CFP: Workshop on American Indigenous Languages

[Andrea Berez]

Dear Colleagues,

Below please find the 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/