<div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">CALL FOR PAPERS </span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br>
</span></div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">The American Association for Corpus Linguistics (</span><b style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">AACL</b><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">) calls for proposals for paper presentations at their next conference in </span><b style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">San Diego, January 18-20, 2013</b><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">. </span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br><u>Abstracts</u><br>Faculty, graduate students, and independent scholars are invited to submit abstracts for 20-minute papers on any aspect of corpus linguistics. Abstracts will undergo anonymous review. Papers are welcome from a range of subfields in three categories: <br>
1) Tools and methods (corpus creation, corpus annotation, tagging and parsing, visualization of large data sets, open source corpora (philosophy and practice), software development); <br>2) Linguistic analyses of corpora as they relate to language use (register/genre as well as lexical and grammatical variation, language varieties, parallel corpora, historical change, lexicography);<br>
3) Application (the use of corpora in language teaching and learning).<br><br><u>Abstract details</u><br>Cover page: Author(s) name(s); Affiliation; Contact information; Paper title; Category (see above)<br>Abstract page: Paper title; Abstract (min. 200 words; max. 300 words)<br>
Format: MS Word or PDF (the latter is necessary if the abstract contains specialized fonts)<br><br>The conference organizers request that authors limit themselves to presenting only one paper, and to being the first author on only one paper. If several submissions are planned in which one individual appears as a co-author, please ensure that these guidelines are followed.<br>
<br>Submit abstracts to <b><a href="mailto:aacl2013@gmail.com" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">aacl2013@gmail.com</a></b> by <b>September 9, 2012</b>. In the subject line of your email, please indicate the category your paper would most likely fit in (see categories above). <br>
<br><u>Important dates</u><br>September 9: Deadline for submission of abstracts<br>October 1: Early registration opens<br>October 9: Notification of decisions on abstracts<br>November 1: Preliminary schedule posted<br>November 15: Early registration closes<br>
November 16 – December 15: Regular registration period<br>December 15 – January 17: Late registration period<br>January 18 – January 20: Conference (Registration on site)<br><br>Please check the conference website (<a href="http://aacl.sdsu.edu/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">http://aacl.sdsu.edu/</a>) for further details. </div>
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