Call for Proposals: Fourth International Symposium on Bilingualism, Arizona State University, April 30-May 3, 2003 (fwd)

[Harold F. Schiffman]

FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT (forward)

The 4th International Symposium on Bilingualism, Arizona State University
April 30-May 3, 2003

Arizona State University will host the 4th International Symposium on
Bilingualism (ISB4) from April 30 through May 3, 2003.  ISB welcomes
proposals concerning any aspect of research on bilingualism.  In previous
years, ISB1 and ISB2 were held at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne in
1997 and 1999. The third meeting was held at the University of the West of
England - Bristol in 2001.  In 2003, the event will take place in the
United States for the first time, at Arizona State University.

We are pleased to announce that keynote speakers for ISB4 will include Fred
Genesee, Loraine K. Obler, Bernard Spolsky, and Ana Celia Zentella.


Call for Proposals

The deadline to submit proposals is September 1, 2002.

The 4th International Symposium on Bilingualism invites proposals for
presentations in any aspect of research on bilingualism. In the past,
topics have included grammatical development in bilingual children,
sociolinguistic and grammatical studies of codeswitching, bilingual speech
processing, language impairments in bilinguals, sociolinguistic studies of
bilingual communities and migration, child/adult second language
acquisition, language policy and ideology, language shift, language
attrition/forgetting, and bilingualism in school settings.

Proposals regarding original, previously unpublished research on
bilingualism are invited in three formats: Colloquia, individual papers,
and posters.

Proposals for colloquia. Colloquia are collections of paper presentations
which relate to a narrowly defined topic of interest, and are offered in
either 2-hour or 3-hour time blocks. Proposals for colloquia are limited to
700 words, and should include brief summaries of each of the papers to be
included, along with paper titles and individual authors' names. Sufficient
detail should be provided to allow peer reviewers to judge the scientific
merit of the proposal. A chair for the session must also be identified. It
is the responsibility of the person submitting a proposal for a colloquium
to secure the permission and cooperation of all participants before the
proposal is submitted. Proposals for colloquia must indicate whether a
2-hour or 3-hour time block is requested. Typically, each paper
presentation within a colloquium should be scheduled for 30 minutes,
including time for discussion.

Proposals for individual papers or posters.  Please submit an abstract of
no more than 700 words.  The abstract should include enough detail to allow
reviewers to judge the scientific merits of the proposal. Abstracts for
paper/poster presentations will be double-blind peer-reviewed.

Authors will be asked to specify a format for the proposal at the time the
work is submitted.


How to submit proposals

Proposals may be submitted electronically at isb4.asu.edu. In cases where
electronic submission is not possible, accommodations may be made on an
individual basis; please inquire at isb4 at asu.edu (email) or write to 4th
International Symposium on Bilingualism, Arizona State University, PO Box
870211, Tempe, AZ 85287-0211, USA.


Proceedings

Accepted papers will be included in the Proceedings of the 4th
International Symposium on Bilingualism, to be published by Cascadilla
Press and distributed on CD ROM. All registered attendees will receive a
copy of the proceedings.


Further Information

Further details regarding ISB4 are available at the conference website, at
isb4.asu.edu. Please visit the website periodically for continuing updates.

If you are interested in receiving notices of new developments regarding
ISB4, you may like to subscribe to isb4com, an announcement-only listserv
that will be used by ISB4 staff and organizers to send out periodic
updates. To subscribe, visit lists.asu.edu/archives/isb4com.html and enter
your email address and full name.

Conference organizers can be reached by email at isb4 at asu.edu, by telephone
at (480) 727-6877, by fax at (480) 727-6875, or by surface mail at 4th
International Symposium on Bilingualism, Arizona State University, PO Box
870211, Tempe, AZ 85287-0211, USA.


Conference Staff

James Cohen, ISB4 Conference Coordinator
Anju Kuriakose, ISB4 Technology Developer


Organizing Committee

Jeff MacSwan, Chair, Arizona State University
Dawn Bates, Arizona State University
Holly Cashman, Arizona State University
Elly van Gelderen, Arizona State University
David Ingram, Arizona State University
Nicholas Miller, University of Newcastle upon Tyne
Melissa Greer Moyer, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona
Kellie Rolstad, Arizona State University
Jeanine Treffers-Daller, University of the West of England - Bristol
Li Wei, University of Newcastle upon Tyne




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