<html><head><base href="x-msg://149/"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">SignWriting List<div>October 30, 2012<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">"Thompson, Robin" <<a href="mailto:robin.thompson@UCL.AC.UK">robin.thompson@UCL.AC.UK</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><b>1 week extension for abstracts: Theoretical Issues in Sign Language Research Conference (TISLR 11)</b><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">October 30, 2012 11:42:19 AM PDT<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><a href="mailto:SLLING-L@LISTSERV.VALENCIACOLLEGE.EDU">SLLING-L@LISTSERV.VALENCIACOLLEGE.EDU</a><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Reply-To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">"linguists interested in signed languages" <<a href="mailto:SLLING-L@LISTSERV.VALENCIACOLLEGE.EDU">SLLING-L@LISTSERV.VALENCIACOLLEGE.EDU</a>><br></span></div><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div ocsi="0" fpstyle="1" style="word-wrap: break-word; "><div style="direction: ltr; font-family: Tahoma; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 10pt; ">Dear Alll,<br>Several people have been affected by Hurricane Sandy and we have been receiving requests for an extension of the 31 October abstract deadline. The new deadline for submission has now been changed to 7th November (Wednesday 12 midnight GMT). We hope this will give everyone affected time to submit their abstracts- and that everyone is staying warm and dry!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>Warm Regards,<br>Robin<br><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; "><hr tabindex="-1"><div id="divRpF245996" style="direction: ltr; "><font color="#000000" face="Tahoma" size="2"><b>From:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Thompson, Robin<br><b>Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Monday, October 22, 2012 12:13 PM<br><b>To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:sentproc@lists.qc.cuny.edu">sentproc@lists.qc.cuny.edu</a><br><b>Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Final Call: Theoretical Issues in Sign Language Research Conference (TISLR 11)<br></font><br></div><div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Helvetica; ">**Apologies for cross-posting**</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Tahoma; ">FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS (abstracts due in 31 October, 2012)</span></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Tahoma; ">Theoretical Issues in Sign Language Research Conference (TISLR 11)</span></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Tahoma; ">University College London, Deafness, Cognition and Language Research Centre</span></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Tahoma; ">10</span></b><b><sup><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Tahoma; ">th</span></sup></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Tahoma; "> - 13</span></b><b><sup><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Tahoma; ">th</span></sup></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Tahoma; "> July 2013</span></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Tahoma; "><a href="http://www.ucl.ac.uk/dcal/tislr/" target="_blank"><span style="color: rgb(0, 63, 159); ">http://www.ucl.ac.uk/dcal/tislr/</span></a></span></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Arial; ">TISLR 11 invites unpublished research from any theoretical perspective that addresses sign languages. Keynote presentations, organised sessions, and poster sessions will be included on such topics as:</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Arial; ">- phonetics and phonology of sign languages</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Arial; ">- prosody in sign languages</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Arial; ">- morphology of sign languages</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Arial; ">- syntax of sign languages</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Arial; ">- semantics and pragmatics of sign languages</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Arial; ">- the emergence of sign languages in a historical context</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Arial; ">- sign language acquisition in L1/L2 environments</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Arial; ">- sociolinguistic variation and change in sign languages</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Arial; ">- neurolinguistics/psycholinguistics of sign languages</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Arial; ">- sign language and artistic endeavours (including poetry and literature)</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Arial; ">- computational modelling, recognition and synthesis, of sign languages</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Arial; ">- sign language documentation/corpus linguistics of sign languages</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Arial; ">- the relationship between sign language and gesture</span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Arial; "> </span></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Arial; ">The programme will be single-track (no parallel sessions); there will be 48 paper presentations and up to 120 posters.</span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Arial; "> </span></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Arial; ">KEYNOTE SPEAKERS</span></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Arial; ">Peter Hauser (Rochester Institute of Technology, National Technical Institute for the Deaf)</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Arial; ">Lars Wallin (Department of Linguistics, Stockholm University)</span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Arial; "> </span></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Arial; ">SUBMISSION OF PAPERS</span></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Arial; ">Prospective authors are invited to submit an abstract, up to 500 words (+ 1 optional page of references, examples, and/or figures if necessary) by <b>31</b></span><b><sup><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; ">st</span></sup></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Arial; "> October 2012, 11:59pm, UK time</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Arial; ">. Notification will occur by <b>19</b></span><b><sup><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; ">th</span></sup></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Arial; "> December 2012</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Arial; ">. All abstracts will be handled and reviewed electronically via Easy Chair (for link and further instructions for submission, see <a href="http://www.ucl.ac.uk/dcal/tislr/callforpapers" target="_blank"><span style="color: rgb(0, 63, 159); ">http://www.ucl.ac.uk/dcal/tislr/callforpapers</span></a>). Note that you will need to set up an Easy Chair account (if you do not already have one) before you login for your submission. Make sure you allow time for this.