LINGUIST List 21.2735 Sun Jun 27 2010 Calls: Romance, Historical Linguistics, Linguistic Theories/Netherlands 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.    Roberta D'Alessandro, Going Romance 24 Message 1: Going Romance 24 Date: 25-Jun-2010 From: Roberta D'Alessandro <r.dalessandrohum.leidenuniv.nl> Subject: Going Romance 24 E-mail this message to a friend Full Title: Going Romance 24 Date: 09-Dec-2010 - 11-Dec-2010 Location: Leiden, Netherlands Contact Person: Going Romance 2010 Conference Organizer Meeting Email: < click here to access email > Web Site: http://hum.leiden.edu/lucl/going-romance/ Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics; Historical Linguistics; Linguistic Theories Language Family(ies): Romance Call Deadline: 01-Sep-2010 Meeting Description: Going Romance is the European conference series that focuses on Romance languages from the perspective of current linguistic theorizing. In the two decades of its existence, it has developed into the major European discussion forum for theoretically relevant research on Romance languages where current ideas about language in general and about Romance languages in particular are discussed. Going Romance has a steering committee, in which all Dutch universities that are involved in research on Romance languages are represented. It is organised every year, in the first half of December. Going Romance is the European conference series that focuses on Romance languages from the perspective of current linguistic theorizing. In more than two decades of its existence, it has developed into the major European discussion forum for theoretically relevant research on Romance languages where current ideas about language in general and about Romance languages in particular are discussed. Going Romance 24 will take place in Leiden (Netherlands) on December 9-10 2010 and will be followed by the Going Romance Workshop 'Non-Romance features in Romance languages' on December 11 2010. The invited speakers for Going Romance 24 are: Ana Arregui João Costa Rita Manzini Tobias Scheer Call for Papers Papers on all areas of Romance linguistics are welcome. Abstracts are invited for 30-minute talks (plus 10 minutes for discussion). Abstracts should be anonymous and no longer than two pages, including references and examples, with margins of at least 1-inch, font size 12, single spaced. Submissions are limited to a maximum of one individual and one joint abstract per author and should be submitted to: goingromance2010gmail.com. Authors are asked to submit their abstracts as PDF e-mail attachments. The abstract should include the title, but not the author's name(s). The title of the paper, name of the author(s), affiliation(s), address, phone number, and e- mail address should be included in the e-mail message. Please indicate whether you submit your paper for the general sessions or for the workshop. All authors who present their work at the conference will be invited to submit their paper for the peer reviewed volume in the Romance Languages and Linguistic Theory series, published by John Benjamins. Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 27-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.