29.77, Calls: Altaic, General Linguistics/USA

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Subject: 29.77, Calls: Altaic, General Linguistics/USA

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Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2018 13:51:22
From: Neil Banerjee [neilb at mit.edu]
Subject: 14th Workshop on Altaic Formal Linguistics

Full Title: 14th Workshop on Altaic Formal Linguistics 
Short Title: WAFL 14 

Date: 19-Oct-2018 - 21-Oct-2018
Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA 
Contact Person: Neil Banerjee
Meeting Email: wafl14 at mit.edu

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics 

Language Family(ies): Altaic 

Call Deadline: 30-Mar-2018 

Meeting Description:

The 14th Workshop on Altaic Formal Linguistics (WAFL 14) will be hosted by the
Department of Linguistics and Philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, from October 19-21, 2018. The term 'Altaic' is understood to
include Turkic, Mongolic, and Tungusic languages, as well as Korean, Japanese,
Ryukyuan, and Ainu.

Additionally, there will be a thematically unrestricted workshop in honor of
Shigeru Miyagawa on October 18.

More information to follow in Fall 2017. For questions, please contact the
organizers at wafl14 at mit.edu

Call for Papers:

Abstracts are invited for 20-minute talks (plus 10 minutes of discussion) or
for posters on topics dealing with formal aspects of any area of theoretical
Altaic linguistics, including phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, or
pragmatics. 

Abstracts are due on March 30, 2018 and should be submitted via Easychair at
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=wafl14

Abstracts must be anonymous. 
The main text should be at most 2 pages in length, including examples, tables,
figures, and references.
The abstract should use a 12pt font and 1 inch margins (for US Letter) or 3 cm
margins (for A4) on all four sides
There is a maximum of two abstracts per person, one of which must be
co-authored.

Important Dates:

Deadline for abstract submission to all sessions: Friday, March 30, 2018
Notification of acceptance: by the end of May 2018

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