</span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Arial; "> </span></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Arial; ">When completing the submission form on Easy Chair, you will see a space which asks for an abstract to be typed in. This is not the place for your full abstract! In this field, please enter a short statement (no more than 50 words) summarising your paper. Further down the page you will upload your full abstract as an attachment (as a .pdf, .doc or .docx). Make sure your attachment is fully anonymised, i.e. no names or affiliations or other identifying information about authors should be included in the document itself, in the filename, or in the document properties (properties are accessible via the File menu in MS Word). Before uploading, please ensure that all special characters display properly. You should receive confirmation of submission of your paper from Easy Chair immediately after submission by email; if you have not, please bear in mind that any emails received might be found in your spam folder.</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Arial; ">NOTE: To facilitate interpreter planning, <b><u>please indicate AFTER THE TITLE</u></b> of your paper (in your pdf, doc, or docx attachment) <b><u>which language you will present in</u></b> if your abstract is accepted: BSL; ASL; English; other sign language.</span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Arial; "> </span></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Arial; ">The submission form in Easy Chair also asks you:</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -36pt; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Arial; "><span>•<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Arial; ">whether you prefer a presentation/paper or a poster (note that the final decision will be taken by the programme committee)</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -36pt; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Arial; "><span>•<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Arial; ">whether you want to be considered for best early career submission prize (you are eligible to be considered if you are a student or within 3 years of earning your PhD, and are first author on the submitted abstract)</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -36pt; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Arial; "><span>•<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Arial; ">which of the conference topic(s) your paper relates to (NOTE: to facilitate the review process, <b><u>make sure you select at least one topic</u></b><u> </u>though you may select more than one)</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -36pt; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Arial; "><span>•<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Arial; ">any keywords that do not appear in the topics list that may facilitate the review process</span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Arial; "> </span></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Arial; ">Abstracts should include a clear statement of the theoretical issue to be addressed, the research methodology to be presented, and a concise summary of the findings/conclusion. Work must be unpublished at time of presentation. Maximum of 3 submissions per author, either as single author or joint co-author.</span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Arial; "> </span></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Arial; ">VENUE AND LANGUAGE INFORMATION</span></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Arial; ">UCL is located in central London, within easy reach of Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted, Luton and London City airports. This conference will provide interpreters working between English, British Sign Language (BSL), and American Sign Language (ASL). A<span style="color: rgb(32, 31, 31); ">ccess to spoken English will also be provided by speech-to-text reporting.</span> Authors wishing interpretation to or from sign languages other than BSL or ASL are kindly encouraged to bring their interpreters and requested to contact the interpreter coordinator to make further arrangements. Authors are encouraged take advantage of the 'direct communication' policy, which promotes the use of a signed language in making presentations. A group of advisors will be available to assist presenters who would like help in preparing their talk in a sign language.</span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Arial; "> </span></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Arial; ">For further information go to: <a href="http://www.ucl.ac.uk/dcal/tislr/" target="_blank"><span style="color: rgb(0, 63, 159); ">http://www.ucl.ac.uk/dcal/tislr/</span></a></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Arial; "> </span></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Arial; ">IMPORTANT DATES</span></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Arial; ">Registration opens: 1st October 2012</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Arial; ">Abstract submission deadline: 31</span><sup><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; ">st</span></sup><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Arial; "> October 2012</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Arial; ">Notification of acceptance: 19</span><sup><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; ">th</span></sup><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Arial; "> December 2012</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Arial; ">Author confirmation deadline: 18</span><sup><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; ">th</span></sup><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Arial; "> January 2013</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Arial; ">Early bird registration deadline: 4</span><sup><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; ">th</span></sup><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Arial; "> March 2013</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Arial; ">Author registration deadline: 5</span><sup><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; ">th</span></sup><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Arial; "> April 2013</span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span style="font-family: Arial; "> </span> </p><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; "><div><div><div>Robin Thompson, Ph.D.</div><div>Senior Research Fellow</div><div>Deafness, Cognition and Language Research Centre (DCAL)</div><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Cognitive, Perceptual and Brain Sciences Research Department</div></div><div>University College London</div><div>49 Gordon Square, London, WC1H 0PD</div><div>Web: <a href="http://www.dcal.ucl.ac.uk/team/robin_thompson.html" target="_blank">http://www.dcal.ucl.ac.uk/team/robin_thompson.html</a></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Telephone: (+44) 20 76798687</div></div></div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; "><div><br></div></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; "><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; "><div><br></div></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div><br></div></div></div></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>