LINGUIST List 21.4373 Tue Nov 02 2010 Calls: General Linguistics/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.     Hilary Prichard , The 35th Penn Linguistics Colloquium Message 1: The 35th Penn Linguistics Colloquium Date: 01-Nov-2010 From: Hilary Prichard <hilarypbabel.ling.upenn.edu> Subject: The 35th Penn Linguistics Colloquium E-mail this message to a friend Full Title: The 35th Penn Linguistics Colloquium Short Title: PLC Date: 18-Mar-2011 - 20-Mar-2011 Location: Philadelphia, PA, USA Contact Person: PLC Organizing Committee Meeting Email: plc35babel.ling.upenn.edu Web Site: http://www.ling.upenn.edu/Events/PLC Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics Call Deadline: 05-Nov-2010 Meeting Description: The PLC is a conference in linguistics run by the graduate students in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Pennsylvania. 2nd Call For Papers Updated Call The 35th Annual Penn Linguistics Colloquium will take place March 18-20, 2011 at the University of Pennsylvania campus in Philadelphia. Invited Speaker: Virginia Valian of Hunter College (topic and title TBA) There will also be a special interdisciplinary panel on Friday, March 18, which is tentatively about language acquisition. More information will be posted closer to the conference. Papers on any topic in linguistics and associated fields are welcome. Speakers will have 20 minutes for their presentations and 5 minutes for discussion and questions.Authors may submit up to two abstracts as follows: either one singly-authored and one co-authored, or two co- authored papers. Deadline: Abstracts are due Friday, November 5, 2010. Notification of acceptance/rejection will be given by Tuesday, January 18, 2011. Length: Please limit abstracts to one page, single-spaced. An additional page may be used for references and tables or sample data. Do not include your name or affiliation within the abstract. Format: To facilitate the review process, please submit your abstract as a .pdf file. Abstract Submission: To submit an abstract, you must follow these steps exactly: To begin, click here to go to our abstract submission system and login. If you do not have an existing EasyChair account, click on 'sign up for an account.' You will be asked to fill out a simple form to create an account. Click 'New Submission' at the top of the page. Enter author information in the provided fields. Tick the 'Corresponding Author' box for all authors who wish to receive e-mail correspondences or notifications.Enter your title in the 'Title' field. In the 'Abstract' field, please enter a one sentence summary, or any comments you have, in order to assist the committee in assigning reviewers. Do not paste your full abstract into this field. Please select the primary category of your abstract. Additional categories may be included in the keywords. Enter at least three keywords. Upload your abstract .pdf file in the 'Paper' field. Only .pdf files will be accepted. Abstracts not submitted as a .pdf will not be considered. Do not include your name or affiliation in the abstract/file name! Do not tick the 'Abstract only' box, or your .pdf will not be uploaded. Click 'Submit.' You will be taken to a summary page of your submission - this is your confirmation that it has been saved. Abstracts will be reviewed anonymously.You may make any necessary updates by logging in and clicking on 'My Submissions.' Proceedings: Conference proceedings will be published as a volume of the Penn Working Papers in Linguistics. Speakers will be invited to provide camera-ready copies of their papers after the Colloquium. For More Information: Email plc35ling.upenn.edu Visit http://www.ling.upenn.edu/Events/PLC/PLC35 Penn Linguistics Colloquium Department of Linguistics 619 Williams Hall University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305 This event is supported by funding from SASgov, the student government for graduate students in the School of Arts and Sciences, and GAPSA, the Graduate and Professional Students' Association at the University of Pennsylvania. Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 02-Nov-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.