34.2920, Calls: The 55th Annual Conference on African Linguistics

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Subject: 34.2920, Calls: The 55th Annual Conference on African Linguistics

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Date: 05-Oct-2023
From: Katya Morgunova [katya.morgunova at mail.mcgill.ca]
Subject: The 55th Annual Conference on African Linguistics


Full Title: The 55th Annual Conference on African Linguistics
Short Title: ACAL 55

Date: 02-May-2024 - 04-May-2024
Location: Montreal, QC, Canada
Contact Person: Brandon Chaperon
Meeting Email: acal55.mcgill at gmail.com
Web Site: https://acal55.mull-lab.org/

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics

Call Deadline: 15-Oct-2023

Meeting Description:

The 55rd Annual Conference on African Linguistics will be held at
McGill University (Montreal, Canada) from May 2-4th, 2024. ACAL
welcomes papers on any area of African Linguistics for paper or poster
presentations. Paper presentations will be 20 minutes long with 10
minutes for questions. The conference will take place in person, with
limited options for remote participation (see below).

Invited Speakers
David Adelani (McGill University)
Christopher R. Green (Syracuse University)
Friederike Lüpke (University of Helsinki)
Asia Pietraszko (University of Rochester)

2nd Call for Papers:

Abstract Guidelines
Abstracts should be submitted in English and must not exceed 500
words, including any data, figures and tables. References are not
included in the 500 word limit. Non-English language data should
include interlinear glosses following the Leipzig Glossing Rules.
The 500-word abstract should be single-spaced and in a Unicode font no
smaller than 11 point, and in .pdf format.


Submission Instructions
Submissions are limited to two per author, with at most one paper
being single-authored. The submission should be anonymized as to not
reveal the identity of the author(s). All abstracts must be submitted
online through easyabs. Should you have any problems submitting your
abstract through easyabs please contact acal55.mcgill at gmail.com


Submission link: https://easyabs.linguistlist.org/conference/ACAL55


Notification of acceptance will be in mid-December 2023.


To accommodate the presenters who are unable to attend the conference
in person, we plan to organize a limited number of remote sessions. To
indicate your preference for the remote format, please fill out the
Presentation format field in the submission form. We will further
confirm the mode of the presentation with the accepted presenters.


Please note that in order to present a paper or poster at ACAL 55, you
must be a member of the Association of Contemporary African
Linguistics (ACAL). To pay ACAL membership fees, please go to the ACAL
organization website. Membership fees are collected by the ACAL
organization, not the conference organizers.



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