forward: final call for papers: Conference on Language, Interaction, and Culture

[Mary Bucholtz]

*ABSTRACTS DUE TOMORROW, MARCH 3, 2006*
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CALL FOR PAPERS

12th Annual 
Conference on Language, Interaction and Culture

Thursday, May 25 - Saturday, May 27, 2006
University of California, Los Angeles

Presented by

The Center for Language, Interaction and Culture Graduate Student 
Association 
at the University of California, Los Angeles
and
The Language, Interaction and Social Organization Graduate Student 
Association 
at the University of California, Santa Barbara

Plenary Speakers

Mary Bucholtz 
University of California, Santa Barbara

John Lucy 
University of Chicago

Geoff Raymond 
University of California, Santa Barbara

Bambi Schieffelin 
New York University

Submissions should address topics at the intersection of language, 
interaction, and culture and would preferably be based on recorded, 
naturally-occurring interaction. We welcome abstracts from graduate 
students and faculty.  Speakers will have 20 minutes for presentation and 
10 minutes for discussion. A subset of papers presented at the conference 
will be published in the conference proceedings, Crossroads in Language, 
Interaction, and Culture.  

Abstracts are due no later than Friday, March 3, 2006 by electronic 
submission only.
Please see submission guidelines below and the CLIC GSA webpage at 
www.humnet.ucla.edu/humnet/al/clic for more information.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES 

This year we are only accepting submissions electronically through our 
website. Please go to 
http://www.humnet.ucla.edu/humnet/al/clic/abstractsubmit.htm to submit your 
abstract.

When accessing the submissions webpage, be prepared to provide the 
following information:  
 Name(s) of author(s) 
Affiliation(s) of author(s)
The preferred address, phone number, and email address for notification
The title of the paper  
A note indicating your equipment requirements
An abstract of no more than 500 words
Any additional comments 

In your abstract, clearly state the main point or argument of the paper.  
Briefly discuss the problem or research question in reference to previous 
research and the work’s relevance to developments in your field. You may 
include a short example to support your main point or argument. Be sure to 
state your conclusions, however tentative. 

Please write your abstract in language accessible to a wide audience. 
Abstracts will be anonymously reviewed by scholars from a variety of fields 
including (but not limited to) anthropology, applied linguistics and 
sociology. Papers will be accepted based on reviewers’ evaluations of these 
anonymous abstracts.

This year we will also accept submissions for panel presentations.  Such 
presentations are to be submitted under the same guidelines as paper 
presentations, mentioned above.  In the “additional comments” section at 
the end of the submission form, please note your are submitting a panel 
presentation and any additional information you would like to include.

Deadline for the receipt of abstracts is Friday, March 3, 2006. Late 
submissions will not be accepted. Notification of selection decisions will 
be sent via email in March 2006.


Center for Language, Interaction and Culture, Graduate Student Association
University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Applied Linguistics 
P.O. BOX 951531 3300 Rolfe Hall, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1531
clicgsa at humnet.ucla.edu 


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Mary Bucholtz, Associate Professor
Department of Linguistics
3607 South Hall
University of California
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-3100
phone: (805) 893-5415
fax: (805) 893-7769
http://www.linguistics.ucsb.edu/faculty/bucholtz/
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