26.3667, Calls: Afroasiatic, Khoisan, Niger-Congo, Nilo-Saharan, Semitic, Anthropological Ling, General Ling, Historical Ling, Lang Documentation, Typology/USA

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LINGUIST List: Vol-26-3667. Tue Aug 18 2015. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 26.3667, Calls: Afroasiatic, Khoisan, Niger-Congo, Nilo-Saharan, Semitic, Anthropological Ling, General Ling, Historical Ling, Lang Documentation, Typology/USA

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Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2015 10:55:14
From: Peter Jenks [jenks at berkeley.edu]
Subject: 47th Annual Conference on African Linguistics

Full Title: 47th Annual Conference on African Linguistics 
Short Title: ACAL47 

Date: 23-Mar-2016 - 26-Mar-2016
Location: Berkeley, CA, USA 
Contact Person: Larry Hyman and Peter Jenks
Meeting Email: acal47 at berkeley.edu
Web Site: http://linguistics.berkeley.edu/acal47/ 

Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics; General Linguistics; Historical Linguistics; Language Documentation; Typology 

Language Family(ies): Afroasiatic; Khoisan; Niger-Congo; Nilo-Saharan; Semitic 

Call Deadline: 15-Nov-2015 

Meeting Description:

The department of linguistics at UC Berkeley is pleased to announce that it will be hosting the 47th meeting of the Annual Conference on African Linguistics. The conference will focus on all aspects of African linguistics, from linguistic description to theoretical analysis and historical reconstruction. Please plan ahead and join us in Berkeley next Spring!

Invited Speakers (more to be announced):

- Gerrit Dimmendaal (Universität zu Köln)
- Jeff Good (University at Buffalo)
- Tom Güldemann (Humboldt-Universität)
- Claire Halpert (University of Minnesota)
- Ethelbert Kari (University of Botswana and University of Port Harcourt)
- Sharon Rose (UC San Diego)

Special Workshop: Areal Features and Linguistic Reconstruction in Africa

Africa contains several distinct linguistic areas which are often claimed to hold special importance for the reconstruction of African proto-languages and our understanding of African pre-history. This workshop will focus on exploring the fine-grained areal distribution of the phonological, morphological, and syntactic features of Africa with debates about genetic affiliation and historical migration patterns as a backdrop.

Important Dates and Deadlines:

August 15: Submission Open
November 15: Submission Deadline
Early January: Results Announced, Registration Opens

Call for Papers:

We are now accepting papers for the 47th Annual Conference on African Linguistics, to be held at UC Berkeley, March 23-26, 2016. The general session will take place March 23-25, while a special workshop on ''Areal features and linguistic reconstruction in Africa'' will take place March 25-26.

General Session:

For the general session we welcome papers on any area of African linguistics. The general conference will consist of talks, poster sessions, and plenary talks by prominent researchers on African languages.

Special Workshop: Areal features and linguistic reconstruction in Africa:

In addition to the general session, we welcome papers on the general session theme ''Areal features and linguistic reconstruction in Africa.'' Africa contains several distinct linguistic areas which are often claimed to hold special importance for the reconstruction of African proto-languages and our understanding of African pre-history. This workshop will focus on exploring the fine-grained areal distribution of the phonological, morphological, and syntactic features of Africa with debates about genetic affiliation and historical migration patterns as a backdrop.

Deadline:

The deadline for submission is Sunday,  November 15, 2015 at 11:59pm PST (UTC-8:00). Please be advised that late submissions may not be considered.  Because of visa requirements, prospective international participants are urged to submit their abstracts at the earliest date possible. Participants will be notified about the outcome of their submission by early January 2016.

Review Process:

All abstracts will be blind reviewed for their originality, quality, and relevance. Main session talks will be allocated 20 minutes for presentation with a 10 minute question and answer period. Poster presentations will take place at a dedicated time with no simultaneous oral sessions. An important factor in considering your abstract will be its appropriateness for a 20-minute talk.

Abstract Guidelines:

All abstracts should be anonymous and written in English with glosses or translations for words or examples in any other language. Each abstract, including the title and any data in figures or tables, must not exceed 500 words. Data must include interlinear glosses following the Leipzig Glossing Rules. The 500-word abstract should be single-spaced and in a unicode font no smaller than 11 point, and in .pdf or .doc/.docx format. Abstracts must be be submitted electronically via EasyChair. Examples of high quality abstracts from other conferences be found on the conference website: linguistics.berkeley.edu/acal47/.

Submissions Instructions:

Your abstract must be submitted online using the EasyChair abstract submission website, which will give you additional instructions. The submission website is https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=acal47 If you have never used EasyChair before, you will need to register at https://www.easychair.org/account/signup.cgi?conf=acal47

Contact Information:

For more information, you may email the conference organizers at acal47 at berkeley.edu or visit the conference website: linguistics.berkeley.edu/acal47/.

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