27.4254, Calls: General Linguistics/USA

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Subject: 27.4254, Calls: General Linguistics/USA

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Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2016 21:57:16
From: Nari Rhee [nrhee at sas.upenn.edu]
Subject: 41st Penn Linguistics Conference

 
Full Title: 41st Penn Linguistics Conference 
Short Title: PLC41 

Date: 24-Mar-2017 - 26-Mar-2017
Location: Philadelphia, PA, USA 
Contact Person: Nari Rhee
Meeting Email: plc at ling.upenn.edu
Web Site: http://www.ling.upenn.edu/Events/PLC/ 

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics 

Call Deadline: 21-Nov-2016 

Meeting Description:

The PLC is a conference in linguistics run by the graduate students in the
Department of Linguistics on March 24-26, 2017 at the University of
Pennsylvania campus in Philadelphia. at the University of Pennsylvania. 

Invited Speaker: Ashwini Deo (Topic and Title TBA).

Panel: We will be holding a special panel on Friday, March 24 on current
issues in language acquisition.


Call for Papers:

Submission Guidelines: 

Papers on any topic in linguistics and associated fields are welcome. Session
topics in recent years have included phonology, syntax, semantics,
psycholinguistics, sociolinguistics, and pragmatics. Speakers will have 20
minutes for their presentations and 5 minutes for discussion and questions.
The conference will also include a poster session with catered lunch.
Abstracts should indicate whether they are being submitted for consideration
as a talk, poster, or both. (See instructions.)

Deadline: Abstracts are due by November 21, 2016. Notification of
acceptance/rejection will be given by January 23, 2017.

Length: Please limit abstracts to two pages, single-spaced, including
examples, figures, and references. Examples and figures may be interspersed
with text. Do not include your name or affiliation within the abstract.
Format: To facilitate the review process, please submit your abstract as a
.pdf file.

Submission Procedure: To submit an abstract, you must follow these steps:

1. To begin, login at: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=plc41 
2. If you do not have an existing EasyChair account, click on ''sign up for an
account.'' You will be asked to fill out a simple form to create an account.
3. Click ''New Submission'' at the top of the page.
4. Enter author information in the provided fields. Tick the ''Corresponding
Author'' box for all authors who wish to receive e-mail correspondences or
notifications.
5. Enter your title in the ''Title'' field.
6. In the ''Abstract'' field, please enter a one sentence summary, or any
comments you have, in order to assist the committee in assigning reviewers.
Please also indicate here whether you would like your submission to be
considered for a talk, poster, or both. By default, submissions will be
considered for both modes of presentation. Do not paste your full abstract
into this field.
7. Please select the primary category of your abstract. Additional categories
may be included in the keywords.
8. Enter at least three keywords.
9. Upload your abstract .pdf file in the ''Paper'' field. Only .pdf files will
be accepted. Do not include your name or affiliation in the abstract/file
name!
10. Do not tick the ''Abstract only'' box, or your .pdf will not be uploaded.
11. Click ''Submit.'' You will be taken to a summary page of your submission -
this is your confirmation that it has been saved. Abstracts will be reviewed
anonymously.
12. You may make any necessary updates by logging in and clicking on ''My
Submissions.''

Proceedings: Conference proceedings will be published as a volume of the Penn
Working Papers in Linguistics.

For more information:

Email plc at ling.upenn.edu
Visit http://www.ling.upenn.edu/Events/PLC

Penn Linguistics Conference
Department of Linguistics
619 Williams Hall
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305

This event is supported by funding from SASgov (the student government for
graduate students in the School of Arts and Sciences), GAPSA (the Graduate and
Professional Students' Association at the University of Pennsylvania), LDC
(the Linguistic Data Consortium), and the University of Pennsylvania
Department of Linguistics.




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