LINGUIST List 21.3006 Wed Jul 21 2010 Calls: General Ling, Language Contact/Netherlands 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.    Dick Smakman, Rethinking Contact Induced Change Message 1: Rethinking Contact Induced Change Date: 20-Jul-2010 From: Dick Smakman <d.smakmanhum.leidenuniv.nl> Subject: Rethinking Contact Induced Change E-mail this message to a friend Full Title: Rethinking Contact Induced Change Short Title: RCIC Date: 09-Jun-2011 - 11-Jun-2011 Location: Leiden, Netherlands Contact Person: Esrih Bakker Meeting Email: RCIChum.leidenuniv.nl Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics Other Specialty: Language Contact Call Deadline: 30-Nov-2010 Meeting Description: This conference addresses a number of fundamental questions in the domain of contact-induced change that have emerged from the debate in the last decades and also aims to formulate new questions. We aim at contributions that assess the main issues based on empirical data, but with a wider view of the theoretical consequences of these data, and specifically invite abstracts for proposed papers or posters on the following issues: - Is there a difference in output of contact-induced change in language maintenance situations and in language shift situations? - Do mixed languages, creoles, and metatypized languages (in the definition of Malcolm Ross) reflect essentially different histories of language contact than other languages, or do they constitute the edges of a continuum? - To what extent do structural differences and similarities between the languages in contact shape the way they influence each other? Invited speakers (to be confirmed): Robert Nicolaï, Alexandra Aikhenvald, Sarah Thomason, Don Winford, Malcolm Ross. Call For Papers How to submit an abstract: Send your (anonymous) title and abstract as an email attachment to: RCIChum.leidenuniv.nl Subject header: (your last name) RCIC abstract Please include the following in the body of the email: - Name(s) of author(s) - Abstract title - Contact information: email, phone, fax Abstract specifications: Maximum length: 500 words or 1 single-spaced page Format: If possible .pdf. Language: English or French. Put the following information at the top of your abstract: - Title - Category: oral; poster; either oral or poster (please choose) - Name: Give a file name similar to the subject header Anonymity: Abstracts must be anonymous. Do not put your name or other identifying information on the abstract. Also, please anonymize your file by removing identifying information. Usually this can be done using the following two pull-down menus: File > document properties > description (remove name of author) View > comments (though an abstract is unlikely to have comments, check this and remove any comments, as they will show your username) View > review tracker (ditto) You might also check: Acrobat > preferences > identity (to keep your identity off the .pdf, leave all fields blank). Categories of submission: 1) Individual oral presentation (single- or multiple-author): 20 minutes + 10 minutes for discussion. 2) Poster: One or more poster sessions will be organized, depending on demand. 3) Oral or poster: This means you prefer an oral presentation but would also be willing instead to do a poster. If there are more good abstracts than we can accommodate, a Program Committee will schedule some as posters. If you choose either the ''poster'' or ''oral or poster'' category, you will increase your chances of acceptance. Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 21-Jul-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.