LINGUIST List 21.4235 Sun Oct 24 2010 Calls: Language Documentation, Lexicography/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.     Megan Melancon , Southeastern Conference on Linguistics Message 1: Southeastern Conference on Linguistics Date: 22-Oct-2010 From: Megan Melancon <megan.melancongcsu.edu> Subject: Southeastern Conference on Linguistics E-mail this message to a friend Full Title: Southeastern Conference on Linguistics Short Title: SECOL Date: 13-Apr-2011 - 15-Apr-2011 Location: Pine Mountain, Georgia, USA Contact Person: Megan Melancon Meeting Email: < click here to access email > Web Site: http://secol.org Linguistic Field(s): Language Documentation; Lexicography Call Deadline: 15-Dec-2010 Meeting Description: SECOL LXXVIII (78) will be held at Callaway Gardens in Pine Mountain, GA, Wednesday through Friday, April 13 – 15, 2011. The plenary speakers are expected to be Jesse Sheidlower (OED, on lexicography), and Gerard Steen (Free University Amsterdam, on metaphor). The conference theme, 'Sustainable Language,' recognizes the ecological initiatives of Callaway Gardens, and includes linguistic topics such as 'Ecology of Language' (language in its structural and cultural settings and uses), 'Endangered Languages,' 'Language Maintenance and Change,' and 'Language Archives and Collections.' Questions about the venue and arrangements may be addressed to local host Bill Kretzschmar (kretzschuga.edu) . Call for Papers: Twenty minute papers and panels lasting 100 minutes relating to the conference theme are especially requested. Research findings in all areas of language and linguistics are welcome. Electronic submissions are strongly preferred. Hard-copy submissions will be considered. Abstracts must arrive by December 15, 2010. Send abstracts to: Dr. Megan E. Melancon megan.melancongcsu.edu Dept. of English and Rhetoric Georgia College and State University CBX 044 Milledgeville, GA 31061 Fax: 478-445-5961 Phone: 478-445-5572 Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 24-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.