[Lexicog] DSNA Conference in Barbados Announcement

[The Centre for Caribbean Lexicography clexp@cavehill.uwi.edu [lexicographylist]]

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The 21st Biennial Dictionary Society of North America Conference will be held off the North American continent for the first time, in the Caribbean country of Barbados. Presentations on any aspect of lexicography and lexicology in any language are welcome. Those focussed on aspects of Caribbean lexicology and lexicography are particularly encouraged. All presenters of conference papers must be members of the DSNA. To join or renew membership, click here<http://www.dictionarysociety.com/paying-for-dsna-membership.html>. The program will begin with presentations on the morning of Friday, June 9 and will run through Sunday afternoon, June 11. There will be an optional excursion to tourist sites the following Monday, June 12.

Workshop proposals (including pedagogy sessions) should be between 800 and 1000 words, excluding references. Submission is via the email for the Richard & Jeannette Allsopp Centre for Caribbean Lexicography, clexp at cavehill.uwi.edu<mailto:clexp at cavehill.uwi.edu>.

Abstracts are invited of a length between 300 and 500 words, excluding references. Submission of abstracts is via EasyAbs.<http://linguistlist.org/easyabs/DSNA21> Please refrain from any self-identifying references in your abstract

Workshop submission<mailto:clexp at cavehill.uwi.edu> is open from 1 Oct 2016 to 20 Nov 2016.
Abstract submission<http://linguistlist.org/easyabs/DSNA21> is open from 1 Oct 2016 to 20 Dec 2016.
Presenters will be notified by 15 Feb 2017 of their acceptance.

Date:
Friday, June 9, 2017 to Sunday, June 11, 2017

Location:
Accra Beach Hotel
Rockley
Barbados


Information about the host institution:

The Richard & Jeannette Allsopp Centre for Caribbean Lexicography is a research centre dedicated to the study and production of Caribbean dictionaries. It is housed within the Department of Language, Linguistics and Literature in the Faculty of Humanities and Education at the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus.

Information about the sponsor:

The Dictionary Society of North America promotes the development, practice, and study of lexicography, and the use, compilation, curation, marketing, maintenance, and scholarly examination of dictionaries and related reference works. It provides forums for discussion and dissemination of information on all of these topics, including a peer-reviewed journal, a newsletter, a blog, and biennial meetings. The DSNA was formed in 1975 to bring together people interested in dictionary making, study, collection, and use. Our more than 400 members who live in 40 countries around the world include people working on dictionaries, academics who engage in research and writing about dictionaries, dictionary collectors, librarians, booksellers, translators, linguists, publishers, writers, collectors, journalists, and people with an avocational interest in dictionaries. The only requirement for membership is an expression of interest in language, in words, dictionaries and lexicography, or any combination of these.
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