CFP: 11th New Zealand Language and Society Conference

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11th New Zealand Language and Society Conference

Date: 17-Nov-2008 - 18-Nov-2008
Location: Dunedin, New Zealand
Contact Person: Anne Feryok

Web Site: http://www.otago.ac.nz/linguistics/ling%20conferences/index.html

Call Deadline: 01-Aug-2008

Meeting Description:

The 11th New Zealand Language and Society Conference is a biennial
conference of the Linguistics Society of New Zealand.

Call for Papers

We welcome submissions to the 11th New Zealand Language and Society
Conference on all aspects of sociolinguistics, including (but not
limited to) language and dialect contact, language variation and
change, language policy and planning, language maintenance and shift,
bilingualism and multilingualism, social influences on language choice
and language use, speech functions and discourse analysis, language
style and register, language and identity, and language attitudes.
Past conferences have included presenters working in theoretical
linguistics, applied linguistics, languages and cultures, psychology,
education, medicine and health sciences, and others.

Papers presented in the general sessions will be 20 minutes, plus 10
minutes for questions. We particularly encourage student submissions,
including presentations of work in progress. There will be a dedicated
student session, with papers that are 15 minutes, plus 5 minutes for
questions. Abstracts should be emailed by 1 August 2008 to
anne.feryokotago.ac.nz .

The abstract should be no longer than 300 words, and should be sent as
a Word attachment.

In the body of your email please list:
- The title of the abstract
- The names and contact details of the author(s)
- Whether you are submitting to the general session or the student session.
- What equipment you require for your presentation (data projector,
overhead projector, etc)

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