[Lingtyp] Call: SSILA 2021 Call for Papers

Fri Jun 19 08:46:47 UTC 2020

*THE SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OF THE INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES OF THE AMERICAS*

*Annual Winter Meeting, Online*

*January 7-10, 2021*

*Call for Papers*

*Deadline for abstracts:*

*July 17, 2020*

The Society for the Study of the Indigenous Languages of the Americas
(SSILA) will hold its annual winter meeting on January 7-10, 2021.  SSILA
meetings allow scholars to present on a wide range of topics centered on
any aspect of Indigenous American languages.

Because of the global COVID-19 crisis, this conference will be held online
on a virtual platform, allowing participants to take part in the meeting
without the need to travel.  The SSILA executive committee is currently
exploring all options so that registration fees can be kept at a minimum.

*Call for Organized Session Proposals*

SSILA welcomes abstracts for papers that present original research focusing
on the linguistic study of the Indigenous languages of the Americas.
Presenters must be members of SSILA in order to present.  (You can join
SSILA at: https://ssila.org/memberships/.)

Abstract Submission

The *deadline* for receipt of all abstracts is on *July 17th at 11:59PM
(Hawaii-Aleutian time).  *Abstracts should be submitted electronically,
using the electronic submission website EasyChair. Consult the SSILA
website for detailed instructions. Also, e-mail or hard-copy submissions
will be accepted if arrangements are made in advance with the SSILA Program
Committee Administrator, Martin Kohlberger (conferences at ssila.org). Abstracts
may be submitted in English, Spanish, French or Portuguese.

The EasyChair submission page address is
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ssila2021.

Abstracts must conform to the guidelines below.

General Requirements

1.   All authors must be members of SSILA. See the SSILA website for
information about membership and renewal <https://ssila.org/memberships/> (
https://ssila.org/memberships/). The membership requirement may be waived
for co-authors who are from disciplines other than those ordinarily
represented by SSILA (linguistics and linguistic anthropology). Requests
for waivers of membership must be made by a member of the Society to the
SSILA Secretary, Mary Linn (secretary at ssila.org). (Note*: Membership of LSA
is not required for participation in SSILA sessions*.)

2.   Any member may submit one single-author abstract and one multi-author
abstract OR two multi-author abstracts.

3.   After an abstract has been submitted, no changes of author, title, or
wording of the abstract, other than those due to typographical errors, are
permitted.

4.   Papers must be delivered as projected in the abstract or represent
bona fide developments of the same research.

5.   Papers must not appear in print before the meeting.

6.   All presenters of individual papers must register for the meeting if
their papers are accepted.

7.   Authors who must withdraw from the program should inform the SSILA
Program Committee Administrator (conferences at ssila.org) as soon as
possible.

8.   Authors may not submit identical abstracts for presentation at the
SSILA meeting and the LSA meeting or a meeting of one of the Sister
Societies (ADS, ANS, NAAHoLS, SPCL, TALE).  Authors who are discovered to
have done so will have these abstracts removed from consideration.  Authors
may submit substantially different abstracts for presentation at the SSILA
meeting and the LSA or a Sister Society meeting.

Abstract Format

*Please see the section below, “Abstract Submission”, for important
information about long and short abstracts.*

1.  Abstracts should be uploaded as a file in PDF format to the abstract
submittal form on the EasyChair website.

2.  The abstract, including examples as needed, should be no more than one
typed page (12pt font, single spaced, with 1-inch margins); a second page
may be used for references. Abstracts longer than one page will be rejected
without being evaluated.

3.  At the top of the abstract, give a title that is not more than one
7-inch typed line and that clearly indicates the topic of the paper.

4.  Abstracts will be reviewed anonymously. Do not include your name on the
abstract. If you identify yourself in any way in the abstract (e.g. “In
Smith (1992)...I”), the abstract will be rejected without being evaluated.
Of course, it may be necessary to refer to your own work in the third
person in order to appropriately situate the research.

5.  Abstracts which do not conform to these format guidelines will be
rejected without being evaluated.

Abstract Contents

Papers whose main topic does not focus on the Indigenous languages of the
Americas will be rejected without further consideration by the Program
Committee. SSILA requires further that the subject matter be related to
linguistics and/or language revitalization, that the research presented
include new findings or developments not published before the meeting, that
there be reflection on the social outcomes/impacts/implication of the work,
that the papers not be submitted with malicious or scurrilous intent, and
that the abstract be coherent and in accord with these guidelines.

Abstracts are more often rejected because they omit crucial information
rather than because of errors in what they include. The most important
criterion is relevance to the understanding of Indigenous languages of the
Americas, but other factors are important, too. It is important to present
results so that they will be of interest to the whole SSILA (and larger)
linguistic community, not just to those who work on the same language or
language family that you do.

