21.2167, Calls: General Ling/USA

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Subject: 21.2167, Calls: General Ling/USA

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Date: 10-May-2010
From: David Robinson < drobinson at lsadc.org >
Subject: Linguistic Society of America: 85th Annual Meeting

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Date: Mon, 10 May 2010 10:49:42
From: David Robinson [drobinson at lsadc.org]
Subject: Linguistic Society of America: 85th Annual Meeting

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Full Title: Linguistic Society of America: 85th Annual Meeting 
Short Title: LSA 

Date: 06-Jan-2011 - 09-Jan-2011
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA 
Contact Person: David Robinson
Meeting Email: drobinson at lsadc.org
Web Site: http://www.lsadc.org/info/meet-annual.cfm 

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics 

Call Deadline: 30-Jul-2010 

Meeting Description:

85th Annual Meeting of the Linguistic Society of America.  Online 
submission of abstracts from June 1 through July 30, 2010.  Online meeting 
registration and hotel reservations begin September 1, 2010. 

Call For Papers

Deadlines for receipt of abstracts: Friday, 30 July 2010. Technical support 
for abstract submission will not be available after 5:00 p.m. EDT on 30 July.

All abstracts and completed Abstract Submission Forms (available on-line 
from the Annual Meeting site after June 1) must be submitted to the LSA 
website by the deadline. Late abstracts will not be considered, whatever the 
reason for the delay.

The Program Committee requires that the subject matter be linguistic, that 
the papers not be submitted with malicious or scurrilous intent, and that the 
abstract be coherent and in accord with published specifications. In 2011, 
there will be no more than six (6) simultaneous sessions of regular papers 
in each time block. As in the past, there is no upper limit on the number of 
papers in any subarea. Each abstract will be reviewed by members of the 
Program Committee and by expert external reviewers. On the basis of the 
ratings assigned by the reviewers and their own collective judgment, the 
members of the Program Committee discuss the ratings and make decisions 
about acceptances and rejections. The Program Committee then meets to 
assemble the final program, arrange each paper and poster session, and 
select session chairs.

General Requirements:
1) Abstracts for 20-minute papers and for posters must be submitted 
electronically and must be accompanied by a completed Abstract Submittal 
Form (available on-line after June 1) to be eligible for review.
2) The submitting author must be a member of the Linguistic Society. 
Nonmembers may join here.
3) Any member may submit one single-author abstract. There is not a limit 
on the number of co-authored abstracts. This is an experiment for this year, 
and we welcome feedback on it.
4) Authors are expected to present their own papers.
After an abstract has been submitted, no changes of author, affiliation, title, 
or wording of the abstract, other than those due to typographical errors, are 
permitted.
5) Papers must be delivered as projected in the abstract or represent bona 
fide developments of the same research.
6) Authors should not submit abstracts for papers that have already been 
presented at other major conferences or which have been published in a 
journal, as a book chapter, or in conference proceedings.
7) Presenters must pre-register for the meeting.

Abstract Format Guidelines:
1) Abstracts must be submitted in PDF format.
2) An abstract, including examples, if needed, must be no more than 500 
words and no more than one 8 1/2 inch by 11 inch page in length, in type 
no smaller than 10 point and preferably 12 point; margins should be at least 
.5 inches on all sides. References should be included on a second page.
3) Abstracts exceeding the word or page length limit or in type smaller than 
10 point will be rejected without being evaluated. Please indicate the 
number of words at the bottom of the abstract.
4) Your name should only appear on the Abstract Submittal Form. If you 
identify yourself in any way on the abstract (e.g. "In Smith (1992)...I"), the 
abstract will be rejected without being evaluated.
5) Abstracts that do not conform to the format guidelines will not be 
considered.
6) A short abstract, intended for publication in the Meeting Handbook, will 
be requested from all authors of accepted papers. The title and authors 
must be the same as those in the originally submitted abstract. Specific 
instructions for the transmittal of this abstract will be included in the 
acceptance letters. 
7) These instructions, including the stated deadlines, must be observed or 
the paper will be withdrawn from the program.

Abstract Contents:
Many abstracts are rejected because they omit crucial information rather 
than because of errors in what they include. Authors may wish to consult 
the abstract models prepared by the Program Committee. A suggested 
outline for abstracts is as follows:

1) Choose a title that clearly indicates the topic of the paper and is not more 
than one 7-inch typed line.
2) State the problem or research question raised by prior work, with specific 
reference to relevant prior research.
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. When examples are in languages 
other than English, provide word-by-word glosses and underline the 
portions of the examples which are critical to the argument. Explain 
abbreviations at their first occurrence.
5) If your paper presents the results of experiments, but collection of results 
is not yet complete, then report what results you've already obtained in 
sufficient detail that your abstract may be evaluated. Also indicate explicitly 
the nature of the experimental design and the specific hypothesis tested.
6) 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.
7) State the contribution to linguistic research made by the analysis. 8. 
While citation in the text of the relevant literature is essential, a separate list 
of references at the end of the abstract is generally unnecessary.

Categories of Presentations:
Members submitting abstracts of poster presentations and 20-minute 
papers should follow the instructions for abstract format and content 
carefully. Submissions in these two categories will be reviewed 
anonymously.

Note that members may submit an abstract as (1) a paper ("20 min"), (2) a 
poster ("poster"), or (3) a paper or a poster ("20 min OR poster"). 
Submission type information is not accessible during the review process, to 
ensure that all abstracts are evaluated strictly according to content and not 
according to type of presentation. During the selection process, abstracts 
submitted under the third category ("20-min OR poster") are considered first 
as papers, and those that are not accepted as papers are then considered 
for inclusion as posters.

Poster Sessions:
Depending on subject and/or content, it may be more appropriate to submit 
an abstract to the poster session for visual presentation rather than to a 20-
minute paper session. In general, the sorts of papers which are most 
effective as posters are those in which the major conclusions become 
evident from the thoughtful examination of charts and graphs, rather than 
those which require the audience to follow a sustained chain of verbal 
argumentation. Therefore, authors will want to make points in narrative form 
as brief as possible. The poster paper is able to "stand alone", that is, be 
understandable even if the author is not present, and does not require 
audiovisual support.

Posters will be assigned to specific 90-minute sessions during which 
submitters are expected to be present, but may be left on display 
throughout the day during the day they are presented.

20-Minute Papers:
The bulk of the program will consist of 20-minute papers, with 10 minutes 
for discussion of each paper.

For more information:
http://www.lsadc.org/info/meet-annual11-abguide.cfm

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