Call for Papers -- Toulouse Conference on Copntemporary English

[Miklós Kontra]

Aha, thanks. One of the organizers, Gabor Turcsan, has a Hungarian name.
"Gábor" is a male first name/Christian name, and your (in)famous
Zsazsa's family name.

RonButters at AOL.COM írta:

>I attended the first of these conferences two years ago, and it was great!
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> 2nd International Conference on the Linguistics of Contemporary English
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>Second call for papers
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>2nd - 4th July 2007
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>Toulouse, France
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>Website: http://iclce.toulouse.free.fr
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>Call for papers deadline: 30th January 2007
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>INVITED SPEAKERS
>* Jack Chambers (University of Toronto)
>* Heinz Giegerich (University of Edinburgh)
>* Carlos Gussenhoven (Queen Mary, University of London)
>* Geoffrey K. Pullum (University of California, Santa Cruz)
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>CONFERENCE DESCRIPTION
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>The attention devoted to the linguistic phenomenon (or phenomena) known
>as English has resulted in a broad body of work in diverse research
>traditions, illustrating both the individual characteristics of the
>many Englishes, and the contributions that an understanding of these
>linguistic systems can make to our general knowledge of the human
>language faculty.
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>Our aims are (i) to encourage the cross-fertilisation of ideas between
>different frameworks and research traditions, all of which address the
>linguistics of English, and, furthermore, (ii) to promote discussion
>among researchers interested in linguistic theories (phonologists,
>syntacticians, variationists etc.) regarding what we mean when we use
>the word 'English' to describe the linguistic phenomena which we work
>to explain.
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>This conference aims, therefore, to provide a platform for work which
>deals with any aspect of the structure of contemporary varieties of
>English, in terms of their phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics
>etc., in any way which aims to be explanatory. Work on any variety (or
>number of varieties) is welcome, including variationist work which
>engages with issues of linguistic structure. We do not envisage this
>including work which is purely historical, but work which brings in
>diachrony in order to explain the structure of Present-Day English is
>certainly welcome.
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>ABSTRACT SUBMISSION
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>Abstracts are welcome on any area of the structure of contemporary
>varieties of English: phonology, phonetics, morphology, syntax,
>semantics, discourse, pragmatics, sociolinguistics, dialectology, etc.
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>Abstracts should be no longer than one side of A4, with 2.5cm margins,
>single-spaced, with a font size no smaller than 12, and with normal
>character spacing. All examples and references in the abstract should
>be included on the one single page, but it is enough, when referring to
>previous work, to cite "Author (Date)" in the body of the abstract -
>you do not need to include the full reference.
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>Please send two copies of your abstract - one of these should be
>anonymous and one should include your name, affiliation and email at
>the top of the page, directly below the title. All abstracts will be
>reviewed anonymously by members of the organising committee and
>advisory board. The named file should be camera-ready, as it will be
>used in the abstracts booklet if the proposal is accepted.
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>Abstracts must be in pdf file format and should be submitted by email
>to Lidia Philippe (iclce.toulouse at free.fr) with copy to Jacques Durand
>(jacques.durand at univ-tlse2.fr).
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>To favour the presentation of work in progress, we plan to run a poster
>session for postgraduates only. Postgraduates interested in this
>possibility should send a proposal to Lidia Philippe
>(iclce.toulouse at free.fr). Please use the same format as for a paper
>submission (see above). If you want to submit the same abstract for a
>talk and a poster session, please indicate this in your email.
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>Time for papers: 30 minutes, plus 10 minutes for questions.
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>An overhead projector will, of course, be available, and we will
>provide powerpoint facilities, if you notify us in advance. If you need
>other technical equipment, please say so in the message accompanying
>your abstract and we will do our best to provide it, although this
>cannot be guaranteed.
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>Deadline for abstracts: 30th January 2007
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>Scientific Management Board:
>Philip Carr (main organiser, CELA, Montpellier III)
>Jacques Durand (main organiser, ERSS, CNRS & Toulouse II)
>Bas Aarts (UCL London)
>Patrick Honeybone (University of Edinburgh)
>Devyani Sharma (King's College London)
>Graeme Trousdale (University of Edinburgh)
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Miklós Kontra
Research Institute for Linguistics
Hungarian Academy of Sciences
H-1068 Budapest,
Benczúr u. 33., Hungary
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Fax: (36 1) 322-9297
Email: kontra at nytud.hu
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