27.5030, Calls: Gen Ling, Hist Ling, Lang Acq, Text/Corpus Ling, Translation/Finland

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Subject: 27.5030, Calls: Gen Ling, Hist Ling, Lang Acq, Text/Corpus Ling, Translation/Finland

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Date: Thu, 08 Dec 2016 14:59:01
From: Peter Slomanson [peter.slomanson at uta.fi]
Subject: Summer Meeting of the Society for Pidgin and Creole Linguistics

Full Title: Summer Meeting of the Society for Pidgin and Creole Linguistics 

Date: 19-Jun-2017 - 22-Jun-2017
Location: Tampere, Pirkanmaa, Finland 
Contact Person: Peter Slomanson
Meeting Email: spcl2017 at uta.fi
Web Site: http://www.uta.fi/ltl/SPCL2017.html 

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics; Historical Linguistics; Language Acquisition; Text/Corpus Linguistics; Translation 

Call Deadline: 31-Dec-2016 

Meeting Description:

This is the annual summer meeting of the Society for Pidgin and Creole
Linguistics on the linguistics of contact languages, including but not limited
to pidgins and creoles.

In addition to the plenary sessions with invited speakers and
thematically-organized sessions, this meeting will feature an intensive
mini-course designed for students engaged in or planning fieldwork projects in
which primary data will be collected.

Information on logistical matters, including registration, travel, and
accommodation will be posted at http://www.uta.fi/ltl/SPCL2017.html

This meeting is co-sponsored by the University of Tampere and the University
of Turku.

Our confirmed plenary speakers are Marlyse Baptista (Michigan) and Michel
DeGraff (MIT).

In addition to the plenary sessions with invited speakers and
thematically-organized sessions, this meeting will feature an intensive
mini-course designed for students engaged in or planning to engage in
fieldwork projects in which primary data will be collected.

Final Call for Papers:

The deadline for submissions for the annual summer meeting of the Society for
Pidgin and Creole Linguistics has been extended to 31 of December, 2017.

The Society for Pidgin and Creole Linguistics will hold its annual summer
meeting from the 19 through the 22 of June, 2017 in Tampere, Finland, at the
University of Tampere, where it is being co-sponsored with the University of
Turku. Abstracts for twenty-minute presentations on any area pertinent to the
linguistic study of pidgins, creoles, converted languages, mixed languages,
and any other type of contact language are invited for anonymous review. 

An abstract of no more than 500 words (not including title or data examples)
should be submitted using EasyAbs. The submission link is
http://linguistlist.org/easyabs/SPCLFinland2017.  After your title, clearly
identify the domain(s) of inquiry in which your submission should be reviewed
(e.g. syntax, morphology, phonology, sociolinguistics, acquisition).
Diachronic and corpus research are particularly welcome, as is research
pertaining to translation from and into contact language varieties. Please
refrain from including your name or any other self-identifying information in
your abstract.  Individuals who are unable to access EasyAbs should email the
abstract as an MS Word document to spcl2017 at uta.fi. Include ''abstract for
SPCL Finland 2017'' in the subject line. The abstract submission deadline is
December 31, 2016. Acceptance notification will be sent by January 31, 2017.

The organizers are now planning a memorial tribute to distinguished
Trinidadian creolist Mervyn C. Alleyne, and invite contributions and papers
dealing with his impact on creole linguistics.

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