HDLS-8 Conference: 2nd Call for Papers

[Richard J Senghas]

The Eighth High Desert Linguistics Society Conference (HDLS-8) will be
held at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, November, 6-8, 2008.

Keynote speakers

Sherman Wilcox (University of New Mexico)

Marianne Mithun (University of California, Santa Barbara)

Gilles Fauconnier (University of California, San Diego)

We invite you to submit proposals for 20-minute talks with 5-minute
discussion sessions in any area of linguistics – especially those from
a cognitive / functional linguistics perspective. This year we will
include a poster session.

Papers and posters in the following areas are particularly welcome:

* Evolution of Language, Grammaticization, Metaphor and Metonymy,
Typology, Discourse Analysis, Computational Linguistics, Language
Change and Variation
* Native American Languages, Spanish and Languages of the American
Southwest, Language Revitalization and Maintenance
* Sociolinguistics, Bilingualism, Signed Languages, First Language
Acquisition, Second Language Acquisition, Sociocultural Theory

The deadline for submitting abstracts is Friday, August 22nd, 2008.

Abstracts should be sent via email, as an attachment, to
hdls at unm.edu.Please include the title ''HDLS-8 abstract '' in the
subject line. Include the title “HDLS-8 Poster Session” in the subject
line for abstracts submitted for the poster session. MS-Word format is
preferred; RTF and PDF formats are accepted. You may also send hard
copies of abstracts (three copies) to the HDLS address listed at the
bottom of the page.

The e-mail and attached abstract must include the following information:

1. Author's name(s)
2. Author's affiliation(s)
3. Title of the paper or poster
4. E-mail address of the primary author
5. A list of the equipment you will need
6. Whether you will require an official letter of acceptance

The abstract should be no more than one page in no smaller than
11-point font. A second page is permitted for references and data. Only
two submissions (for presentations) per author will be accepted and we
will only consider submissions that conform to the above guidelines. If
your abstract has special fonts or characters, please send your
abstract as a PDF. Please be advised that shortly after the conference
a call for proceedings will be announced.

Poster Session - Participants will be given a space approximately 6' by
4' to display their work.

Notification of acceptance will be sent out by September 2nd , 2008.

If you have any questions or need for further information please
contact us at hdls at unm.edu with ''HDLS-8 Conference'' in the subject
line. You may also call Grandon Goertz, 505-277-6764 or Evan Ashworth,
505-228-4751. The HDLS mailing address is: HDLS, Department of
Linguistics, MSC03 2130, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM.
87131-0001 USA