30.10, Calls: Sociolinguistics/USA

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LINGUIST List: Vol-30-10. Thu Jan 03 2019. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 30.10, Calls: Sociolinguistics/USA

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Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2019 01:30:07
From: Tyler Kendall [tsk at uoregon.edu]
Subject: New Ways of Analyzing Variation 48

 
Full Title: New Ways of Analyzing Variation 48 
Short Title: NWAV 

Date: 10-Oct-2019 - 13-Oct-2019
Location: Eugene, OR, USA 
Contact Person: Tyler Kendall
Meeting Email: nwav48 at gmail.com
Web Site: https://nwav48.uoregon.edu 

Linguistic Field(s): Sociolinguistics 

Call Deadline: 01-Jun-2019 

Meeting Description:

The University of Oregon is pleased to host the 48th annual meeting of New
Ways of Analyzing Variation (NWAV), from October 10 to 13, 2019.  NWAV is the
leading conference on language variation and change.

This year's plenary speakers are:
- Renée Blake, New York University
- Alexandra D’Arcy, University of Victoria
- Devyani Sharma, Queen Mary University of London


Call for Papers:

(Call for Workshop Proposals further below)

Deadline for abstracts: June 1, 2019

The organizers of New Ways of Analyzing Variation (NWAV) 48, to be held at the
University of Oregon, in Eugene, Oregon, announce the initial Call for Papers.
Abstract submissions are invited for presentations (oral and poster) in all
areas related to language variation and change.

Abstract submission will be begin April 1, 2019 and remain open until June 1,
2019. Abstracts should be no more than 500 words, excluding references, and
must be anonymized to omit all information about the author(s). Abstracts will
be submitted via EasyChair (submission site available starting April 1).
Information is available on the conference website at
https://nwav48.uoregon.edu/.

We also invite proposals for special sessions. Proposals for special sessions
should also be no more than 500 words, excluding references, with separate
abstracts for each paper to be considered for the session (following the
guidelines outlined above).

Although we welcome submissions on all areas of language variation and change,
for NWAV 48 we particularly welcome submissions for papers and for special
sessions that align with the following special topic areas:
- Variation and change in underdocumented speech communities
- Acquisition of sociolinguistic variation
- Sociolinguistics and the listener
- Computational sociolinguistics

Authors may submit one single-authored and one joint-authored abstract, or two
joint-authored abstracts. This limit applies to all presentations, regardless
of type (paper, poster).
 

Call for Workshop Proposals
(Call for Papers above)
 
Deadline for workshop abstracts: May 1, 2019

We are also pleased to announce the Call for Workshop Proposals for New Ways
of Analyzing Variation (NWAV) 48 in Eugene, Oregon. We invite submissions for
workshops in all areas related to language variation and change, and we
particularly welcome those that align with the special topic areas described
in the call for papers, above.

Workshop proposals should be no more than 500 words, excluding references.
They should clearly outline the focus of the workshop, its aims, and its
format, and its preferred audience(s). If the workshop will include multiple
presenters, please include a brief synopsis of each contribution.

All proposals for workshops should be submitted as .pdf files, sent directly
to the conference email account: nwav48 @ gmail.com. The subject line should
include the proposer’s last name and ‘Workshop Proposal for NWAV48’. Please
also direct questions about workshops to nwav48 @ gmail.com.

Workshop proposal deadline is May 1, 2019.




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