LINGUIST List 12.1379

Sat May 19 2001

Calls: Socioling/South Asia, Portuguese/Second Lang

Editor for this issue: Jody Huellmantel <jodylinguistlist.org>

Directory

1. Mahendra Verma, Language and Society of South Asia: Sociolinguistic Perspectives
2. Ida Rebelo, Portuguese as a Second Language -SIPLE

Call for Papers

21st South Asian Languages Analysis Roundtable (SALA XXI)
October 8 - 10, 2001


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CALL FOR PAPERS
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PANEL : Language and Society of South Asia:Sociolinguistic Perspectives
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Organizers: Mahendra K. Verma (University of York, UK) and Itesh Sachdev
(Birkbeck College, University of London)

Abstracts are invited for 30 minute talks on issues specifically
related to the Sociolinguistics of South Asian languages. Papers in the
areas of languages in diaspora / transplanted languages will be specially
welcome.

If you would like to contribute to this panel, please contact one of
the organizers immediately at the addresses listed below.

Mahendra K. Verma
Dept. of Language & Linguistic Science
University of York
YORK, YO1O 5DD, UK.
Tel: 01904 432666
Fax: 01904 432673
E-mail: mkv1york.ac.uk
 
Itesh Sachdev
School of Languages, Linguistics & Culture
Birkbeck College, University of London
43 Gordon Square
London WC1H OPD
Tel: +44-(0)20-7631 6132
FAX: +44-(0)20-7383 3729
Email: i.sachdevbbk.ac.uk

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ABSTRACTS
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Abstracts may be submitted by email or by regular mail (or by both means
as a safety measure) to Mahendra or Itesh. Email submission is preferred.
 

Submission by Email:

Email submissions are to be addressed to: sala01uni-konstanz.de

Include the paper title, name(s) of the author(s), address, phone/fax
number, email address, and whether the author(s) are students in the
body of your email message. Include or preferably attach your paper
as either a plain ASCII text, RTF, PDF, HTML, or postscript file.

Abstracts should be one page in 10pt or larger type and include a title.
Omit name and affiliation, and obvious self reference. A second page may be
used for data and references. Also include a card or cover sheet with the
paper title, name(s) of the author(s), affiliation, address, phone/fax
number, e-mail address, and whether the author(s) are students.

For further information see:

http://ling.uni-konstanz.de/pages/conferences/sala01/

or contact:
 
e-mail: sala01uni-konstanz.de
Phone: +49 - 7531 - 88 26 80
+49 - 7531 - 88 47 54

Fax: +49 - 7531 - 88 44 59



Program Committee:

Josef Bayer, University of Konstanz
Tanmoy Bhattacharya, Leipzig University
Miriam Butt, University of Konstanz
M.T. Hany Babu, University of Konstanz
Aditi Lahiri, University of Konstanz
Frans Plank, University of Konstanz
Gillian Ramchand, Oxford University
 

The International Society of Portuguese as a Second Language -SIPLE's
4th Conference
The Challenge of the New Millenium
15 to 18 November 2001
The Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

CALL FOR PAPERS

The International Society of Portuguese as a Second Language - SIPLE is
receiving proposals of papers and/or posters to be presented at its 4th
Conference to be held on PUC-Rio's campus from 15 to 18 November 2001.

Proposals should be sent in the form below to the address or fax number
there indicated until 15 June 2001 (mailing date) or in disk, in Word
for Windows (3.1-7.0), Font Times New Roman 10, space single, with a
clear indication of the time of presentation: paper or poster*. The
confirmation of acceptance will be sent until 30 June 2001. So that the
Annals of the Conference can distributed during the event, original and
final texts must be sent along with the Conference Registration Form and
a proof of payment until 30 July 2001. Only the papers and posters of
regularly registered proponents will be included in the event's final
Program.

SIPLE's 4th Conference
Proposal of _____ Poster // _____ Paper

Author's name:__________________________________________________________

Address: ______________________________________________________________
Telephone: (______) _____________ Fax: (______) _____________
E-mail: _________________________________________________
School/University:
_____________________________________________________________
Position: _________________________________________________________

Title of the poster/paper:
______________________________________________________________
Resume (maximum 15 lines):

Send in disk to:
 SIPLE
 A/C Prof. Ricardo Borges Alencar
 Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio de Janeiro
 Departamento de Letras
 Rua Marques de Sao Vicente, 225 - Ed. Pe. Leonel Franca, 3o andar
 22453-900 Rio de Janeiro RJ
 Brasil
 FAX: (55-(0)21) 259-7048
Or by e-mail to siplelet.puc-rio.br ou richardlet.puc-rio.br

For more information please contact Prof. Ricardo Borges Alencar at
richardlet.puc-rio.br