[EDLING:1785] CFP: ICLaVE 4

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Full Title: The International Conference on Language Variation in Europe 4
Short Title: ICLaVE 4

Date: 17-Jun-2007 - 19-Jun-2007
Location: Nicosia, Cyprus
Contact Person: Pavlos Pavlou
Meeting Email: < click here to access email >
Web Site: http://www.ucy.ac.cy/~iclave4

Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics; Sociolinguistics

Call Deadline: 30-Nov-2006

Meeting Description:

The International Conference on Language Variation in Europe (ICLaVE) is 
a biannual meeting addressing any aspect of linguistic variation 
observed in languages spoken in present-day Europe. The conference is 
intended to provide a platform for every scholar interested in issues 
related to this topic, be it as a historical linguist, a sociolinguist, 
a specialist in grammatical theory, a dialectologist, a psycholinguist 
or from any other point of view.

ICLaVE 4
4th International Conference on Language Variation in Europe
University of Cyprus
17-19 June, 2007

The University of Cyprus is hosting the 4th International Conference on 
Language Variation in Europe (ICLaVE 2007) from 17 to 19 June 2007 in 
Nicosia, Cyprus.

ICLaVE is one of the most important conferences for research in the area 
of language variation in Europe. It aims to bring together specialists 
in European languages/languages spoken in Europe with the purpose of 
discussing methodological and theoretical issues in the study of 
language variation and change. Scholars in any area of linguistics, such 
as historical linguistics, psycholinguistics, dialectology, 
sociolinguistics etc., are invited to submit proposals for a poster or 
paper presentation or a workshop.

Abstract/poster submission:
We invite abstracts for paper (20-minute presentation + 10-minute 
discussion) and poster presentations in all areas of language variation 
in European languages and languages spoken in Europe.

Participants wishing to present a paper or a poster should send an 
anonymous copy with the title of their paper/poster and an abstract of 
350 words maximum, including references. Please send your contact 
information (name, affiliation and a contact address) in a separate 
file, and clearly state which kind of presentation you prefer.

Authors should use Times New Roman 12pt, 1.5 space. All proposals should 
be in English. Abstracts should be submitted as Word or RTF documents by 
e-mail to iclave4ucy.ac.cy (preferably) or by surface mail to ICLaVE4, 
Pavlos Pavlou, University of Cyprus, P.O. Box 20537, CY-1678 Nicosia, by 
November 30th 2006. Please use the following name format for your file: 
[ surname of major author]Iclave4, e.g. SmithIclave4 ].

Workshop proposals:
The organizing committee invites workshop proposals on specific topics 
related to the general theme of the conference. We have defined three 
broad areas for workshops: (a) intonational/prosodic variation, (b) 
delineating dialect continua (c) lexical variation and its consequences 
for phonology, morphology or syntax

Proposals for workshops in other areas are also welcomed. Workshops are 
to be organized as two to four-hour sessions on a specific topic with 4 
to 8 20-minute papers and time for discussion. In their proposal, 
workshop organizers should briefly describe the workshop topic and give 
the names, affiliation and e-mail addresses of presenters, as well as 
the abstracts of individual papers.

Proposals for workshops should be 2 pages long (maximum) and should 
reach the organizing committee by October 30th 2006. Authors should use 
Times New Roman 12pt, 1.5 space. All proposals should be in English. 
Abstracts should be submitted as Word or RTF documents by e-mail to 
iclave4ucy.ac.cy (preferably) or by surface mail at ICLaVE4, Pavlos 
Pavlou, University of Cyprus, P.O. Box 20537, CY-1678 Nicosia.

Important dates:
Please note that the deadlines for workshop proposals and the deadlines 
for paper/poster presentations are different.
Deadline for workshop proposals: October 30th
Notification of acceptance: December 30th
Deadline for paper/poster abstracts: November 30th
Notification of acceptance: February 1st

Scientific Committee:
Peter Auer (University of Freiburg)
Frans Hinskens (Meertens Instituut & Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
Paul Kerswill (Lancaster University)
Inge Lise Pedersen (University of Copenhagen)
Mats Thelander (University of Uppsala)
M. Teresa Turell (University Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona)
Local committee (University of Cyprus)
Pavlos Pavlou, Department of English Language and Literature, 
pavlospucy.ac.cy
Marilena Karyolemou, Department of Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies, 
makarucy.ac.cy
Andreas Papapavlou, Department of English Language and Literature, 
andreaspucy.ac.cy
Stavroula Tsiplakou, Department of Education, stavucy.ac.cy
Elisabet Sivas, Department of Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies, 
elsivashotmail.com
Keynote speakers
Aggeliki Malikouti-Drachman, University of Salzburg
Brian Joseph, Ohio State University
Peter Trudgill, University of Fribourg

For questions or requests for information please contact: iclave4ucy.ac.cy.
Conference URL: www.ucy.ac.cy/~iclave4