LINGUIST List 21.2709 Thu Jun 24 2010 Calls: Historical Linguistics, Ling & Literature, English/Spain Editor for this issue: Elyssa Winzeler <elyssalinguistlist.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.    Javier Martín Arista, 22nd International Conference of the Spanish Society for Mediaeval English Language and Literature Message 1: 22nd International Conference of the Spanish Society for Mediaeval English Language and Literature Date: 22-Jun-2010 From: Javier Martín Arista <javier.martinunirioja.es> Subject: 22nd International Conference of the Spanish Society for Mediaeval English Language and Literature E-mail this message to a friend Full Title: 22nd International Conference of the Spanish Society for Mediaeval English Language and Literature Short Title: SELIM 2010 Date: 30-Sep-2010 - 02-Oct-2010 Location: Logroño, Spain Contact Person: Javier Martín Arista Meeting Email: selim10unirioja.es Web Site: http://2010selimconference.cilap.es Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics; Ling & Literature Subject Language(s): Middle English (enm) Old English (ang) Call Deadline: 25-Jul-2010 Meeting Description: The conference will verse upon aspects of medieval English language and literature, encouraging new readings and perspectives on mediaeval English texts as well as new approaches and analytical techniques. Call for Papers Registration and accommodation information already available at: http://2010selimconference.cilap.es SELIM, Spanish Society for Mediaeval English Language and Literature, and the local organising committee invite members of the Society and all other scholars interested in the field to participate in the 22nd International SELIM Conference, which will be hosted by the Department of Modern Languages and the Centre for Research in the Applications of Languages of the University of La Rioja from September 30th to October 2nd 2010. Plenary lectures will be delivered by Francisco Cortés (La Laguna), Susan Fitzmaurice (Sheffield), Vincent Gillespie (Oxford), Dieter Kastovsky (Vienna) and Christian Kay (Glasgow). Plenary speakers have already confirmed the titles of their lectures: - Foundations for the Elaboration of a Lexical-Constructional Database of Old English Verbs (Cortés) - Standard Englishes and the Problem of Historicity (Fitzmaurice) - Meat, Metaphor, and Mysticism: Cooking the Books in The Doctrine of the Heart (Gillespie) - Old English Word-Formation and Loan Translations (Kastovsky) - Some Interesting Sounds in the Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English Dictionary (Kay) For full abstracts, visit the conference web site. The organisers welcome papers dealing with any aspect of mediaeval English language and literature and particularly encourage the submission of papers that offer new readings or perspectives on mediaeval English texts, as well as new approaches and analytical techniques.Scholars interested in offering 20-minute papers (followed by a 10-minute discussion) must send a 200-250 word abstract in electronic format (MSWord or RTF) via e-mail to selim10unirioja.es before July 25th 2010. Abstracts should include name(s), institutional affiliation(s) of the author(s), as well as e-mail address and the technical support required for the presentation. Acceptance of proposals will be confirmed as soon as the proposal has been peer-reviewed. A selection of contributions will be edited by the organisers and submitted to a major international press. Those delegates who wish to contribute to the collective volume must submit an enlarged version of their paper (5,000- 8,000 words) by October 30th 2010. http://2010selimconference.cilap.es selim10unirioja.es Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 24-Jun-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.