LINGUIST List 21.4055 Thu Oct 14 2010 Calls: General Linguistics/Canada 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.     Thomas Magnuson , 27th Northwest Linguistics Conference Message 1: 27th Northwest Linguistics Conference Date: 12-Oct-2010 From: Thomas Magnuson <communicationsnwlc2011.com> Subject: 27th Northwest Linguistics Conference E-mail this message to a friend Full Title: 27th Northwest Linguistics Conference Short Title: NWLC 2011 Date: 19-Feb-2011 - 20-Feb-2011 Location: Victoria BC, Canada Contact Person: Thomas Magnuson Meeting Email: communicationsnwlc2011.com Web Site: http://www.nwlc2011.com Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics Call Deadline: 12-Dec-2010 Meeting Description: The Northwest Linguistics Conference (NWLC) is an annual event organized, on an alternating basis, by the linguistics graduate students of four of the region's major universities: the University of Washington, the University of British Columbia, Simon Fraser University, & the University of Victoria. Over the years, the NWLC has grown into a supportive forum for the exchange of new ideas among both new and seasoned graduate students as well as practicing academics. Abstracts for oral and poster presentations are now being accepted in all areas of linguistic inquiry and related disciplines. Call For Papers For nearly thirty years the Northwest Linguistics Conference (NWLC) has been held, on an alternating basis, by linguistics graduate students at four major universities in British Columbia and Washington State: the University of Washington, the University of British Columbia, Simon Fraser University, and the University of Victoria. The upcoming 27th NWLC will take place at the University of Victoria on the 19th and 20th of February, 2011, with the aim of fostering the ongoing exchange of ideas between students involved in all areas of linguistics. Abstracts are now being accepted for both oral and poster presentations. Oral presentations will be 20 minutes plus 10 minutes for questions, and the poster presentation will be 1 hour. Presenters of both types will have the opportunity to submit a short (6-page) proceedings paper of their research, which will be published in Vol. 21 of the Working Papers of the Linguistics Circle of the University of Victoria. Abstracts should be submitted by email (with subject line: 'ABSTRACT') to abstractsnwlc2011.com by Dec. 12, 2010. Abstracts should be maximum 300 words in length, excluding illustrations, references, and at least 3 keywords. Your name or affiliation should not appear in the body of your abstract; instead, please include these in the body of your email along with your paper title, and whether you have a preference for either an oral or poster presentation, or both. For further details and other information, please visit the conference website at www.nwlc2011.com. 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.