A suggested outline for abstracts is as follows:

1.      State the problem or research question raised by prior work, with
specific reference to relevant prior research.

2.      Give a clear indication of the nature and source of your data
(primary fieldwork, archival research, secondary sources).

3.      State the main point or argument of the proposed presentation.

4.      Regardless of the subfield, cite sufficient data, and explain why
and how they support the main point or argument. For examples in languages
other than English, provide word-by-word glosses and *underline* or
*boldface* the portions of the examples which are critical to the argument.

5.      State the relevance of your ideas to past work or to the future
development of the field. Describe analyses in as much detail as possible.
Avoid saying in effect "a solution to this problem will be presented". If
you are taking a stand on a controversial issue, summarize the arguments
that led you to your position.

6.      State the contribution to linguistics made by the analysis and
state the social outcomes/impacts/implications of the work (which may be
positive, neutral or negative, immediate or potential).

Consideration of the social outcomes/impacts/implications of the work might
focus on the specific topic under consideration or take into account the
broader scope of a project. Effects might take a while to be felt, and
might be nuanced with respect to who is influenced and how. Implications
are likely to relate to the social significance to the language community,
such as the project’s capacity for developing tools for pedagogy or
revitalization, valorizing the language within a broader social context, or
(perhaps at the same time) introducing points of tension regarding
approaches to language teaching. They might also include bringing a
situation regarding a language community’s status to wider attention,
educating the public regarding language endangerment and its significance,
promoting the application of Native ways of knowing in linguistic research
or community-related goals.

7.      Please include a list of references for any work cited in the
abstract.  The references can be on a second page.

Categories of Presentation

Authors are required to indicate the preferred category of their
presentation at the time of submitting the abstract. The program committee
will try to accommodate this preference as space and time allow.  The
categories to choose from are:

Phonetics, Phonology, Morphology, Syntax, Semantics, Historical
Linguistics, Sociolinguistics, Lexicography, Applied Linguistics, Language
Revitalization, Other.

Authors will also be able to select the geographic area that the languages
discussed in their abstract are/were spoken in.

Abstract Submission

Submissions for the SSILA Annual Meeting require *two abstracts*:

*Short Abstract.*  This abstract should be no more than 100 words and will
be used in the meeting handbook.  In *EasyChair*, you will paste this
abstract into the “Abstract” box under the Title and Abstract heading.

*Long Abstract*. This abstract is the one that will be evaluated for
inclusion in the meeting program.  The long abstract should be a PDF file.
In *EasyChair*, you will select the PDF file containing your abstract to
upload at the “Long Abstract” prompt under the “Files” heading.

*Detailed instructions for using EasyChair*

The submission process requires two stages:

            Get your own *EasyChair* account

            Submit your abstract(s)

*Creating an account in EasyChair: *

   - Go to the EasyChair site:  www.easychair.org

•                     Click “Signup” at the top right corner of the page
and follow the instructions for entry into the system.

•                     Enter your name and e-mail address and click
“Continue”

   - Check your e-mail: You will receive a message from EasyChair.  Follow
   the instructions there.
   - Make a note of your user name and password for future reference.

*Submitting your abstracts: *

Go to the SSILA 2021 submission page:

https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ssila2021

Log in using the username and password you just established.

Click "New Submission".  On the page that appears, you will need to
identify the author(s), title, keywords, and submission groups of the
proposed paper, and submit your *short abstract* and *long abstract *(see
clarification above).

*Authors:                                              *

Enter the information requested about the author(s):

§  For yourself, you can click the link at the top of the author box to
enter the information from your account profile into the form.

§  For co-authors, type in their information.

§  If there are more than three authors, select *Click here to add more
authors*.

§  Use the ‘corresponding author’ checkboxes to select which author(s) will
get e-mail from the EasyChair system and the Program Committee.

*Title and Abstract and Other Information *

§  Enter the *title* of the paper.

   - Enter the *short* *abstract*. If your paper is accepted, this short
   abstract will appear in the Meeting Handbook. Cut and paste the abstract
   into the text box provided.  Maximum length is 100 words.
      - [If your short abstract requires special characters, please also
      send it as a PDF file to the SSILA Program Committee Administrator at
      <conferences at ssila.org>.]

§  Enter the *keywords* (at least 3, up to 5) that apply to your paper.

§  Under *Topics*, select the main subfield of the paper (to be used by the
program committee to group papers) and the geographic region to which it
pertains.

*Files*

§  The long abstract, written according to the guidelines described above,
must be uploaded here.

§  Use PDF format.

§  Use the browse button to select your abstract document.

§  Click *Submit *

*Logout* by selecting “Sign out” in the top menu bar.

*Questions? *Please contact conferences at ssila.org if you have any questions
about or difficulty with your abstract submission.
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