LINGUIST List 21.3080 Tue Jul 27 2010 Calls: Applied Ling, Lang Acq, Phonology, English/Poland 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.    Ewa Waniek-Klimczak, IV International Conference on Native and Non-native Accents of English Message 1: IV International Conference on Native and Non-native Accents of English Date: 26-Jul-2010 From: Ewa Waniek-Klimczak <ewaklimuni.lodz.pl> Subject: IV International Conference on Native and Non-native Accents of English E-mail this message to a friend Full Title: IV International Conference on Native and Non-native Accents of English Short Title: Accents 2010 Date: 09-Dec-2010 - 11-Dec-2010 Location: ?ód?, Poland Contact Person: Ewa Waniek-Klimczak Meeting Email: accentsuni.lodz.pl Web Site: http://www.filolog.uni.lodz.pl/accents2010 Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Language Acquisition; Phonology Subject Language(s): English (eng) Call Deadline: 19-Sep-2010 Meeting Description: 'Accents' is an annual meeting of researchers and teachers of phonetics, phonology and EFL interested in the issue of accent in English spoken as a native or non-native language. The main theme chosen for the 2010 meeting - Accents in teaching English across time and space - reflects a strong teaching strand present in all our meeting. The conference is organized by Ewa Waniek-Klimczak (ewaklimuni.lodz.pl), the head of the Department of English Grammar and Phonetics (Chair of English Language and Applied Linguistics), University of ?ód? with the department team: Anna Cichosz, Anna Grali?ska-Brawata and Przemys?aw Ostalski. The information on previous conferences can be found at the conference website (www.filolog.uni.lodz.pl/accents2009, 2008 and 2007). Please send all conference related questions to accentsuni.lodz.pl The Advisory Board of the ACCENTS conferences (in alphabetical order): Una Cunningham, University of Dalarna, Sweden Magnus Huber, University of Giessen, Germany Barbara Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk, University of ?ód?, Poland Jan Majer, University of ?ód?, Poland Linda Shockey, University of Reading, UK W?odzimierz Sobkowiak, UAM, Pozna?, Poland Jolanta Szpyra-Koz?owska, UMCS, Lublin, Poland Call For Papers We are pleased to announce the fourth conference on Native and Non- native Accents of English - 'Accents 2010'. We invite papers exploring the main as well as other issues in native and non-native accents of English, inlcluding, but not limited to the following: -The theory and practice of accents in teaching English in the EFL, ESL and/or EIL context -The acquisition and usage of accents in EFL / ESL / EIL -The sound system in native and non-native speech -Variability in native and non-native accents of English -Teaching English pronunciation -The phenomenon of 'accented' speech -Socio-phonetics -Methodology of accent studies Papers related to the above issues and other aspects of accent studies are invited. The deadline for abstract submission is September 19, 2010. Please send two copies of an abstract of about 400 words (excluding references) to accentsuni.lodz.pl, with your name and affiliation written under the title in one copy. Papers will typically last about 20 minutes with 10 minutes for questions. After the process of peer-revision, e-mail notifications will be sent out by October 17, 2009. Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 27-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.