15.2754, Calls: Socioling/Canada; General Ling/Romance/Spanish/USA

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1)
Date: 16-Sep-2004
From: Cichocki Wladyslaw < cicho at unb.ca >
Subject: 12th International Conference on Methods in Dialectology 

2)
Date: 29-Sep-2004
From: Brian McDonough < bmcdonough at mail.utexas.edu >
Subject: 15th Colloquium on Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Literatures and Romance Linguistics 

-------------------------Message 1 ---------------------------------- 
Date: Sun, 03 Oct 2004 22:45:35
From: Cichocki Wladyslaw < cicho at unb.ca >
Subject: 12th International Conference on Methods in Dialectology 

Full Title: 12th International Conference on Methods in Dialectology 
Short Title: Methods XII 

Date: 01-Aug-2005 - 05-Aug-2005
Location: Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada 
Contact Person: Cichocki Wladyslaw
Meeting Email: cicho at unb.ca
Web Site: http://www.upei.ca/methodsxii

Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis; Lexicography; Sociolinguistics;
Text/Corpus Linguistics 

Call Deadline: 15-Oct-2004 

Meeting Description:

This conference meets triennually and focusses on issues relating to
regional, social and historical variation in any language or group of
languages.  The theme of Methods XII, Innovative Approaches in
Dialectology, addresses recent theoretical and methodological trends.  

Methods XII, the Twelfth International Conference on Methods in
Dialectology, will be held from 1 to 5 August 2005 at the Université de
Moncton, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada.  This conference meets
triennually and focusses on issues relating to regional, social and
historical variation in any language or group of languages.  The theme of
Methods XII, Innovative Approaches in Dialectology, addresses recent
theoretical and methodological trends.  A sub-theme, Identity and Contact,
highlights language contact situations such as those found in New
Brunswick, Canada's only officially bilingual (English-French) province.

Invited speakers:
J.K. Chambers, University of Toronto; 
Jacques Durand, Université de Toulouse - LeMirail; 
Hans Goebl, Universität Salzburg; 
Natalie Schilling-Estes, Georgetown University

Abstracts and Papers
Abstracts for papers are invited on any topic in regional, social and
historical language variation.  Presentations will be 20 minutes in length
followed by a 10-minute discussion period.  Abstracts should be 300-400
words long, excluding bibliography, and they should be submitted either by
regular post to the address given below or by e-mail as RTF (or as ASCII
text) files to: methodsxii at umoncton.ca  Please include the following
information with your submission: name, affiliation, e-mail address,
postal address, status (faculty member/student/other).  Suggestions for
special sessions or workshops are welcome and should be submitted to the
Organizing Committee before the submission deadline.  

Abstract deadline:  15 October 2004  
Authors will be notified of acceptance by January 2005.  

For further information: 
http://www.upei.ca/methodsxii
(under construction)

E-mail: methodsxii at umoncton.ca 
Phone: +--(506) 858-4057
Fax: +--(506) 858-4568
Methods XII Organizing Committee
Centre de recherche en linguistique appliquée
Faculté des arts et des sciences sociales
Université de Moncton
Moncton, NB
CANADA  E1A 3E9

-------------------------Message 2 ---------------------------------- 
Date: Sun, 03 Oct 2004 22:45:40
From: Brian McDonough < bmcdonough at mail.utexas.edu >
Subject: 15th Colloquium on Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Literatures and Romance Linguistics 

Full Title: 15th Colloquium on Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Literatures and
Romance Linguistics 

Date: 02-Apr-2005 - 02-Apr-2005
Location: Austin, Texas, United States of America 
Contact Person: Brian McDonough
Meeting Email: bmcdonough at mail.utexas.edu
Web Site: http://www.utexas.edu/cola/depts/spanish/

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics 

Subject Language(s): Portuguese; Spanish 

Language Family(ies): Romance 

Call Deadline: 30-Nov-2004 

Meeting Description:

The 15th Colloquium on Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Literatures and Romance
Linguistics will be hosted by the Graduate Student Organization of the
Department of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of Texas at Austin,
Austin, TX.  This colloquium is organized by graduate students in order to
give other graduate students an opportunity to share their current work. 
You are invited to submit papers on all topics related to Hispanic and
Luso-Brazilian Literatures and Romance Linguistics. 

Abstract Information:  Please submit a 250 word abstract postmarked by
November 30, 2004.  Abstracts may be sent via post-mail or e-mail.  Do not
include any personal information on the abstract.  The abstract itself
should consist of only the title of the paper and abstract.  On a separate
page please include the following information: title of your presentation,
name, e-mail address, institution address, office and home phone numbers. 
Submissions of panels (not to exceed three papers) are encouraged.  

Submission:  Literature abstracts may be sent to Medardo de la Cruz
(medardo at mail.utexas.edu) or Rocio Ocón (rochisound at yahoo.com) at
University of Texas at Austin, Department of Spanish and Portuguese,
Benedict Hall B3700 Austin, TX 78712-1155.  Linguistics abstracts may be
sent to Brian McDonough (bmcdonough at mail.utexas.edu) at The University of
Texas at Austin, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Benedict Hall B3700
Austin, TX 78712-1155.

Paper Format:  Please keep in mind that papers should not exceed a reading
period of twenty minutes (8 pages) in order to allow sufficient time for
discussion.  The papers may be in Spanish, Portuguese, or English.

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