LINGUIST List 21.3488 Wed Sep 01 2010 Calls: General Ling/USA 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.    Kazuko Hiramatsu, Michigan Linguistics Society, 40th Annual Meeting Message 1: Michigan Linguistics Society, 40th Annual Meeting Date: 31-Aug-2010 From: Kazuko Hiramatsu <linguisticsumflint.edu> Subject: Michigan Linguistics Society, 40th Annual Meeting E-mail this message to a friend Full Title: Michigan Linguistics Society, 40th Annual Meeting Short Title: MLS 2010 Date: 23-Oct-2010 - 23-Oct-2010 Location: Flint, MI, USA Contact Person: Kazuko Hiramatsu Meeting Email: linguisticsumflint.edu Web Site: http://blogs.umflint.edu/mls2010 Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics Call Deadline: 07-Sep-2010 Meeting Description: 40th Annual Meeting of the Michigan Linguistics Society Saturday, Oct. 23, 2010 University of Michigan-Flint Keynote speaker: Diane Lillo-Martin, University of Connecticut We invite submissions for a special session on sign language linguistics. For additional information visit the conference website: http://blogs.umflint.edu/mls2010 Call For Papers We invite papers of original research in all areas of linguistics and for a special session on sign language linguistics. Presentations will be 20 minutes plus 10 minutes for discussion. Extended Deadline for abstract submission: September 7, 2010 Submit abstracts by email to: linguisticsumflint.edu Please include in the body of the email: 1. Author name(s) 2. Author affiliation(s) 3. Paper title Guidelines for abstract submission: -Word limit: 500 words (including title and examples but excluding references) -Indicate word count at the bottom of the abstract. -File format: .pdf, .doc or .txt -Name your file using an abbreviated version of your abstract title. -Abstracts will be reviewed anonymously. Remove all author information from the file. -Author information (name, affiliation, email address) will be required on the submission website. -An author may submit up to two abstracts (at least one joint paper). -For joint abstracts, we will use the first author as the contact person. Acceptance notification will be sent September 24, 2010 For additional information, visit the conference website: http://blogs.umflint.edu/mls2010 Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 01-Sep-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.