20.901, Calls: General Ling,Applied Ling/United Kingdom

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Subject: 20.901, Calls: General Ling,Applied Ling/United Kingdom

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Date: 13-Mar-2009
From: Rong Rong < r.rong at lancaster.ac.uk >
Subject: Lancaster Postgraduate Conference in Linguistics
 

	
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Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 15:30:33
From: Rong Rong [r.rong at lancaster.ac.uk]
Subject: Lancaster Postgraduate Conference in Linguistics

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Full Title: Lancaster Postgraduate Conference in Linguistics 
Short Title: LAEL PG Conference 2009 

Date: 02-Jul-2009 - 02-Jul-2009
Location: Lancaster, Lancashire, United Kingdom 
Contact Person: Rong Rong
Meeting Email: laelpgconference at lancaster.ac.uk
Web Site: http://www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/events/laelpgconference/ 

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; General Linguistics 

Call Deadline: 29-Mar-2009 

Meeting Description:

We are pleased to announce the Fourth Lancaster University Postgraduate
Conference in Linguistics and Language Teaching (LAEL PG Conference) which will
take place at Lancaster University, on 2nd of July, 2009. 

For further information, please visit our website 
http://www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/events/laelpgconference/
If you have any queries, please email laelpgconference at lancaster.ac.uk 

Call for Papers

This one-day conference is designed to give linguistics postgraduates from all
research areas an opportunity to present and discuss their research in an
informal and intellectually stimulating setting. In addition to two plenary
speakers, this year's conference will be opened by Professor Greg Myers
(Lancaster University), followed by two presentations given by Distinguished
Professor of Discourse Studies, Ruth Wodak (Lancaster University) and Doctor
Jane Sunderland (Lancaster University).

We invite postgraduate students to submit abstracts for oral and poster
presentations on any area of linguistics, theoretical or applied (see below for
abstract submission guidelines).  

Speakers will also be invited to submit their papers for publication in Papers
from the Lancaster University Postgraduate Conference in Linguistics and
Language Teaching, Vol. 4: Papers from LAEL PG 2009. 

This is a peer-reviewed, open-access online publication featuring full papers
from the annual Lancaster University Postgraduate Conference in Linguistics and
Language Teaching (LAEL PG). Please visit
http://www.ling.lancs.ac.uk/pgconference/v01.htm for 2006 publications.

Abstracts should be no more than 300 words and should be submitted via e-mail as
attachments (Microsoft Word/Rich Text Format files). Abstracts should not
include the author's name or any other identifying information. 

Abstracts should be sent to laelpgabstract at lancaster.ac.uk. No late submissions
will be accepted. All submissions will be peer-reviewed. 

Note that we are ONLY accepting abstracts from postgraduate students. We are
unable to consider abstracts from authors whose doctoral awards have already
been made. 

Abstract should include only:
1. The title of the paper
2. A list of 3-5 key words describing the area and focus of the paper
3. The research focus
4. The research methodology
5. A brief summary of findings (if applicable)
6. A short list of key references
Please note: 300-word limit does not include points (1), (2) and (6).

The body of the email message should contain:
1. The title and preferred presentation type (oral or poster)
2. The name(s) of the author(s) and their affiliation(s)
3. A brief author's bio-data (up to 40 words)
4. The author's e-mail address and contact details
5. Audiovisual equipment required (if any)

Presentation Guidelines
Accepted abstracts will be allotted 20 minutes for presentation and 10 minutes
for discussion. There will be a dedicated poster session on the day of the
conference.






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