Fwd: SULA 8 Call for papers

[James Crippen]

I didn’t remember to forward this to Athapbasckan-L when it came out,
so it’s a bit late. But UBC is hosting SULA in 2014 and there will be
a special session on the semantics of Na-Dene languages. There will be
several talks about semantic issues in Tlingit coming out of the
year-long Tlingit research project here at UBC. In addition to talks
by me and Seth Cable about Tlingit there will be talks by
Elizabeth-Bogal Allbritten and Keren Rice, presumably involving Navajo
and Slave respectively.

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From: Vander Klok, Jozina <jozina.vander at ubc.ca>
Date: Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 9:13 AM
Subject: SULA 8 Call for papers
To: "ling-dept at interchange.ubc.ca" <ling-dept at interchange.ubc.ca>


SULA 8 Call for papers. Please circulate.


Meeting Description:

Semantics of Under-Represented Languages in the Americas (SULA) 8 will
be held at the University of British Columbia, 16-18 May 2014. The
goal of the conference is to bring together researchers working on
languages or dialects spoken in the Americas which do not have an
established tradition of work in formal semantics. We especially
encourage abstract submissions from those whose work involves primary
fieldwork or experimentation as well as analysis. We strongly
encourage the participation of graduate students.

There will be two special sessions this year:

(1) Na-Dene Languages

(2) Pragmatics and Information Structure.


Invited Speakers:

Elizabeth Bogal-Allbritten (University of Massachusetts, Amherst)

Seth Cable (University of Massachusetts, Amherst)

James Crippen (UBC)

Kathryn Davidson (Yale University)

Pat Littell (UBC, University of Potsdam)

Andrew McKenzie (University of Kansas)

Keren Rice (University of Toronto)

Luciana Sanchez-Mendes (Universidade de São Paulo)



Call for Papers:
We invite submissions of abstracts for papers (25-minute presentation
plus 10-minute discussion) or posters on any topic in the semantics of
under-represented languages of the Americas. As in previous years,
sessions will include a discussion period at the end with
commentators.

The abstract submission deadline is 6 January 2014, 11:59pm PST. We
expect to make notifications of acceptance in late February.

Instructions for Abstract Submission:

Abstracts must be at most two pages long, including data and
references, on letter-size or A4 paper with 1 inch margins on all
sides and at least 11 point font. Abstracts should have a clear title
and should be anonymous. The abstract must be submitted electronically
in PDF format.

The address for abstract submission is:

sula8.ubc at gmail.com


When you submit your abstract, please indicate in your email whether
you would like your abstract to be considered for a talk, a poster, or
both. Submissions are limited to 1 individual and 1 joint abstract per
author, or 2 joint abstracts per author.

Important Dates:

Submission deadline: 6 January 2014, 11:59pm PST
Notification of acceptance: 1 March 2014
Conference date: 16-18 May 2014

Contact Information:

sula8.ubc at gmail.com