CFP: 18th International Conference on English Historical Linguistics (ICEHL-18) -- 2nd call for papers

[Hubert Cuyckens]

[WITH APOLOGIES FOR CROSS­-POSTINGS]



2nd CALL FOR PAPERS

18th International Conference on English Historical Linguistics

ICEHL18 takes place in Leuven, Belgium, 14-18 July 2014 (academic programme 14-17 July, social programme 18 July).



Conference website: http://www.arts.kuleuven.be/ling/ICEHL18/

Conference email: icehl18 at arts.kuleuven.be<mailto:icehl18 at arts.kuleuven.be>





Plenary Speakers

Charles Boberg, McGill University

http://www.mcgill.ca/linguistics/sites/mcgill.ca.linguistics/files/boberg_webpage.pdf

Robert Fulk, Indiana University, Bloomington http://www.iub.edu/~engweb/faculty/profile_rFulk.shtml

Peter Grund, University of Kansas

http://www.english.ku.edu/people/grund-peter-j/index.shtml

María José López-Couso, University of Santiago de Compostela http://www.usc-vlcg.es/MXLC.htm

Marit Westergaard, University of Tromso http://ansatte.uit.no/marit.westergaard/



Presentation Formats

Full papers will be allowed 30 minutes, including 10 minutes for discussion. Posters will be presented in a special session and remain on display during the conference.

Submission of Abstracts

Papers on any aspect of the history of the English language are welcome, including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, sociolinguistics, language acquisition, language contact, language change, stylistics, metrics, English language and culture, and English language in society. Papers on any period are welcome: Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English, Late Modern English, and present-day English.



Abstracts for papers and posters can be submitted from 1 May to 30 November 2013 through the EasyAbs abstract submission facility at http://linguistlist.org/confservices/ICEHL18. Notifications of acceptance of all abstracts will be sent out by 15 February 2014.

Abstracts should not exceed 400 words (exclusive of references) and should clearly state research questions, approach, method, data and (expected) results. Abstracts should also list up to five keywords.

Abstracts will not be edited for typing, spelling, or grammatical errors after submission. Therefore, abstracts should comply with the following layout requirements:



- Abstracts must be single-spaced and fully justified. The standard font will be Calibri, size 11. The margins will be 2,54 top/bottom and 1,91 left/right (Moderate in MS Word).

- References will have a hanging indent of 1,27 cm.

- Submit the abstract as a .doc, .docx or .odt document. If it contains special characters, please send a PDF version to icehl18 at arts.kuleuven.be<mailto:icehl18 at arts.kuleuven.be>.



Multiple Papers: One person may submit a single-authored abstract, a single-authored abstract and a co-authored one (not as first author) or two co-authored abstracts (only one as first author). Note that keynote papers within workshops count as ordinary papers. Presentations will be 20 minutes plus 10 minutes question time.

Evaluation: Abstracts submitted to the general session and to the poster session will be evaluated by two members of the Scientific Committee. Workshop papers receive two evaluations by Scientific Committee members and one by the workshop convenors.



Travel and Accommodation

Information to follow. Please check the conference website for updates.



Registration

Registration for the conference opens on 15 February 2014.



Organizing committee

Hubert Cuyckens

Hendrik De Smet

Liesbet Heyvaert

Peter Petré

Frauke D'hoedt

Lauren Fonteyn

Charlotte Maekelberghe

Nikki van de Pol


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