31.1643, Calls: Gen Ling/Online

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LINGUIST List: Vol-31-1643. Fri May 15 2020. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 31.1643, Calls: Gen Ling/Online

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Date: Fri, 15 May 2020 14:55:04
From: Susana de los Heros [sheros at uri.edu]
Subject: 49th VIRTUAL ANNUAL MEETING OF THE LINGUISTIC ASSOCIATION OF THE SOUTHWEST, 2020

 
Full Title: 49th VIRTUAL ANNUAL MEETING OF THE LINGUISTIC ASSOCIATION OF THE SOUTHWEST, 2020 
Short Title: LASSO 

Date: 24-Sep-2020 - 26-Sep-2020
Location: Virtual, USA 
Contact Person: Susana de los Heros
Meeting Email: sheros at uri.edu
Web Site: http://lassoling.org/ 

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics 

Call Deadline: 15-Jun-2020 

Meeting Description:

LASSO (The Linguistic Association of the Southwest) 49th Annual Meeting to be
held virtually on September 24- 26, 2020. We welcome papers in all areas of
linguistics.

Keynote speaker:  Jonathan Rosa, Stanford University
Presidential Address: Rey Romero, University of Houston


Call for Papers:

LASSO, the Linguistic Association of the Southwest, invites abstract
submission for papers, and group panels for its 49th Annual Meeting to be held
virtually on September 24- 26, 2020. We welcome papers in all areas of
linguistics including, but not limited to applied linguistics, linguistic
variation, languages in contact, language policy and planning, language
attitudes and ideologies, syntax, phonetics and phonology, indigenous
languages, etc. This year we especially encourage papers addressing any of the
following topics: language and racialization, language and social justice, and
Spanish and the Latinx community.
Submissions by graduate students and junior faculty are especially welcome.
Graduate students who present their work at the conference are eligible for
the Helmut Esau Prize, which includes a $400 award.

Presentation format:
Presentation time for papers will be 20 minutes plus 10 minutes for
discussion. Abstracts may be in English, or Spanish. Presentations should be
given in the same language as the abstract. Only one abstract as single author
and a second as co-author will be accepted from any one individual.
Proposals for complete panels with multiple speakers must fit within the 90
minutes time frame of the conference presentations.

Submission Guidelines:
- Abstracts can be submitted through EasyAbs from February 15, 2020 to June
15, 2020.
- Papers may be delivered in English, or Spanish.
- Abstracts should be single-spaced in 12-point Times New Roman font not to
exceed 500 words.
- Abstracts need to include the title of the paper and must clearly present a
specific thesis statement and include a description of the topic, the
approach, and conclusions.
- To preserve anonymity during the review process, authors should not include
their names, academic affiliation, email address or any other identifier or
reveal their identity anywhere in the abstract. This information will be
completed in a separate form prior to submission in Easy Abs
(https://linguistlist.org/confservices/EasyAbs/customabssub.cfm?emeetingid=550
2JA44587E465840A050441)
- Include the title of the paper, area of research, author names, academic
affiliations, and e-mail addresses in the form within the abstract submission
system.
- Abstracts can be submitted through EasyAbs from February 15, 2020 to June
15, 2020.
- Submissions need to be on pdf format.
- Authors will receive a reply notifying them that their abstracts are under
consideration. If such notification has not been received within one week, it
should be re-sent. We also recommend that you contact the Program Chair:
Susana de los Heros (sheros at uri.edu).
- Notifications of acceptance/rejection will be sent in mid-July.
- Authors may submit up to two abstracts, an individual and a joint one.

LASSO MEMBERSHIP:
An individual must be a current LASSO member and be listed in the conference
program member in order to present a paper. You may pay your dues online at:
http://lassoling.org/dues_payment.html or fill out a membership form available
at: http://lassoling.org/membership_renewal_form.pdf at the same time you
register for the conference online. Membership includes a subscription to the
International Journal of the Linguistic Association of the Southwest.

EXCEPTION: High School teachers who wish to attend, and not present a paper,
only need to pay the reduced conference dues, i.e. $35.




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