LINGUIST List 21.4026 Tue Oct 12 2010 Calls: General Linguistics/Qatar 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.    Kimary Shahin, Linguistics in the Gulf 3 Message 1: Linguistics in the Gulf 3 Date: 11-Oct-2010 From: Kimary Shahin <shahinqu.edu.qa> Subject: Linguistics in the Gulf 3 E-mail this message to a friend Full Title: Linguistics in the Gulf 3 Date: 06-Mar-2011 - 07-Mar-2011 Location: Doha, Qatar Contact Person: Moneera Al-Ghadeer Meeting Email: malghadeerqu.edu.qa Web Site: http://www.qu.edu.qa/artssciences/english/lingconference/third/index.php Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics Call Deadline: 15-Nov-2010 Meeting Description: The Linguistics in the Gulf - 3 Conference aims to achieve the following objectives: -Provide a common platform for scholars who are engaged in linguistic research in the region -Promote the study of language in the region -Emphasize the importance of linguistic research and of linguistics as a scientific field -Address new problematics facing researchers in the linguistics of the region while contextualizing the discussion within broader historical and theoretical perspectives -Bring researchers from the region and abroad to a productive exchange of ideas, debates and reflections on current and future developments in the science of language and in their respective areas of interest and scholarship. Call for Papers We invite contributions in any area of research on the language scene in the Gulf region including, but not limited to: 1.Formal aspects of the Gulf spoken dialects (phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics) 2.Contact of the native Arabic dialects with other languages in the region 3.Linguistic variation Linguistic change Standardization and linguistic leveling language planning and language policies 4.Linguistic attitudes relation to Standard Arabic Language and the mass media 5.Discourse analysis of Arabic literary and non-literary texts 6.Second language acquisition in the Gulf. 7.Forensic linguistics in Arabic context 8.Computational linguistics and Arabic data processing 9.Neurolinguistics and bilingual language processing The conference will also host two prominent keynote speakers. There will be a special session on new trends in linguistics which will not be limited to Arabic. After the first two successful rounds of this conference, held in 2007 and 2009, this third event aims to bring together more researchers and experts investigating a wide range of topics related to the study of language in the Gulf region. Submission of Abstracts Abstracts (of 400 words max) should be submitted electronically as an attachment (in rich text format, or pdf (especially if especial characters are used). Please send your abstract to the chair of the Conference Organizing Committee: Dr. Moneera Al-Ghadeer: malghadeerqu.edu.qa Deadline for abstracts: November 15, 2010 Receipt of abstracts will be acknowledged as soon as possible. Notification of acceptance will be sent by the beginning of January 2011. Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 12-Oct-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.