitation:
We extend a special invitation for reports on grant-funded research
projects, other group-organized projects, and related individual  
research
involving, for example, language documentation, endangerment, the  
writing of
reference tools (i.e., dictionaries and grammars), production of  
language
pedagogical materials, and the creation of orthographies.  
Presentations at
these forums/panels will be limited to three (3) speakers per forum/ 
panel,
and will be allotted up to 30 minutes each, with 30 minutes for  
discussion.

Paper Topics:
We invite papers on the conference theme and/or on any of the following
sub-fields or combinations/interfaces thereof:

•       Computational linguistics
•       Historical linguistics
•       Language acquisition (viz., first and second/additional  
language)
•       Language pedagogy
•       Lexicography
•       Morphology
•       Neurolinguistics
•       Phonetics
•       Phonology
•       Pidgin and Creole languages
•       Pragmatics
•       Semantics
•       Sociolinguistics (including: code-switching/-mixing, language  
contact (in
Africa & in the African Diaspora), language endangerment,
bi-/multi-lingualism, language in African literature, language planning,
language spread, language use, language variation, etc.)
•       Syntax
•       Tonology

Abstract Format and Deadline:

Format: While the main language of the conference will be English and
selected panels on specific languages can be presented in those  
languages,
abstracts can be submitted in any African language provided that each  
such
abstract is accompanied by a translation. In such cases, the maximum  
length
can exceed 500 words but not a full page. Abstracts containing special
characters must be submitted in a PDF format. All abstracts must be
submitted in a font that is not smaller than 11 point, and have to be
accompanied by a second page containing the author’s name, institutional
affiliation, and contact information. Submission of abstracts by fax  
is not
acceptable. Individuals who do not have regular access to e-mail may  
submit
one copy of their abstract by regular mail on a 3.5-inch floppy disk  
(as a
Microsoft Word document).

Deadline and address: The deadline for receipt of abstracts is January  
31,
2009, at either of the following addresses:

Online:
http://www.linguistics.uiuc.edu/acal/

Postal Mail:
Department of Linguistics
4080 Foreign Language Building
707 S Mathews Avenue, MC-168
Urbana, IL 61801

Please be advised that late submissions may not be considered. Because  
of
visa requirements, prospective international participants are urged to
submit their abstracts at the earliest date possible, and will receive
notification letters within two weeks of such submissions.

Conference Contact/address:

Organizing Committee
40th ACAL at Illinois
Department of Linguistics
707 S. Mathews Avenue; Suite 4080 FLB
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Urbana, IL 61801; USA

Contact for questions: Prof. Eyamba G. Bokamba
        Telephone:      (217) 333-3563 (Dept. Receptionist)
                        (217) 244-3051 (Direct to research office &  
Conference Assistant)

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