call: SPCL meeeting Accra (Ghana), August 2011

Mon Feb 14 13:36:34 UTC 2011

    *Meeting of the Society for Pidgin and Creole Linguistics*

    *2-6 August 2011*

    *Accra, Ghana*

*extended deadline for abstract submission: 28 February 2011*

The Society for Pidgin and Creole Linguistics will meet in Accra, Ghana, 
from Tuesday 2 to Saturday 6 August 2011. Details on abstract submission 
are given below. The registration form will be sent out in a second 
circular and further information on the conference will appear on the 
conference website <http://www.uni-giessen.de/cms/spcl-accra> at 
www.uni-giessen.de/cms/spcl-accra on 17 January.

      */Conference Venue/*

In spite of the importance of Africa in the development of Atlantic 
Pidgins and Creoles, this is the first time that SPCL will meet in 
Africa. The meeting will be held on the verdant and spacious campus of 
the University of Ghana <http://www.ug.edu.gh/index.php> at Legon, a 
suburb of the Ghanaian capital Accra. Conference participants will be 
accommodated in comfortable, air-conditioned, en-suite rooms on campus 
(ca. US$40-45/single/night). Those who wish to stay in hotels will find 
many in nearby East Legon and we can also provide very basic shoestring 
accommodation in students' hostels on campus (from ca. US$5.50/night). 
For information on Ghana, visit the Ghana Tourism 
<http://www.touringghana.com/> website: http://www.touringghana.com.

      */Academic Programme/*

The conference will focus on the structure, social aspects, educational 
and other pertinent issues of pidgins, creoles and other contact 
languages, as well as on the history of the discipline. The programme 
will consist of full papers, work-in-progress reports, as well as 
invited plenary talks on the history, sociolinguistics, and the 
structure of West African languages, including pidgins and creoles.

The special conference theme is "Traces of Contact": The languages 
traditionally defined as creoles and pidgins often form part of complex 
contact scenarios. Their phonology, grammar, and lexicon are influenced 
by the other languages that they are in contact with. This is the case 
in Suriname, where several creoles are in contact with each other, in 
Papua New Guinea, where Tok Pisin is in contact with the English 
lexifier superstrate, in Equatorial Guinea, where Pichi is influenced by 
the non-lexifier superstrate Spanish, and in Mauritius where the 
adstrate Bhojpuri plays a role, to mention only a few examples. 
Inherited substrate features also continue to influence the trajectory 
of creoles and pidgins. The study of these stratal forces can contribute 
to our understanding of the typological diversity of creoles and pidgins 
and help us tease apart external and internal forces of change in these 
languages.

      */Social Programme/*

In addition to a series of evening programmes during the conference, we 
plan to organise a trip to the botanical gardens at Aburi, overlooking 
the coastal plain of Accra.

      */Post-conference excursion/*

Given the historical importance of Ghana as one of the epicentres of the 
transatlantic slave trade, a post-conference excursion will be offered 
to interested participants. The excursion is scheduled from Sunday 7th 
to Tuesday 9th August 2011 and will take participants along the Western 
seaboard of Ghana to the vestiges of three forts and castles 
<http://www.touringghana.com/castles/index.asp>: Fort Amsterdam (Fort 
Cormantin) as well as to the well-preserved Cape Coast and Elmina 
Castles. We will also visit Kakum National Park 
<http://www.touringghana.com/ecotourism/kakum.asp>, mostly undisturbed 
virgin rainforest with a canopy walk suspended between trees. We aim to 
be back in Accra in time for participants to catch their evening flights 
on 9th August. Cost of excursion: ca. 300 US$ including transportation, 
entrance fees, 2 nights in a beach resort incl. breakfast and two 
dinners, but excluding drinks and other meals.

      */Call for Papers/*

Abstracts for papers on the phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, 
lexicon, social aspects of language, history of the discipline, 
education or any pertinent issue involving pidgin and creole languages 
or other contact languages are invited for anonymous review. This 
includes, but is not limited to, abstracts for papers addressing the 
conference theme "Traces of Contact" and the special session dedicated 
to language contact involving pidgins and creoles.
Full papers will be allowed 30 minutes, including 10 minutes for 
discussion; work-in-progress reports will be 15 minutes long, including 
5 minutes for discussion.

*The deadline for abstract submission is Monday 28 February 2011.*

Notifications of acceptance will be sent out by 15 March 2011 together 
with the second circular. The deadline for registration is 15th May 2011.

      */Instructions for abstract submission:/*

1. Submission

Abstracts should be submitted online through EasyAbs 
<http://linguistlist.org/confcustom/spcl-ghana> at 
http://linguistlist.org/confcustom/spcl-ghana *on the**attached 
form*(pp. 4-6 of this document), preferably in Microsoft Word format. 
Abstract submission opens on 17 January and closes on 28 February 2011.

2. Conditions

Authors from non-African institutions have to be SPCL members. After an 
abstract has been submitted, changes of author, affiliation, title, or 
wording of the abstract, other than those due to typographical errors, 
will not normally be permitted. Papers must be delivered substantially 
as indicated in the abstract or represent bona fide developments of the 
same research.

3. Word limit

Abstracts (including examples, if needed) must be no more than 400 words 
(excluding title and references) and have to be submitted on the 
attached from, in type no smaller than 10 point and preferably 12 point. 
References may be included on the last page. Abstracts exceeding the 
word or page length limit or in a type smaller than 10 point will be 
rejected without being evaluated. Please note the word count at the 
bottom of the abstract.

4. Name and other details

Your name, contact details etc. should only be given on the first page 
of the abstract submission form.

5. Omit your name from abstract itself

Do not put your name on the abstract page (2nd page of the form). If you 
identify yourself in any way on the abstract (e.g. 'In Brown (2001) I 
...'), the abstract will be rejected without being evaluated. Your name 
should only be on the first page of the submission form.

6. Special fonts

If your abstract uses any special fonts, please upload it to EasyAbs as 
a PDF file in addition to a Word document, as special fonts may not 
transmit accurately.

If (and only if) you are unable to access EasyAbs, abstracts may be sent 
as an attachment to: spcl-accra at anglistik.uni-giessen.de. If that option 
is not available, paste all the information on the abstract submission 
form into the text body of the e-mail message.

    *Meeting of the Society for Pidgin and Creole Linguistics*

    *2-6 August 2011*

    *Accra, Ghana*

*Abstract submission form (3 pages)*

1. Title of abstract: (please put title here)

2. Type of paper:(full paper or work-in-progress report)

3. Name:(please put your name here)

4. Affiliation:(please indicate your affiliation here)

5. Address:(please put your address here)

6. Status:(faculty or student)

7. E-mail address:(please indicate your preferred email-address)

8. Fax:(if available)

9. Phone number:(please indicate your phone number)

*Note*

Type your abstract on the *next*page of this form, making sure that you 
do not indicate your name and that you do not identify yourself in any way.

If you use special fonts please convert this form into a PDF before 
submission.

Abstracts should be submitted via EasyAbs at 
http://linguistlist.org/confcustom/spcl-ghana. Abstract submission opens 
on on 17 January 2011 and closes on 28 February 2011.

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