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<DIV dir=ltr><SPAN>Please find the attached call for papers for the 57th International Linguistic Association (ILA) Conference. P</SPAN>apers in any area of linguistics are appropriate; however, the theme of this year’s conference is <SPAN>LANGUAGE AND INSTITUTIONS</SPAN>. Location: New York City (details below). Plenary speakers are listed below.</DIV></DIV>
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<DIV>This theme is <SPAN>so</SPAN> <SPAN>relevant</SPAN> to those of us conducting research on language and literacy in educational contexts, as well as those doing doing research in applied linguistics more broadly (including institutional research on language/talk in medicine, law, social work, government, urban planning, religion, family, etc.). </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN>Please consider submitting an abstract.</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><B>DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACTS IS JANUARY 15, 2012</B>!<B> </B>Details for submitting your abstract are below.</DIV>
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<DIV>If you have a moment, kindly pass this call for papers on to colleagues and students in your department. Have a lovely winter holiday!</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" class=yui_3_2_0_17_132398177329258>Maureen T. Matarese, Ed.D.</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" class=yui_3_2_0_17_132398177329260>Assistant Professor: BMCC, City University of New York</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" class=yui_3_2_0_17_132398177329262>Adjunct Instructor: Teachers College, Columbia University<BR>Webpage: <A style="COLOR: blue; CURSOR: text; TEXT-DECORATION: underline" href="http://www1.bmcc.cuny.edu/faculty/fp.jsp?f=mmatarese" rel=nofollow target=_blank>http://www1.bmcc.cuny.edu/faculty/fp.jsp?f= mmatarese</A></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" class=yui_3_2_0_17_132398177329264>Email: mmatarese@bmcc.cuny.edu</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" class=yui_3_2_0_17_132398177329266> maureenmatarese@yahoo.com</DIV></I></DIV>
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<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" class=MsoNormal align=center><B>57th Annual Conference of the International Linguistic Association (www.ilaword.org)</B></DIV>
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<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" class=MsoNormal align=center><B>April 13-15, 2012 </B></DIV>
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<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%" class=MsoNormal align=center><B>Betsy Rymes, University of Pennsylvania, United States</B></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%" class=MsoNormal align=center><B>Srikant Sarangi, Cardiff University, Wales</B></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%" class=MsoNormal align=center><B>Elana Shohamy, Tel Aviv University, Israel</B></DIV>
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<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" class=MsoNormal align=center><B><SPAN>Call for Papers</SPAN></B></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal><SPAN>The International Linguistic Association (ILA) invites submissions for its 57<SUP>th</SUP> annual conference to be held at <B>Borough of Manhattan Community College, City University of New York, April 13-15, 2012</B>.<SPAN> </SPAN>Papers in any area of linguistics are appropriate; however, the theme of this year’s conference is <B><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> </SPAN>While we encourage submissions relevant to the theme, we welcome proposals in all areas of linguistics.</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Please submit abstracts (300-word maximum) to </SPAN><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">http://linguistlist.org/confcustom/ila2012</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">. You can submit abstracts starting on November 15<SUP>th</SUP>.</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: #e21d1d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">The <B>submission deadline is January 15, 2012</B>. Authors of submissions will be <B>notified of acceptance by February 15, 2012</B>. Time allotted for presentations will be <B>20 minutes for delivery of the paper plus 5 minutes for discussion</B>. </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: #e21d1d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Proposals may be made for 1) paper presentations, 2) panel presentations, or 3) poster presentations.<SPAN> </SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Proposals for <B>paper presentations</B> and <B>poster presentations</B> have the same format (abstract of 300 words or less; see above).<SPAN> </SPAN>When submitting, please specify whether you would like to do a paper presentation or a poster session.<SPAN> </SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Panel session proposals</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> 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> </SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Proposals will be blind-reviewed for their originality, quality, and breadth of relevance.<SPAN> </SPAN>In addition, panel proposals will be evaluated for the coherence and complementarity of their individual presentations.</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">More details about the conference, including registration fees and housing, may be found on-line at <I>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="COLOR: windowtext; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">conference@ilaword.org</SPAN></A><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">, or Annika Wendt at </SPAN><U><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">awendt@ilaword.org</SPAN></U><SPAN></SPAN></DIV></SPAN></DIV>
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