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<div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal">57th Annual Conference of the International Linguistic Association (www.ilaword.org)<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt">April 13-15,
2012 <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Call for Papers<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The International Linguistic
Association (ILA) invites submissions for its 57<sup>th</sup> annual conference
to be held at <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">Borough of Manhattan
Community College, City University of New York, April 13-15, 2012</b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Papers in any area of linguistics are
appropriate; however, the theme of this year’s conference is <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="color:red">LANGUAGE AND
INSTITUTIONS</span></b>. For this conference, participants are invited to
examine how language functions within institutions and/or how institutional
contexts shape language. These studies may focus on a wide variety of
institutions including, but not limited to, education, medicine, social work,
law enforcement, urban planning, religion, government, and family. Papers
addressing the theme may report qualitative, quantitative, or mixed-method
research studies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>While we
encourage submissions relevant to the theme, we welcome proposals in all areas
of linguistics.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Abstract submission<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Please submit abstracts (300-word
maximum) </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt">to </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">http://linguistlist.org/confcustom/ila2012</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">.
You can submit abstracts starting on November 15<sup>th</sup>.</span><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";mso-bidi-font-family:
"Arial Unicode MS";color:#E21D1D"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">submission deadline is January 15, 2012</b>.
Authors of submissions will be <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">notified
of acceptance by February 15, 2012</b>. Time allotted for presentations will be
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">20 minutes for delivery of the paper
plus 5 minutes for discussion</b>. </span><span style="font-size:13.0pt;
font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";mso-bidi-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";
color:#E21D1D"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Proposals may be made for 1)
paper presentations, 2) panel presentations, or 3) poster presentations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Proposals for <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">paper presentations</b> and <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">poster presentations</b> have the same
format (abstract of 300 words or less; see above).<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span>When submitting, please specify whether you would like to do
a paper presentation or a poster session.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:none;mso-list-ins:"Maureen Matarese" 20111020T1507"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Panel
session proposals</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> should be submitted
by the panel organizer as a single document that includes: a) an overall
summative abstract for the panel (no more than 300 words) and b) individual
abstracts of 300 words each for each speaker. An individual panel session can
run up to 2 hours; please specify your preferred length, and we will do our
best to accommodate you. Panels will not have discussants.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Proposals will be blind-reviewed
for their originality, quality, and breadth of relevance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>In addition, panel proposals will be
evaluated for the coherence and complementarity of their individual
presentations.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">More details about the
conference, including registration fees and housing, may be found on-line at <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">http://ilaword.org/site/annual-conference/</i>.<a name="_GoBack"></a> Questions may be sent to Conference Chair, Professor Maureen
Matarese at the following email address: </span><a href="mailto:conference@ilaword.org"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:windowtext">conference@ilaword.org</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">,
or Annika Wendt at </span><a href="mailto:awendt@ilaword.org"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:17.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Helvetica Neue Light";
color:windowtext">awendt@ilaword.org</span></a><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
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<!--EndFragment--></span></div><div> </div><div><i><div style="font-size:12pt;font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;" class="yui_3_2_0_27_132120347206158"> Maureen T. Matarese, Ed.D.</div><div style="font-size:12pt;font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;" class="yui_3_2_0_27_132120347206160">Assistant Professor: BMCC, City University of New York</div><div style="font-size:12pt;font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;" class="yui_3_2_0_27_132120347206162">Adjunct Instructor: Teachers College, Columbia University<br>Webpage: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www1.bmcc.cuny.edu/faculty/fp.jsp?f=mmatarese">http://www1.bmcc.cuny.edu/faculty/fp.jsp?f= mmatarese</a></div><div style="font-size:12pt;font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;" class="yui_3_2_0_27_132120347206164">Email: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank"
href="mailto:mtm2025@columbia.edu">mtm2025@columbia.edu</a></div><div style="font-size:12pt;font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;" class="yui_3_2_0_27_132120347206166"> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:maureenmatarese@yahoo.com">maureenmatarese@yahoo.com</a></div></i></div></div></body></html>