LACUS Forum 30 - Announcement and Call for Papers (fwd)

[Sydney Lamb]

(Apologies for multiple postings!)

Linguistic Association of Canada and the United States
Association de Linguistique du Canada et des Etats-Unis

THE THIRTIETH LACUS FORUM

University of Victoria, Victoria, B.C.

July 29 - August 2, 2003

Conference Theme: LANGUAGE, THOUGHT, AND REALITY

FEATURED SPEAKERS

        Penny Lee, University of Western Australia
        Gary Libben, University of Alberta
        Karen Rice, University of Toronto
        Angela Della Volpe, California State University,
                Fullerton, Presidential Address

CALL FOR PAPERS

While papers relating to the conference theme are especially
invited, abstracts are welcomed on all subjects in linguistics
and interdisciplinary areas involving language. The following
list of topics relating to the theme is intended as suggestive
rather than comprehensive:

LANGUAGE, THOUGHT, AND REALITY

1. Linguistic Relativity, including responses to recent work on
linguistic relativity (for example, Penny Lee, The Whorf Theory
Complex (Benjamins 1996), Gumperz and Levinson, Rethinking
Linguistic Relativity (Cambridge, 1996), Puetz and Verspoor,
Explorations in Linguistic Relativity (Benjamins, 2000)

2. Language and thought in indigenous societies

3. Neurocognitive perspectives on thought
        Cognitive styles
        Left-brain and right-brain thinking
        The neurological basis of thinking
        Thinking with and without language

4. Metaphor

5. Language and Culture

6. Translation

7. Semantic change

8. The real-world use of language

9. Real-world evidence in linguistics, including
   Experimental phonetics, Psychoacoustics,
   Psycholinguistics


GUIDELINES FOR ABSTRACTS

Papers accepted for the program will be scheduled for either 15
minutes or 25 minutes, with 5 minutes allowed for discussion.

Due Date for Abstracts: 15 January 2003

Maximum length: 400 words (not including references).
References should be limited to two or three (additional
references may be included on a separate page, but in that
case they will not appear in the meeting handbook.) Please
do not include tables or figures in the abstract.

Anonymity: The abstract should not identify the author(s).

What to Submit: Please submit abstracts only by e-mail.
Preferably, send the abstract as an e-mail attachment, in rich
text format (.rtf) or the equivalent.

Accompanying Information: In the body of your e-mail (not
part of the attachment) send the following information:
  1. Author's name(s) and affiliation(s).
  2. Title of paper.
  3. Presentation time desired -- 15 or 25 minutes.
  4. Audio-visual equipment required (beyond overhead
     projector).
  5. Eligibility for prize (if applicable -- see below).
  6. Name a topic (or two topics) to identify the area(s) in
which your paper lies. Choose a topic name from the list
above, or feel free to name another topic if you are
submitting an abstract that does not fit the conference
theme.

Where to Submit: David C. Bennett <db at soas.ac.uk>

Those without access to e-mail should send the abstract
and accompanying information via snail mail to:

David C. Bennett
Department of Linguistics
SOAS, University of London
Russell Square
London, WC1H 0XG
England

DESIRABLE PROPERTIES OF ABSTRACTS

Evaluators of abstracts will appreciate your attention to
these desiderata:
    Informative but brief title
    Clear statement of the problem or questions addressed
    Clear statement of the main point(s) or argument(s)
    Informative examples
    Clear indication of relevance to related work
    Avoidance of jargon and polemic
    References to literature (not included in 450-word limit)

ELIGIBILITY

   You do not have to be a member of LACUS to submit an
abstract. If your abstract is accepted, you must be a
member to present your paper at the meeting. Members
will automatically receive the publication resulting from
the conference.

SYMPOSIA, WORKSHOPS, TUTORIALS

Proposals for panels or special sessions or workshops or
tutorials are also welcome. Please contact David Bennett
<db at soas.ac.uk> or Syd Lamb (lamb at rice.edu) right away
with your ideas.

PRESIDENTS' PRIZES

Continuing a tradition started by the late Kenneth Pike, a
committee consisting of the President, the President-Elect,
and former Presidents of LACUS will select the winner of
the annual Presidents' Prize, with an award of $500, for 'the
best paper' by a junior scholar. For purposes of this prize,
'junior scholar' is defined as one who has had a doctoral
degree or its equivalent for less than five years.

The Presidents' Predoctoral prize, with an award of $100,
will be given for 'the best paper' by a student who has not
yet received a doctor's degree.

For purposes of these prizes, 'best paper' is defined as that
which in the judgement of the committee makes the most
important contribution to knowledge. Organization and
presentation and the quality of the abstract may also be
considered.

The prizes will be awarded at the annual banquet, to be
held at the end of the meeting, Saturday, August 3rd.

Only single-authored presentations will be considered for
prizes. A person who has won the same prize twice will no
longer be eligible.

Junior scholars and predoctoral scholars should identify
their status in the e-mail message sent in with the abstracts,
to indicate their eligibility for one of the prizes.

FINANCIAL AID

Thanks to the Ruth Brend Memorial Fund, limited assistance for
scholars coming from countries with weak currencies may be
available. For information contact the Conference Committee
Chair, David Bennett.

PUBLICATION

A panel of referees will select certain papers presented at
the meeting for publication, with appropriate revisions, in
LACUS Forum XXX.

VENUE

The University of Victoria is located in a picturesque setting
at the southern end of scenic Vancouver Island, British
Columbia. The URL for the University of Victoria is
http://www.uvic.ca

ACCOMMODATIONS

Low-cost housing will be available on campus, and
accommodations will also be available in nearby motels.
Watch the lacus web site (www.lacus.org) for further
information.

FURTHER INFORMATION

Updated conference information will be posted to the
LACUS website at approximately the beginning of every
month from now until July next. See http://www.lacus.org
or http://www.glendon.yorku.ca/lacus (mirror site)

Detailed information will be sent to all LACUS members
and to nonmember authors of accepted abstracts in March.

ADDRESS QUESTIONS about the conference program to
David C. Bennett <db at soas.ac.uk>

ADDRESS QUESTIONS about the University of Victoria to
Gordon Fulton <gdfulton at uvic.ca>

CONFERENCE COMMITTEE:

  David Bennett, SOAS, London, Chair
  Lilly Chen, Rice University
  Angela Della Volpe, California State University, Fullerton
  Gordon Fulton, University of Victoria
  Sydney Lamb, Rice University
  Lois Stanford, University of Alberta
  William Sullivan, Univ. of Florida and Univ. of Krakow