[lg policy] calls: XII International Symposium on Social Communication

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XII International Symposium on Social Communication

Full Title: XII International Symposium on Social Communication
Short Title: 12 ISSC

Date: 17-Jan-2011 - 21-Jan-2011
Location: Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
Contact Person: Leonel Ruiz Miyares
Meeting Email: 12sicscla.ciges.inf.cu

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Computational Linguistics; General
Linguistics

Call Deadline: 01-Jul-2010

Meeting Description:

Twelfth International Symposium on Social Communication
Centre for Applied Linguistics

Santiago de Cuba
January 17-21, 2011

The Centre for Applied Linguistics of the Santiago de Cuba's branch of the
Ministry of Science, Technology and the Environment, is pleased to announce the
Twelfth International Symposium on Social Communication dedicated to the 40
years of the Applied Linguistics research in Cuba. The event will be held
in Santiago de Cuba, January 17 through the 21, 2011.

This interdisciplinary event will focus on social communication processes
from the points of view of Linguistics, Computational Linguistics,
Medicine, Mass Media, and Art, Ethnology and Folklore.

Call for Papers

The Symposium will be also sponsored by:
- University of Oriente, Santiago de Cuba,Cuba
- Pedagogical University "Frank Pais Garcia" Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
- African Cultural Centre "Fernando Ortiz" Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
- Provincial Branch of Writers and Artists Association of Santiago de
Cuba, Cuba
- Provincial Branch of Translators of Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
- University of Twente Enschede, The Netherlands
- Basque Country University, Spain
- Semantic Technology Institute (STI), Innsbruck, Austria
- University of Franche-Comte, Besancon, France
- Centre of Lexicography Aarhus University, Denmark

Authors will be allowed to present only one paper pertaining to the following
disciplines:

1. Linguistics:
- Applied Linguistics
- Phonetics and Phonology
- Lexicology and Lexicography
- Quantitative Linguistics
- Morphology and Syntax
- Anthropology Linguistics or Ethnolinguistics
- Textual Linguistics and Pragmalinguistics
- Sociolinguistics
- Spanish and foreign language teaching
- Spanish as a second language
- Terminology
- Translations
- Linguistics Rights
- Linguistics Policy

2. Computational Linguistics:
- Software related to linguistics research
- Automated grammatical tagging of texts
- Electronic dictionaries
- Software related to the teaching of mother tongues and foreign languages
- Related issues

3. Medical specialties related to speech and voice and with Social
Communication in general:
- Logopedy and Phoniatry
- Neurology
- Otorhinolaryngology
- Stomatology

4. Mass Media:
- Linguistics research related to the speech of journalists, actors and
radio and television announcers
- Textual Analysis of radio and television programs, and of print and
electronic media articles

5. Art, Ethnology and Folklore:
- Research related to Social Communication

Activities that will take place within the event are:
- Pre-Symposium seminars
- Discussion of papers in commissions
- Keynote speeches
- Books presentation
- Cultural activities

Pre-Symposium Seminars
The Symposium will be preceded by two seminars that will be taught by
prestigious specialists. The seminars will take place on Monday,
January 17th, 2011.

The courses are the following:
"The Lexicography: data and information adapted to the user's needs"
Prof. Dr. Sven Tarp
Centre of Lexicography
Aarhus University, Denmark

"Evolution of the Computational Morphology: new posibilities"
Prof. Dr. Innaki Alegria Loinaz
Basque Country University
Basque Country, Spain

Participants should say in advance what pre-symposium seminars they want to
takepart in. An additional fee of 25.00 Cuban Convertible Pesos (CUC) will
be charged for each seminar. Participation certificates will be available.

Keynote Speeches
During the symposium several keynote speeches will be delivered. Now is
confirmed:

Prof. Dr. Sylviane Cardey-Greenfield
Centre de Recherche en Linguistique et Traitement
Automatique des Langues
Besançon, France

Paper Presentations
The deadline of submission of papers is July 1st, 2010. The papers should not
exceed 5 pages. Notification of acceptance of a paper by the Symposium's
Scientific Committee will be sent before July 31st, 2010.

Papers
To enable the Organizing Committee to include the Proceedings as part of the
Symposium's documentation -as we did in the 5th ('97), 6th ('99), 7th ('01),
8th ('03), 9th ('05), 10th ('07) and 11th ('09) Symposiums-, accepted papers
must be sent before August 31, 2010 if the Scientific Committee had done some
observations.

Requirements for Papers:
1. The paper will not exceed 5 pages including graphics, footnotes and
bibliography.

