LINGUIST List 21.4051 Thu Oct 14 2010 Confs: Socioling, Anthroling/USA Editor for this issue: Amy Brunett <brunettlinguistlist.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.     Sonja Lanehart , African American Language and Pop Culture: Among Language, Education, Music, Media, and Sports Message 1: African American Language and Pop Culture: Among Language, Education, Music, Media, and Sports Date: 13-Oct-2010 From: Sonja Lanehart <sonja.lanehartutsa.edu> Subject: African American Language and Pop Culture: Among Language, Education, Music, Media, and Sports E-mail this message to a friend African American Language and Pop Culture: Among Language, Education, Music, Media, and Sports Short Title: AAL2 Date: 02-Nov-2010 - 03-Nov-2010 Location: San Antonio, Texas, USA Contact: Sonja Lanehart Contact Email: < click here to access email > Meeting URL: http://www.cs.utsa.edu/~aal2/ Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics; Sociolinguistics Meeting Description: The second biennial African American Language Conference will take place November 2-3, 2010, in San Antonio, TX, immediately preceding NWAV 39 (which will be November 4-6, 2010). This year’s AAL conference theme is 'AAL in Pop Culture: Intersections among Language, Education, Music, Media, and Sports.' The program can be downloaded at http://www.cs.utsa.edu/~aal2/program.html Tuesday, November 2, 2010 8:00 - 10:00 AM Workshop: Code-Switching Lessons: Grammar Strategies for Linguistically Diverse Writers by Rebecca Wheeler 10:30 - 11:30 AM Rountables 1:00 - 5:00 PM Paper Sessions 6:30 - 8:30 PM Special Panel: Identity, Appropriation, Innovation, and Use in Pop Culture with Geneva Smitherman, Marcyliena Morgan, Elaine Richardson, H. Samy Alim, and Jennifer Bloomquist Wednesday, November 3, 2010 8:00 - 11:30 AM and 1:15 - 5:00 PM Paper Sessions 6:30 - 8:30 PM Special Panel: Education Applications, Conundrums, Policies, and Possibilities with William Labov, Rebecca Wheeler, Sharroky Hollie, Walt Wolfram, and John Rickford Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 14-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.