PLM 2006 Second call for Papers

[Szymon Slodowicz]

*********SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS***********
Name: Poznan Linguistic Meeting
Location: Poznan, Poland
Date: 20-23 April 2006
Internet: http://elex.amu.edu.pl/ifa/plm
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Meeting description:

We are pleased to announce that the programme of the PLM 2006 will 
include a session on linguistic typology. Contributions taking an 
empirical approach and matching one or more of the following 
descriptions are cordially invited:

* Broad typological investigations showing the principled ways of 
cross-linguistic variation;

* Small-scale comparisons of “distant”, i.e. genetically and 
geographically unrelated languages;

* Detailed descriptions of particular phenomena in individual languages 
from a typological point of view.

Presentations will follow the usual format of twenty minutes for the 
presentation itself and ten minutes for ensuing discussion. The language 
of the conference is English.

Abstracts of no more than 500 words should be submitted by e-mail to 
slodowicz at linguistik.uni-kiel.de.


Important dates:

15.1.2006 Deadline for submission

2.2.2006 Notification of acceptance


Invited speaker:

Martin Haspelmath (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, 
Leipzig)


Session organisers:

Nicole Nau (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań)

Szymon Słodowicz (Christian Albrecht University, Kiel)