LINGUIST List 21.3528 Sat Sep 04 2010 Calls: General Ling, Lang Doc, Langs of the Americas/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.    Peggy Speas, 16th Workshop on the Structure and Constituency of Languages of the Americas Message 1: 16th Workshop on the Structure and Constituency of Languages of the Americas Date: 02-Sep-2010 From: Peggy Speas <pspeaslinguist.umass.edu> Subject: 16th Workshop on the Structure and Constituency of Languages of the Americas E-mail this message to a friend Full Title: 16th Workshop on the Structure and Constituency of Languages of the Americas Short Title: WSCLA 16 Date: 11-Feb-2011 - 13-Feb-2011 Location: Amherst, MA, USA Contact Person: Peggy Speas Meeting Email: wsclalinguist.umass.edu Web Site: http://people.umass.edu/wscla/index.html Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics; Language Documentation Other Specialty: Langs of the Americas Call Deadline: 15-Oct-2010 Meeting Description: WSCLA 16 will take place at the University of Massachusetts, February 11- 13 2011. The invited speakers include Emmon Bach, Benjamin Bruening and Amy Rose Deal and Lisa Matthewson. Specials sessions will be held on semantic field work and language revitalization in New England. Information will be posted on the conference website http://people.umass.edu/wscla/index.html. Abstract submissions should be made through EasyAbs:http://linguistlist.org/confcustom/wscla16 The Workshop on Structure and Constituency in the Languages of the Americas (WSCLA) is an annual linguistics conference, which started in 1995. The central objective of WSCLA is to bring together linguists who are engaged in research on the formal study of indigenous languages of the Americas in order to exchange ideas across theories, language families, generations of scholars, and across the academic and non-academic communities who are involved in language maintenance and revitalization. Call For Papers We solicit abstracts for 30 minute presentations (20 minutes + 10 minutes for discussion) or poster presentations on any area consistent with the workshop objectives. The deadline for abstracts is 11:59 PM, October 15, 2010. Submissions are limited to one singly authored paper and one jointly authored paper per person. Abstracts must not exceed 2 pages (8.5 x 11), including data. References may be listed on a third sheet. Please set margins to 2.54 cm (1 inch) on all four sides and use Times New Roman (or equivalent) no smaller than size 12. Please indicate whether you wish your abstract to be considered for the main session or one of the special sessions. If your abstract is not chosen for one of the special sessions, it may still be considered for the main session. Likewise, please indicate whether you prefer a 30 minute talk or a poster. We will try to accommodate everyone's preferences, however, this may not always be possible. All submissions should be made through EasyAbs : http://linguistlist.org/confcustom/wscla16 Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 04-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.