28.4670, Calls: Altaic, Indo-European, Sino-Tibetan, Applied Ling, Gen Ling, Lang Acquisition/USA

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Subject: 28.4670, Calls: Altaic, Indo-European, Sino-Tibetan, Applied Ling, Gen Ling, Lang Acquisition/USA

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Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2017 14:20:01
From: Amber Kent [akkent at indiana.edu]
Subject: 3rd Conference of Central Asian Language and Linguistics

 
Full Title: 3rd Conference of Central Asian Language and Linguistics 
Short Title: ConCALL-3 

Date: 02-Mar-2018 - 04-Mar-2018
Location: Bloomington, IN, USA 
Contact Person: Amber Kent
Meeting Email: akkent at indiana.edu
Web Site: http://www.iub.edu/~concall/ 

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; General Linguistics; Language Acquisition 

Language Family(ies): Altaic; Indo-European; Sino-Tibetan 

Call Deadline: 03-Dec-2017 

Meeting Description:

ConCALL was established in Spring 2014 as a scholarly research and
professional development conference for linguists and language educators
specializing in the languages of the Central Asian region, including both the
Altaic and Eastern Indo-European languages spoken in the region, a diverse
range of languages such as Azerbaijani, Dari, Kazakh, Mongolian, Pashto,
Persian, Tajiki, Tibetan, Turkish, Tuvan, Uyghur, Uzbek, and more.

This spring, the Center for Languages of the Central Asian Region (CeLCAR)
will be hosting the 3rd Conference of Central Asian Language and Linguistics
(ConCALL-3) at Indiana University March 2-4, 2018. 

Keynote Speakers for the conference include leading names in Turkic and
Iranian linguistics, as well as second language acquisition and heritage
language learning:
 
- Jason Rothman, Professor of Literacy and Multilingualism, University of
Reading, UK
- Vera Gribanova, Assistant Professor of Linguistics, Stanford University
- Pollet Samvelian, Professor of Linguistics, Université Sorbonne Nouvelle
- Mehmet Yavaş, Professor of Linguistics, Florida International University
- Rex Sprouse, Professor of Second Language Studies, Indiana University

We also expect to have additional guest speakers in Mongolic and Tibetan
languages and linguistics.


Call for Papers:

Due to popular demand and in light of an additional funding opportunit (see
student stipends below,) the Call for Papers for the 3rd Conference of Central
Asian Language and Linguistics (ConCALL-3) at Indiana University has been
extended until Sunday, December 3, 2017.

We are accepting submissions for 20-minute paper presentations (with 10 minute
post-presentation questions and discussion) on topics related to Central Asian
languages and linguistics, including both the Altaic and Eastern Indo-European
languages spoken in the region (among others), a diverse range of languages
such as Azerbaijani, Dari, Kazakh, Kurdish, Kyrgyz, Mongolian, Pashto,
Persian, Tajiki, Tibetan, Turkish, Turkmen, Tuvan, Uyghur, Uzbek, and more.
Submissions on endangered Central Asian languages (e.g. Buryat and Kalmyk
(Mongolic), Shugni (Iranian), Selkup (Uralic), and Chuvash, Baskirt and Yakut
(Turkic), among others, are especially welcome.
 
Presenters will have the opportunity to submit to the published proceedings of
the conference.
 
Submissions can include, but are not limited to:
- Formal linguistics (phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics, as well as
their interfaces)
- Acquisition (first and second language acquisition of a Central Asian
language or of other languages by speakers of Central Asian languages)
- Language education/pedagogy, as related to Central Asian languages

Each abstract will be anonymously reviewed by four-five external reviewers
working on the same field and/or same/similar languages and evaluated on a
basis of interest, originality, timeliness, and relevance to the field, as
well as reviewing the methodology and data collection methods and overall
clarity and organization of ideas. 

Submissions should consist of an anonymous titled abstract of no more than 500
words (not including examples and references, which can be placed on a second
page) submitted via EasyAbs (http://linguistlist.org/easyabs/ConCALL3) by
Sunday, December 3, 2017.

Student stipends are now available. This year we are offering several stipends
of up to $400 each, to be used for travel and accommodation costs. Stipends
will be awarded to the graduate students with the highest-rated abstract
submissions. If you are submitting an abstract for the conference and would
like to be considered for this award, please email Amber Kent
(akkent at indiana.edu) for more details.

Questions regarding submissions may be directed to Amber Kennedy Kent at
akkent at indiana.edu.

Questions regarding the conference may be directed to Dr. Öner Özçelik
(Director, CeLCAR) at oozcelik at indiana.edu.

For more information, please visit our conference website at
http://www.iub.edu/~concall.

Extended Proposal Submission Deadline: Sunday, December 3, 2017
Early Registration Deadline: Friday, January 26, 2018
Conference Date: Friday, Saturday, and Sunday March 2-4, 2018




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