LINGUIST List 21.2236 Sun May 16 2010 Calls: General Ling/Australia Editor for this issue: Di Wdzenczny <dilinguistlist.org> LINGUIST is pleased to announce the launch of an exciting new feature: Easy Abstracts! Easy Abs is a free abstract submission and review facility designed to help conference organizers and reviewers accept and process abstracts online. Just go to: http://www.linguistlist.org/confcustom, and begin your conference customization process today! With Easy Abstracts, submission and review will be as easy as 1-2-3! Directory         1.    Veronica Wagner, Free Linguistics Conference Message 1: Free Linguistics Conference Date: 16-May-2010 From: Veronica Wagner <veronicafreelinguistics.org> Subject: Free Linguistics Conference E-mail this message to a friend Full Title: Free Linguistics Conference Short Title: FLC Date: 09-Oct-2010 - 10-Oct-2010 Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Contact Person: Veronica Wagner Meeting Email: veronicafreelinguistics.org Web Site: http://www.freelinguistics.org Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics Call Deadline: 12-Aug-2010 Meeting Description: The aim of this conference is to provide an open and widely accessible forum to researchers, scholars, and postgraduate and undergraduate students, with research issues from all fields of Linguistics and TESOL. The main feature that distinguishes this conference is its focus on freedom: Freedom from linguistic sub-field divisions; Freedom from an established and rigid theme for presentations; Freedom from fees! Call For Papers Authors are invited to submit abstracts for papers, colloquia, poster presentations, or hot topics. Single papers: Papers will be 40 minutes in length, with 30 minutes for presentation, and 10 minutes for questions/discussion. Colloquia: Colloquia will be 90 minutes in length. Their internal structure is up to their organisers, but sufficient time for discussion is encouraged. Hot topics: Hot topic talks will be 20 minutes in length, with 10 minutes for the talk and 10 minutes for Q&A/discussion. We especially welcome proposals in this category from young researchers/students with new and challenging ideas. Poster presentations: Poster presentations will be given in groups with a 30-minute allotment per session. This format may suit young researchers who want to present their work in a less formal format. Abstracts are invited from any linguistic (and TESOL) sub-fields, and presenters may choose from the following strands: Aboriginal Languages, Cognitive Linguistics, Computational Linguistics, Conversation Analysis, Corpus Linguistics, Critical Applied Linguistics, Discourse Analysis, First Language Acquisition, Forensic Linguistics, Historical Linguistics, Language & Culture, Language in Education, Language Policy & Planning, Languages Other Than English (LOTE), Multilingualism, Natural Language Processing, Pragmatics, Psycholinguistics, Second/Additional Language Acquisition, Sociolinguistics, Systemic Functional Linguistics, TESOL, Translation, Interpretation, Other. Submission Guidelines Please sign up at: www.freelinguistics.org/user, and log in, then submit your abstract at www.freelinguistics.org/submit. Note: All abstracts must be equal to or fewer than 250 words; HTML tags may be used to format if desired; submissions shall close promptly at 5pm AEST, Thursday 12 August 2010. You may also register for the 2010 Conference (for free) at: www.freelinguistics.org/register, once logged in. Submission Deadline: 5pm AEST Thursday August 12, 2010 Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 16-May-2010       About LINGUIST    |   Contact Us       While the LINGUIST List makes every effort to ensure the linguistic relevance of sites listed on its pages, it cannot vouch for their contents.