Call for papers: 3rd International Symposium on Bilingualism -- DEADLINE 1 OCTOBER

[Scott McGinnis]

> CALL for papers: deadline 1 October 2000
> Third International Symposium on Bilingualism (ISB3)
> 18-20 April 2001
> Local Organisers/venue
> Centre for European Studies (CES), Faculty of Languages and European
Studies (LES)
> University of the West of England, Bristol
>
> ACADEMIC ORGANISING COMMITTEE
>
> Professor Colin Baker (Wales/Bangor), Kate Beeching (UWE),
> Felix Bihlmeier (UWE), Dr Helmut Daller (UWE),
> Dr Margaret Deuchar (Wales/Bangor), Professor Ullrich Kockel (UWE), Dr
Nicholas Miller (Newcastle),
> Professor Li Wei (Newcastle), Dr Stephen May (Bristol),
> Dr Susan Price (UWE), Professor Michael Scriven (UWE),
> Professor Gisela Shaw (UWE), Dr Jeanine Treffers-Daller
> (UWE)
>
> KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
>
> Professor Jim Cummins (Toronto)
> Dr Ton Dijkstra (Nijmegen)
> Professor Nancy Hornberger (Pennsylvania)
> Professor Juergen Meisel (Hamburg)
> Professor Suzanne Romaine (Oxford)
>
> CALL FOR PAPERS
>
> The conference organisers welcome papers from Theoretical, Sociolinguistic
and Psycholinguistic
> approaches to Bilingualism, for example on issues such as the following:
>
> · Language Minorities and Minority Languages
> · Language Contact
> · Code-switching
> · Bilingual First Language Acquisition
> · Bilingual Cognitive Processing
> · Language Policy
> · Trilingualism
> · Language Maintenance, Language Shift
> · Intercultural Communication
> · Elite Bilingualism
> · Creole Linguistics
> · Endangered Languages
>
> Deadline: 1 October 2000
> Abstracts can be submitted as part of a colloquium (2-4
> hour slot of papers around a topic), or individually for
> parallel sessions or posters.
> Due to the large number of contributions anticipated, the organisers may
> decide to accept a relatively high proportion of papers as
> posters.
> The criteria for selection will be: originality,
> significance to the development of the field, lucidity.
> Please see How to Submit Proposals section for further
> details. All submissions will be reviewed anonymously by
> members of the committee during September and October 2000.
>
> HOW TO SUBMIT PROPOSALS
> Abstracts are welcomed for oral presentation (20 mins + 10 mins
discussion) or poster presentation.
> Please send 4 hard copies, one of which contains your name
> and address, as well as an electronic version (Rich Text
> Format) on a PC formatted disk, of the abstract to the
> address given below.
> Please ensure that you save your work in a format readable
> by a Windows based PC. We are unable to read Apple
> Macintosh formatted disks or files.
>
> Please do NOT send abstracts by email or fax.
>
> Format of Abstracts
> Font: 12 pts Roman
> Title: centred and bold
> Author(s): under the title, with affiliation in parentheses
>
> Please provide full address details, email on a separate page.
>
> PLEASE NOTE: Papers need not be related to a colloquium.
> Papers can relate to any topic as specified under the call
> for papers. There is room for many individual papers in
> special paper sessions, unrelated to the colloquia.
>
> Notification of acceptance
> The Academic Committee will study the abstracts in October 2000
> and authors will be notified at the beginning of November 2000.
>
> SCHOLARSHIPS
> A limited number of scholarships are available, on a
> competitive basis, for PhD students whose papers are
> accepted at ISB3. Scholarships will cover registration
> only. Travel and accommodation costs are not covered.
> Please see How to Submit Proposals.
> If you wish to apply for a scholarship please enclose a supporting letter
indicating this and a
> letter from your institution confirming your student
> status.  Applications must be received by 1 October 2000.
>
> All further information (about Colloquia, Registration and
> Accommodation) can be obtained from the website.
> http://www.uwe.ac.uk/facults/les/research/bilingual/frames.html
> email: ISBERG at uwe.ac.uk
>
> Address:
> Third International Symposium on Bilingualism (ISB3)
> University of the West of England
> Faculty of Languages and European Studies
> Coldharbour Lane
> Bristol BS16 1QY
> Great Britain
>