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CALL FOR PAPERS Linguistic Socialization, Language Acquisition and Language Disorders dedicated to the memory of Zita Reger (1944-2001) October 7-9 2002, at the Research Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest (Budapest VI. Benczar u. 33.). The conference, organized jointly by the Research Institute of Linguistics and the Research Institute on National and Ethnic Minorities of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences is set up to pay homage to the late Professor Zita Reger, an outstanding linguist and teacher, former department head at the Research Institute for Linguistics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. The conference will feature state-of-the-art presentations on the following three topics, which Zita Reger made significant contributions to during her research career: A) Language acquisition, child language B) Linguistic socialization, and language use in Gypsy communities C) Aphasia research: lexicon, syntax and phonology in impaired language Invited speakers: Jean Berko Gleason (Boston University) Csaba Pleh (Budapest University of Technology and Economics) Herman Kolk (Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen) Michael Stewart (University College London) Susan Gal (University of Chicago) The organizers invite anonymous abstracts for 30-minute talks, which will be delivered in three sessions corresponding to the three topic areas indicated above. Official languages: Sessions A and C - English, Session B - English and Hungarian. Abstract presentation: The maximum lenght of anonymous abstracts is two pages (single-space, Times 12 point or equivalent). Abstracts should be written in one of the official languages of the session they are intended for. Electronic submission of abstracts (in rtf, i.e. Rich Text File format) is strongly preferred. Abstracts should be sent to the following address: utakMail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issuenytud.hu Please make sure that the abstract contains no easily recognizable reference to your own work. The abstracts should be accompanied by a separate page with the author's name and affiliation, title of abstract, e-mail address, mailing address, and phone and fax number. If the author prefers submission of hard copies, they should be sent (in 5 copies without author's name + a separate page with the author's name, and affiliation) to the following address: Zoltan Banreti, Research Institute for Linguistics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences Budapest P.O. Box 701/518. 1399 Hungary Deadline for the submission of abstracts: June 10 2002 Authors will be notified of the acceptance of their abstracts before July 1 2002 Registration fee (including coffee, abstracts, and a banquet): before August 31: 40 USD after August 31: 50 USD Pre-registration rates only apply if payment is transferred to our account prior to August 31: Research Institute for Linguistics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences Account no.: 10032000-01731732-00000000 Swift code: MANEHUHB Students and scholars from Eastern and Central Europe can apply for special grants covering the price of registration and/or accommodation when submitting their abstracts. Further information about registration and accommodation (including special rates offered to conference participants by hotels near the venue of the conference) is available on our website: www.nytud.hu/LSLALD/lslald.html. On behalf of the organizers, Zoltan Banreti, Deputy Director of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Budapest Laszlo Szarka, Director of the Research Institute on National and Ethnic Minorities
The deadline for paper submission to the Linguistic Association of Korea Journal Summer Issue is approaching. The topic of the current issue is 'Metaphors in Language.' However, we welcome papers on all other topics in theoretical and applied linguistics including language acquisition. The following is the submission schedule for this year. - ---------------------------------------------- Issue Deadline Topics - ---------------------------------------------- 2 Apr. 30 Metaphors in Language 3 July 30 Lexicon and Its Structure 4 Sept. 30 Grammatical Interfaces in Language - ---------------------------------------------- Find stylesheet at: Stylesheet in MS Word: http://korling.or.kr/lakweb/call4papers/stylesheet.doc http://gshin.chonnam.ac.kr/research/lak/stylesheet.doc Stylesheet in Hangul word: http://korling.or.kr/lakweb/call4papers/stylesheet.hwp http://gshin.chonnam.ac.kr/research/lak/stylesheet.hwp Email your file in MS Word or Hangul Word format to: Gyonggu Shin <gshinMail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issuechonnam.ac.kr> Editor, LAK Journal Professor, English Department Chonnam National University, Gwangju, South Korea