22.166, Calls: Ling & Literature, Sociolinguistics/Netherlands

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Subject: 22.166, Calls: Ling & Literature, Sociolinguistics/Netherlands

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Date: 07-Jan-2011
From: Sai Emrys [conference at conlang.org]
Subject: 4th Language Creation Conference
 

	
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Date: Sun, 09 Jan 2011 23:01:31
From: Sai Emrys [conference at conlang.org]
Subject: 4th Language Creation Conference

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Full Title: 4th Language Creation Conference 
Short Title: LCC4 

Date: 14-May-2011 - 15-May-2011
Location: Groningen, Netherlands 
Contact Person: Sai Emrys
Meeting Email: conference at conlang.org
Web Site: http://conference.conlang.org 

Linguistic Field(s): Ling & Literature; Sociolinguistics 

Call Deadline: 15-Apr-2011 

Meeting Description:

The Language Creation Conference is the first and only international conference discussing issues related to the craft of language creation, or 'conlanging'. It includes both fairly technical linguistic discussions as well as more artistic, sociological, or philosophical ones; examples of craft in action; voices from many parts of the conlanging community; and people from all over the world. The conference is open to the public. Preregistration requested. Lunch, snacks, and opportunities to socialize with fellow conlangers will be provided. All proceeds go to the LCS.

All presentations are generally in English.

The Language Creation Society is a tax-exempt 501(c)3 California-based non-profit corporation with 13 international board members. Its goal is to promote conlangs and conlanging through offering platforms for conlangers to publish high-quality work of interest to the community, raising awareness about conlanging amongst the general public, organizing work for professional conlangers and people in the entertainment industry interested in adding more depth to their alternative worlds, and providing a central place for reliable contacts and information to those seeking to learn more. 

Call for Papers:

4th Language Creation Conference 
http://conference.conlang.org
conference at conlang.org

The Language Creation Society (LCS) is currently accepting proposals for talks, workshops, and posters for the 4th Language Creation Conference (LCC4).

LCC4 will be held May 14-15 2011, in Groningen, the Netherlands, under the local direction of Christophe Grandsire-Koevoets, at the Infrahuis Noord.

Groningen is within easy travel of all of Europe, and we hope that all European conlangers will attend. More information will be forthcoming soon, on the LCC website and via email, on ticket prices/pre-sale, accommodations, travel suggestions, etc.

If you want to be informed of this and other LCS news, please join our very low-traffic news mailing list:

http://lists.conlang.org/listinfo.cgi/news-conlang.org

About the LCC:

The Language Creation Conference is the first and only international conference discussing issues related to the craft of language creation, or 'conlanging'. It includes both fairly technical linguistic discussions as well as more artistic, sociological, or philosophical ones; examples of craft in action; voices from many parts of the conlanging community; and people from all over the world. The conference is open to the public. Preregistration requested. Lunch, snacks, and opportunities to socialize with fellow conlangers will be provided. All proceeds go to the LCS.

All presentations are generally in English.

The Language Creation Society is a tax-exempt 501(c)3 California-based non-profit corporation with 13 international board members. Its goal is to promote conlangs and conlanging through offering platforms for conlangers to publish high-quality work of interest to the community, raising awareness about conlanging amongst the general public, organizing work for professional conlangers and people in the entertainment industry interested in adding more depth to their alternative worlds, and providing a central place for reliable contacts and information to those seeking to learn more.

Presentation types:

'Full talks' are up to 45 minutes long (including Q&A), and strongly encouraged to address some issue 
relevant to the craft of language creation itself, or of broad interest to conlangers.

'Short talks' are up to 15 minutes long (including Q&A), and typically discuss interesting work in a particular conlang (of any variety), without necessarily making a larger point.

'Posters' include essentially any unattended displayable object that pertains to our topic and will fit within the conference space. LCC3 included everything from hand-embroidered gowns to original, wall-sized collage art (both in their respective conlangs); printed poetry; books; hand-made conworld art; and a full library exhibit. All conlangers, and especially all attendees, should consider contributing something. Being available to explain or elaborate on the display is desirable but not required. If necessary, the LCS may be able to cover costs of shipping and printing; please email to check.

'Workshops' are any hands-on activity where all attendees participate in something that will help them be better conlangers, and are typically limited to 2 hours.

More or less time may be allotted depending on organizational needs and the particular topics involved. Presenters are urged to contact us early on in their process for feedback.

All accepted presenters are encouraged (but not required) to contribute a corresponding paper to the upcoming Journal of the Language Creation Society, _Fiat Lingua_. Papers should generally be under 10 pages, and preferably submitted as a simple Google document, though other formats may be accepted if needed. Papers are subject to editing and review; copyediting and formatting will be handled by journal staff.

To submit a presentation:

Please email a title, abstract, bio, any relevant links, preferred day of attendance/presentation, and a 
description of any support needed (from sponsorship to technology), to conference at conlang.org. Please 
feel free to submit multiple proposals.

LCC4 is being held in Europe, so submissions from that region are highly encouraged.

Submissions are not required to be 100% formal or set in stone. All submissions must be related to language creation to be considered, but beyond that, a very wide range of formats and topics is encouraged including technical papers on (regular/socio-/inter-/etc-) linguistics, research papers involving created languages or language acquisition (such as in cognitive science and developmental or cognitive linguistics), theoretical innovations or philosophical considerations of the craft, reviews of certain kinds of conlangs, presentations of conlang-related art, small presentations or posters about the particularly delightful features of your latest work-in-progress, conlang-related games and humor, etc.

It is the goal of the LCS to provide a forum that unites and is relevant to the entire language creation community. We care, first and foremost, that presentations have direct relevance to the craft of conlanging. We are neutral to whether they are based on art-, aux-, enge-, log-, nat-, or other- language examples, and encourage all members of the community to submit talks on their favorite aspects of the field.

Unsure of what to speak about or whether your proposed talk is appropriate? You can view presentations and see schedules of programs from previous Language Creation Conferences on the LCS Podcast or LCC website: 
http://podcast.conlang.org
http://conference.conlang.org

Please note that the LCS is seeking to diversify the offerings at the conferences, so if in doubt, please submit, and the LCS will work with you to tune your proposal to our audience.

We will consider presentations given via teleconferencing, though we can't guarantee that the technology will be available. If this interests you, please submit a proposal.

Those proposals not accepted for LCC4 may be considered for future conferences.

If you have any questions about giving a presentation, a workshop, or talk at this or any future LCC, please contact us at conference at conlang.org.

http://conference.conlang.org
conference at conlang.org




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