[Linganth] WAIL- 2nd CfP and announcement of travel scholarships

[Alexia Fawcett]

CALL FOR PAPERS
21st Annual Workshop on American Indigenous Languages (WAIL 2018)
Santa Barbara, CA
April 20th-21st, 2018

Meeting Description

The Linguistics department at the University of California, Santa Barbara
announces its 21st Annual Workshop on American Indigenous Languages (WAIL),
which provides a forum for the discussion of theoretical, descriptive, and
practical studies of the indigenous languages of the Americas.

Keynote Speaker
Anthony K. Webster (University of Texas at Austin)
Anthony K. Webster is a linguistic anthropologist and author of the books
Explorations in Navajo Poetry and Poetics (UNM, 2009) and Intimate
Grammars: An Ethnography of Navajo Poetry (Arizona, 2015). His research
focuses on the interplay between language, culture, the individual and the
imagination. He has published articles on Navajo ethnopoetics and Navajo
language and culture in, among others, the Journal of Linguistic
Anthropology; International Journal of American Linguistics;
Anthropological Linguistics; Journal de la Société des Américanistes;
Anthropology and Humanism; the Journal of Anthropological Research; and the
Journal of American Folklore. His third book, The Sounds of Navajo Poetry:
A Humanities of Speaking, is due out in 2018.

Call for Papers
Anonymous abstracts are invited for talks on any topic relevant to the
study of indigenous languages of the Americas. Talks will be 20 minutes,
followed by 10 minutes for discussion. Abstracts should be 500 words or
less (excluding examples and/or references).

Individuals may submit abstracts for one single-authored and one
co-authored paper. Please indicate your source(s) and type(s) of data in
the abstract (e.g. recordings, texts, conversational, elicited, narrative,
etc.). For co-authored papers, please indicate who plans to present the
paper as well as who will be in attendance.

Abstracts should be submitted in .pdf format through the EasyAbs system at
www.linguistlist.org/easyabs/WAIL21

Hard copy submissions will be accepted from those who do not have Internet
access. Please send four copies of your abstract, along with a 3x5 card
with the following information: (1) your name; (2) affiliation; (3) mailing
address; (4) phone number; (5) email address; and (6) title of your paper.

Send hard copy submissions to:
Workshop on American Indigenous Languages
Attn: Adrienne Tsikewa or Jesús Olguín Martinez
Department of Linguistics University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 93106

Deadline for receipt of abstracts: February 23, 2018

Notification of acceptance will arrive by email no later than March 9,
2018.

Travel Scholarships
WAIL 21 is pleased to offer three (3) travel scholarships this year. The
total amount of each award is $300. To be eligible, applicants must submit
an abstract via EasyAbs and complete a brief application:
https://tinyurl.com/WAIL21TravelScholarship

Applicants will need to provide a statement that addresses the following:
1) why you wish to present at WAIL 21 and how it will benefit your studies
and/or program milestones, 2) your financial situation, needs, and if you
are receiving any other funding to attend this conference. Successful
applicants will be determined based on the quality of the submitted
abstract and statement/need.

General Information
Santa Barbara is situated on the Pacific Ocean near the Santa Yñez
Mountains. The UCSB campus is located near the Santa Barbara airport.
Participants may also fly into LAX airport in Los Angeles, which is
approximately 90 miles southeast of the campus. Shuttle buses run between
LAX and Santa Barbara. For further information, please contact the
conference coordinators, Adrienne Tsikewa or Jesus Olguin Martinez, at
wail.ucsb at gmail.com or check out our website, http://osl.sa.ucsb.edu/org/
nail/WAIL.
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