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<p align="left">Call for Papers</p>
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<p align="left"></font></font><font size="6" face="TimesNewRomanPSMT"><font size="6" face="TimesNewRomanPSMT">7th International Free Linguistics Conference</p>
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<p align="left">27 – 28 September, 2013 The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong Conference Website:</p>
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<p align="left"><a href="http://www.engl.polyu.edu.hk/events/flc2013">http://www.engl.polyu.edu.hk/events/flc2013</a></p>
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<p align="left">The aim of this conference is to provide scholars, researchers, postgraduate and</p>
<p align="left">undergraduate students from all fields of Linguistics & English Language Teaching with</p>
<p align="left">current research issues and an open and widely accessible forum. Consistent with the</p>
<p align="left">previous Free Linguistics Conferences (all held in Australia) this conference also focuses</p>
<p align="left">on freedom as a primary distinguishing feature:</p>
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<p align="left">• </font><font face="Times New Roman">freedom from linguistic subfield divisions;</font></p>
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<p align="left">• </font><font face="Times New Roman">freedom from an established and rigid theme for presentations;</font></p>
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<p align="left">• </font><font face="TimesNewRomanPSMT"><font face="Times New Roman">freedom from registration fees.</font></p>
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<p align="left">PLENARY SPEAKERS:</p>
<p align="left">1. </font><font color="#0000ff" face="TimesNewRomanPSMT"><font color="#0000ff" face="TimesNewRomanPSMT">Douglas Biber
</font></font><font face="TimesNewRomanPSMT">Professor, English, Northern Arizona University, USA.</p>
<p align="left">2. </font><font color="#0000ff" face="TimesNewRomanPSMT"><font color="#0000ff" face="TimesNewRomanPSMT">Ruqaiya Hasan
</font></font><font face="TimesNewRomanPSMT">(to be confirmed) Professor, Macquire University, Sydney, Australia.</p>
<p align="left">3. </font><font color="#0000ff" face="TimesNewRomanPSMT"><font color="#0000ff" face="TimesNewRomanPSMT">John Bateman
</font></font><font face="TimesNewRomanPSMT">Professor, English Department, University of Bremen, Germany.</p>
<p align="left">4. </font><font color="#0000ff" face="TimesNewRomanPSMT"><font color="#0000ff" face="TimesNewRomanPSMT">Ahmar Mahboob
</font></font><font face="TimesNewRomanPSMT">Sr. Lecturer, Department of Linguistics, University of Sydney,</p>
<p align="left">Australia.</p>
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<p align="left">Authors are invited to submit abstracts for papers, colloquia, poster presentations, or hot</p>
<p align="left">topics:</p>
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<p align="left">• </font><font face="TimesNewRomanPSMT"><font face="Times New Roman">Colloquia (abstract max of 250 words): Colloquia will be 90 minutes in length.</font></p>
<p align="left">Their internal structure is up to their organizers, but sufficient time for discussion</p>
<p align="left">is encouraged.</p>
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<p align="left"> </font><font face="TimesNewRomanPSMT"><font face="Times New Roman">Single papers (abstract max of 250 words): Papers will be 40 minutes in length,</font></p>
<p align="left">with 30 minutes for presentation, 10 minutes for questions/discussion.</p>
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<p align="left">• </font><font face="TimesNewRomanPSMT"><font face="Times New Roman">Poster presentations (abstract max of 250 words): Poster presentations will be</font></p>
<p align="left">given in groups with a 30-minute allotment per session. This format may suit</p>
<p align="left">young researchers who want to present their work in a less formal format.</p>
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<p align="left">• </font><font face="TimesNewRomanPSMT"><font face="Times New Roman">Hot topics (abstract max of 250 words): Hot topic talks will be 20 minutes in</font></p>
<p align="left">length, with 10 minutes for the talk and 10 minutes for Q&A/discussion. We</p>
<p align="left">especially welcome proposals in this category from young researchers/students</p>
<p align="left">with new and challenging ideas.</p>
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<p align="left">Abstracts are invited from any Linguistic (and English language teaching) sub-fields, and</p>
<p align="left">presenters may choose from the following strands:</p>
<p align="left">Aboriginal Languages, Cognitive Linguistics, Computational Linguistics, Conversation</p>
<p align="left">Analysis, Corpus Linguistics, Critical Applied Linguistics, Discourse Analysis, First</p>
<p align="left">Language Acquisition, Forensic Linguistics, Historical Linguistics, Language & Culture,</p>
<p align="left">Language in Education, Language Policy & Planning, Languages Other Than English</p>
<p align="left">(LOTE), Multilingualism, Natural Language Processing, Pragmatics, Psycholinguistics,</p>
<p align="left">Second/Additional Language Acquisition, Sociolinguistics, Systemic Functional</p>
<p align="left">Linguistics, TESOL, Translation and Interpreting, among others.</p>
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<p align="left">Abstract Submission Deadline: </font><b><font face="TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT">15 May 2013</p>
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<p align="left">For submitting an abstract, please follow the guidelines provided on the conference</p>
<p align="left">website: </font><font color="#0000ff" face="TimesNewRomanPSMT"><font color="#0000ff" face="TimesNewRomanPSMT"><a href="http://www.engl.polyu.edu.hk/events/flc2013">http://www.engl.polyu.edu.hk/events/flc2013</a></p>
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<p align="left">PUBLICATION</b></font><font face="TimesNewRomanPSMT">:</p>
<p align="left">The papers presented in the 7th Free Linguistics Conference will be published in two</p>
<p align="left">formats: (1) Edited conference proceedings, (2) Special guest-edited journal issue. An</p>
<p align="left">edited conference proceedings with short papers (of maximum 6 pages) will be published</p>
<p align="left">and released during the inauguration of the conference. All the papers submitted to the</p>
<p align="left">conference proceedings will be peer-reviewed and the acceptance will depend on the</p>
<p align="left">reviewers' recommendations. Authors are advised to submit their article (strictly within</p>
<p align="left">no more than 6 pages) before the deadline given below:</p>
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<p align="left">Deadline for the submission of full paper to Conference Proceedings: 15 July 2013. A</p>
<p align="left">detailed style guide of the conference proceedings can be obtained from the conference</p>
<p align="left">webpage (</font><font color="#0000ff" face="TimesNewRomanPSMT"><font color="#0000ff" face="TimesNewRomanPSMT">http://www.engl.polyu.edu.hk/events/flc2013</font></font><font face="TimesNewRomanPSMT">). The information and guidelines</p>
<p align="left">on the special journal issue will be announced later.</p>
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<p align="left">CONTACT US</b></font><font face="TimesNewRomanPSMT">: For any inquiry about the conference, please write to:</p>
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<p>flc2013.engl@polyu.edu.hk</p>
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