Attn Siouanists in the Midwest.

[Rankin, Robert L]

Mid America Linguistics Conference call for papers.  
 
From: owner-LING-L at listproc.cc.ku.edu on behalf of Gabriele, Alison
Sent: Fri 7/21/2006 6:38 AM
To: Gabriele, Alison; LING-L
Subject: Mid-American Linguistics Conference (MALC) 2006

> The Mid-American Linguistics Conference (MALC) has been revived. It is being held this year at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville at the end of October. Abstracts are due on August 21st.  There will be a special forum dedicated to graduate students. I've pasted the full Linguist List posting below.

Alison

Message 2: Mid-American Linguistics Conference
Date: 17-Jul-2006
From: Douglas Simms <dsimmssiue.edu>
Subject: Mid-American Linguistics Conference

Full Title: Mid-American Linguistics Conference
Short Title: MALC

Date: 27-Oct-2006 - 28-Oct-2006
Location: Edwardsville, IL, USA
Contact Person: Larry Lafond
Meeting Email: llafondsiue.edu

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics

Call Deadline: 21-Aug-2006

Meeting Description:

October 27-28, 2006
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville invite submission of abstracts for the
2006 Mid-America Linguistics Conference.

We will continue the tradition of accepting papers on all linguistic topics.
Linguists in all areas of specialization are encouraged to submit abstracts.
This year's meeting will feature special interest sessions on Language
Acquisition and Morpho-Syntax. There will also be a forum dedicated to graduate
students.

Plenary Speaker: Silvina Montrul, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Location:
The conference will be in Morris University Center on the campus of Southern
Illinois University Edwardsville. Edwardsville is located at the junctions of
I-270 and Illinois state highway 157 about 25 miles east of downtown St. Louis, MO.

Guidelines for Submissions of Papers:
Contributed papers will be allowed a maximum of 20 minutes for presentation.
Published proceedings of the conference will be available if there is sufficient
demand; ordering information will be provided in September. Instructions for the
preparation of manuscripts will be sent along with notification of acceptance.

Please submit one-page abstracts no later than August 21, 2006.

Submissions must be by e-mail as a PDF attachment. Submissions may also be faxed
(618-650-3509) to either: Larry LaFond, llafondsiue.edu or Seran Aktuna,
saktunasiue.edu.

Requests for additional information about program content may be sent to:
Ron Schaefer, Department of English, SIUE, Edwardsville, IL 62026-1431
Telephone: (618) 650-2060; or E-mail: rschaefsiue.edu.
For registration information contact: Conferences and Institutes at (618) 650-2660.

Audio-visual equipment will be available as required and requested.