CFP: Free Linguistics Conference 2008

[Francis Hult]

http://escholarship.library.usyd.edu.au/conferences/index.php/FLC/index/index

 

Free Linguistics Conference 2008

 

Free Linguistics Conference
Department of Linguistics
University of Sydney
NSW 2006
Camperdown, AU 

 

October 11, 2008 - October 12, 2008

 

The aim of this conference is to provide scholars, researchers, postgraduate and undergraduate students with current research issues from all fields of linguistics & TESOL in an open and widely accessible forum.

The main feature that distinguishes this conference is its focus on freedom:
- freedom from linguistic subfield divisions,
- freedom from an established and rigid theme for presentations, and
- freedom from fees

Confirmed focus speakers:
Linda Barwick
Liz Ellis 
M.A.K. Halliday
Ruqaiya Hassan
Trevor Johnston 

We are currently corresponding with other focus speakers and will announce their names once they have accepted our invitation.

For enquiries, please contact Ahmar Mahboob and Naomi Knight at freeling at arts.usyd.edu.au

 

Authors are invited to submit abstracts for papers, colloquia, poster presentations, or hot topics.

- Colloquia (abstract max of 250 words): Colloquia will be 90 minutes in length. Their internal structure is up to their organizers, but sufficient time for discussion is encouraged.

- Single papers (abstract max of 250 words): Papers will be 40 minutes in length, with 30 minutes for presentation, 10 minutes for questions/discussion.

- Hot topics (abstract max of 250 words): Hot topic talks will be 20 minutes in length, with 10 minutes for the talk and 10 minutes for Q&A/discussion. We especially welcome proposals in this category from young researchers/students with new and challenging ideas.

- Poster presentations (abstract max of 250 words): Poster presentations will be given in groups with a 30-minute allotment per session. This format may suit young researchers who want to present their work in a less formal format.

Abstracts are invited from any linguistic (and TESOL) sub-fields, and presenters may choose from the following strands:

Aboriginal Languages, Cognitive Linguistics, Computational Linguistics, Corpus Linguistics, Critical Applied Linguistics, Discourse Analysis, First Language Acquisition, Forensic Linguistics, Language & Culture, Language in Education, Language Policy & Planning, Languages Other Than English (LOTE), Multilingualism, Natural Language Processing, Pragmatics, Psycholinguistics, Second/Additional Language Acquisition, Sociolinguistics, Systemic Functional Linguistics, TESOL, Translation, Interpretation, Other.

 

Submissions closed:      August 10, 2008 

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