Call for papers for Austronesian conference

Tue Apr 4 13:19:10 UTC 2006

Date: Tues, 4 April 2006

From: Bill Palmer <bill.palmer at surrey.ac.uk>

Subject: Conference on Austronesian Languages & Linguistics.

2nd CIRCULAR & CALL FOR PAPERS

Conference title: 2nd Conference on Austronesian Languages & Linguistics (ALL2).

Dates: 2 June 2006 to 3 June 2006

Location: St Catherine's College, Oxford

Contact Person: Bill Palmer

Meeting Email: bill.palmer at surrey.ac.uk

Note Meeting Website: www.surrey.ac.uk/lcts/bill.palmer/UKARG_site/2006_conf/call.htm

MEETING DESCRIPTION

ALL2 is a two day conference on all aspects of language and linguistics in the Austronesian speaking world, organized by the UK Austronesian Research Group (UKARG).

CALL FOR PAPERS

*Note slightly later deadline for abstracts: Friday 28 April*

Following the success of our 2005 meeting on Austronesian Languages and Linguistics, UKARG is pleased to announce the 2nd Conference on Austronesian Languages and Linguistics (ALL2), to be held on Friday 2 June and Saturday 3 June at St Catherine's College, Oxford. Last year's conference was attended by researchers from the UK, Europe, and Australia. We are now pleased to invite all researchers working on Austronesian languages to participate in this year's conference.

Researchers working in any area of Austronesian linguistics are invited to present their research. We welcome contributions relating to any aspect of Austronesian from any perspective, including:

?    formal theoretical issues;

?    typology;

?    descriptive linguistics;

?    documentary linguistics and language endangerment;

?    historical linguistics;

?    lexicology;

?    discourse.

Papers will be thirty minutes in length plus ten minutes for discussion. Submissions should be made by email (subject: ALL2 abstract) to bill.palmer at surrey.ac.uk, and should include:

?    title of the paper;

?    name, affiliation, email address, snail address and telephone numbers of the author(s);

?    a short abstract (max. 400 words)

REGISTRATION

Registration for ALL2 is free of charge. Pre-registration is not essential but is requested to assist with planning. Please register by emailing bill.palmer at surrey.ac.uk (subject: ALL2 registration) by Friday 19 May. 

CONFERENCE VENUE

ALL2 will be held at St Catherine's College, Oxford. St Catz is located in Manor Road, Oxford, OX1 3UJ, United Kingdom. The College website www.stcatz.ox.ac.uk <http://www.stcatz.ox.ac.uk/>  provides details of its location, and of how to get to Oxford and to the College itself.

Please note that ALL2 is not a residential conference, and participants will need to arrange accommodation elsewhere in Oxford. General information about Oxford, including listings of accommodation, can be found at Oxford's official visitor website: www.oxfordcity.co.uk <http://www.oxfordcity.co.uk/> .

INQUIRIES

Inquiries may be directed to the conference organiser Bill Palmer at bill.palmer at surrey.ac.uk, or directed to:

Dr Bill Palmer

Research Fellow

Surrey Morphology Group

CMC, University of Surrey

Guildford

Surrey GU2 7XH

UK

+44 (0)1483 68 2845

bill.palmer at surrey.ac.uk

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