Call for Papers - Workshop on Indigenous Languages (fwd)

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Workshop on Indigenous Languages
University of California, Santa Barbara
April 21–April 22, 2006
http://orgs.sa.ucsb.edu/nailsg/

CALL FOR PAPERS

The Linguistics Department at the University of California, Santa
Barbara announces its ninth 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 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.

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.

Send email submissions to: wail at linguistics.ucsb.edu

For hard copy submissions: Please send five copies of your abstract,
along with a 3x5 card with: (1) your name; (2) affiliation; (3) mailing
address; (4) phone number; (5) email address; (6) title of your paper.

Send hard copy submissions to: Workshop on American Indigenous Languages
Department of Linguistics, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA
93106

DEADLINE FOR RECEIPT OF ABSTRACTS: January 17, 2006
Notification of acceptance will be by email by February 15, 2005.


About WAIL

The annual Workshop on American Indigenous Languages (WAIL) at the
University of California, Santa Barbara is presented by the Native
American Indian Languages study group (NAIL), which has been meeting
regularly in Santa Barbara since 1990 to discuss issues relating to
Native American language and culture. The workshop is a forum for the
discussion of theoretical and descriptive linguistic studies of
indigenous languages of the Americas. WAIL is also sponsored by the
UCSB Linguistics Department.




Contact: wail at linguistics.ucsb.edu