2nd CFP: Workshop on American Indigenous Languages

[Andrea Berez]

Dear Colleagues,

Below please find the 2nd Call for Papers for the 11th Annual Workshop on
American Indigenous Languages, to be held at the University of California,
Santa Barbara on May 23 and 24, 2008. The abstract deadline is February 8.

Best wishes,
Andrea Berez

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Andrea L. Berez
PhD student, Dept. of Linguistics
University of California, Santa Barbara
http://www.uweb.ucsb.edu/~aberez/

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Workshop on American Indigenous Languages
Santa Barbara, CA
May 23-24, 2008


The Linguistics department at the University of California, Santa Barbara
announces its 11th annual Workshop on American Indigenous Languages (WAIL),
which provides a forum for the discussion of theoretical and descriptive
studies of the indigenous languages of the Americas.

Anonymous abstracts are invited for talks on any topic in linguistics. Talks
will be 20 minutes, followed by 10 minutes for discussion. Abstracts should
be 500 words or less (excluding examples and/or references) and can be
submitted by hard copy or email.  Individuals may submit abstracts for one
single-authored and one co-authored paper.  Please indicate your source(s)
and type(s) of data in the abstract (e.g. recordings, texts, conversational,
elicited, narrative, etc.).  For co-authored papers, please indicate who
plans to present the paper as well as who will be in attendance.

Special Panel on Language Policy: This year we are welcoming abstracts for a
Special Panel on all issues concerning language policy. Talks will be 20
minutes each, followed by a group discussion/question-and-answer period.

For email submissions: Include the abstract as an attachment. Please limit
your abstracts to the following formats: PDF, RTF, or Microsoft Word
document.

Include the following information in the body of the email message: (1) your
name; (2) affiliation; (3) mailing address; (4) phone number; (5) email
address; (6) title of your paper; (7) whether your submission is for the
general session or the Special Panel.

Send email submissions to:  wail.ucsb at gmail.com

For hard copy submissions: Please send four copies of your abstract, along
with a 3x5 card with the following information: (1) your name; (2)
affiliation; (3) mailing address; (4) phone number; (5) email address; (6)
title of your paper; (7) whether your submission is for the general session
or the Special Panel.


Send hard copy submissions to:  Workshop on American Indigenous Languages
Attn: Joye Kiester or Verónica Muñoz Ledo
        Department of Linguistics
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 93106


DEADLINE FOR RECEIPT OF ABSTRACTS:
February 8, 2008
Notification of acceptance will be by email no later than February 29, 2008.

General Information: Santa Barbara is situated on the Pacific Ocean near the
Santa Yñez Mountains. The UCSB campus is located near the Santa Barbara
airport. Participants may also fly into LAX airport in Los Angeles, which is
approximately 90 miles southeast of the campus. Shuttle buses run between
LAX and Santa Barbara. Information about hotel accommodations will be posted
on our website (http://orgs.sa.ucsb.edu/nailsg/).


For further information contact the conference coordinators, Joye Kiester
and Verónica Muñoz Ledo, at wail.ucsb at gmail.com or (805) 893-3776, or check
out our website at http://orgs.sa.ucsb.edu/nailsg/