26.758, Calls: Portuguese, Spanish, General Linguistics/USA

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LINGUIST List: Vol-26-758. Thu Feb 05 2015. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 26.758, Calls: Portuguese, Spanish, General Linguistics/USA

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Date: Thu, 05 Feb 2015 10:42:31
From: Rebecca Foote [hls2015illinois at gmail.com]
Subject: Hispanic Linguistics Symposium 2015

 
Full Title: Hispanic Linguistics Symposium 2015 
Short Title: HLS 2015 

Date: 24-Sep-2015 - 27-Sep-2015
Location: Urbana, Illinois, USA 
Contact Person: Rebecca Foote
Meeting Email: hls2015illinois at gmail.com

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics 

Subject Language(s): Portuguese (por)
                     Spanish (spa)

Call Deadline: 01-May-2015 

Meeting Description:

The Department of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign will host the Hispanic Linguistics Symposium from September 24 – 27, 2015. The Hispanic Linguistics Symposium is an annual conference with a focus on theoretical and applied linguistics in Spanish and Portuguese.

Invited Speakers:

Melissa Bowles, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Clancy Clements, Indiana University Bloomington
Luis López, University of Illinois at Chicago
Cristina Sanz, Georgetown University

Organizing Committee:

Anna María Escobar
Rebecca Foote
Jill Jegerski
Jonathan MacDonald
Silvina Montrul

Call for Papers:

Abstracts for paper presentations or posters are invited on any area of Hispanic linguistics, and within any theoretical or quantitative framework.

Submission Guidelines:

- Papers and posters may be delivered in English, Portuguese, or Spanish.
- Authors may submit up to two abstracts, one individual and one joint.
- Abstracts should be submitted in .pdf format and should not exceed one page (1-inch margins, 12-point Times New Roman font), with a second page reserved for examples, tables, and references. 
- Abstracts must clearly present a specific thesis statement and include a description of the topic, the approach, and conclusions. To preserve anonymity during the review process, authors should not include their names or otherwise reveal their identity anywhere in the abstract.
- Abstracts must be submitted through EasyAbstracts (EasyAbs): http://linguistlist.org/easyabs/HLS2015 
- Please specify the title of the paper, area of research, author names, academic affiliations, and email addresses in the form within the abstract submission system.
- Please also specify whether you wish your submission to be considered for presentation as a paper, a poster, or for both categories.
- Abstracts can be submitted through EasyAbs from February 3, 2015 to May 1, 2015.
- Notifications of acceptance/rejection will be sent in mid-July.







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