APLL conference reminder

[Peter Austin]

*** apologies for cross-postings ***

FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS 

5th Austronesian and Papuan Languages and Linguistics Conference, 2012

4-5 May 2012
SOAS, University of London

The Austronesian and Papuan Languages and Linguistics research group is pleased to announce its fifth international conference APLL5 to be held at SOAS, University of London, on 4-5 May 2012. APLL5 follows the successful Austronesian Languages and Linguistics (ALL) conferences held at SOAS and St Catherine’s College Oxford in previous years, most recently ALL4; the numbering of the APLL conferences follows on from the sequence established by the ALL conferences. 

The keynote speaker for the conference will be Marian Klamer of Leiden University.  

The conference website is http://www.soas.ac.uk/linguistics/events/apll5-conference/04may2012-fifth-austronesian-and-papuan-languages-and-linguistics-conference-2012.html


Abstracts
Abstracts are invited for the APLL conference. Presentations will be 30 minutes followed by 10 minutes of discussion. Each individual may present up to one single authored paper and one joint paper.

Abstracts should be no more than one page in length including references and examples. They should be anonymous, and set in a minimum of 12pt font. They should be in .doc or .pdf format (but not .docx format) and the filename should start with APLL5, followed by an underscore and then first authors’ surname, e.g. APLL5_ashmore.pdf. If you have a common surname, please also include initials, e.g. APLL5_jjones.pdf.

Abstracts should be submitted using the APLL5 EasyAbs site, which is now open.

The deadline for the submission of all abstracts is Friday 20 January 2012.

Applicants will be notified of abstract acceptance by Friday 2 March 2012.


Registration: 

Standard rate £30; Student rate £15; Conference dinner £15 
Pre-registration required. To register online please visit the SOAS Online Store.