2. It should be written using Word 6.0 or Word 7.0 for Windows and sent to
the Symposium's Executive Secretary via e-mail as attached file.

3. Each page must be written in an A4 format with left, right, top, and bottom
margin of 2.5 cm.

4. The paper must be written in one of the event's official languages: Spanish,
English, French or Portuguese.

5. The pages of the text should be unnumered.

Instructions for Paper Submission:
1. Write down the authors' names, one under the other, at the left top of
the first page, all in Arial bold capital letters, 9 points (Word 6.0 or
7.0). Under the author's name(s) should appear in bold (only initials capital
letters) the
institution, city, country and e-mail address.

2. In a separate line, at the center, the title of the paper must be
written in Arial bold, italics, 10 points size letters.

3. The text will follow -not in bold- with the same Arial letter, 9 points
size and leaving one space between lines.

4. Paragraphs will have no indentation. Spaces between paragraphs will be
of 3 points.

5. Section titles will be written in Arial bold, 9 points size and
sub-sections titles will be written in Arial Italic, 8 points size.

6. Footnotes will appear at the end of each page in Arial 8 points size
letters.

Presentation time will be 15 minutes.

Authors must advise in advance if they will need a tape recorder, video
set, computer or other kind of equipment for presentation.

All mail or inquiries should be addressed to:
Prof. Dr. Eloina Miyares Bermudez
Executive Secretary of the Organizing Committee
12th International Symposium on Social Communication
Centre for Applied Linguistics
Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
Telephone: 53-22-646390
E-mail: 12sicscla.ciges.inf.cu

Official Languages: Spanish, English, French and Portuguese

Important Reminders
- Papers submission deadline: July 1st, 2010
- Notification on paper's approval by Scientific Committee: by July 31, 2010
- Delivery of papers by e-mail: August 31, 2010 (in case of the
observations done by the Scientific Committee)
- Pre-Symposium seminars: January 17, 2011
- 12th International Symposium on Social Communication: January 18 through
21, 2011

Scientific and Organizing Committee
Pedro Beaton Soler
Representative of the Ministry of
Science, Technology and the Environment
Santiago de Cuba
Cuba

Eloina Miyares Bermudez
Executive Secretary
12th International Symposium on Social Communication
Centre for Applied Linguistics
Santiago de Cuba
Cuba

Vitelio Ruiz Hernandez
Emeritus Academic
Academy of Science of Cuba
Centre for Applied Linguistics
Santiago de Cuba
Cuba

Leonel Ruiz Miyares
Director of Centre for Applied Linguistics
President of the Organizing Committee
12th International Symposium on Social Communication
Santiago de Cuba
Cuba

Nancy Cristina Alamo Suarez
Researcher
Centre for Applied Linguistics
Santiago de Cuba
Cuba

Celia Maria Perez Marques
Researcher
Centre for Applied Linguistics
Santiago de Cuba
Cuba

Alex Munnoz Alvarado
Investigador
Centro de Linguistica Aplicada
Santiago de Cuba
Cuba

Anton Nijholt
Professor and Researcher
Twente University
Enschede, Holland

Innaki Alegría Loinaz
Professor and Researcher
Basque Country University
Spain

Xabier Artola Zubillaga
Professor and Researcher
Basque Country University
Spain

Arantza Diaz de Ilarraza
Professor and Researcher
Basque Country University
Spain

Xabier Arregi Iparragirre
Professor and Researcher
Basque Country University
Spain

Gloria Corpas Pastor
Professor and Researcher
University of Malaga
Malaga, Spain

Mercedes Cathcart Roca
Professor and Researcher
Faculty of Humanities
University of Oriente
Santiago de Cuba, Cuba

Martha Cordies Jackson
Director and Researcher
African Cultural Centre "Fernando Ortiz"
Santiago de Cuba, Cuba

Ercilia Estrada Estrada
Scientific Council
Centre for Applied Linguistics
Santiago de Cuba
Cuba

Lucia Marconi
Researcher
Institute for Computational Linguistics
Pisa, Italy

Paola Cutugno
Researcher
Institute for Computational Linguistics
Pisa, Italy

Daniela Ratti
Researcher
Institute for Computational Linguistics
Pisa, Italy

L. Alfonso Urenna Lopez
President of the NLP Spanish Association (SEPLN)
Jaen University
Jaen, Spain

Celia Esther Alvarez Moreno
Centre for Applied Linguistics
Santiago de Cuba
Cuba

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