LINGUIST List 21.4614 Wed Nov 17 2010 Calls: Text/Corpus Linguistics/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.     Viviana Cortes , American Association for Corpus Linguistics 2011 Message 1: American Association for Corpus Linguistics 2011 Date: 16-Nov-2010 From: Viviana Cortes <aacl2011gmail.com> Subject: American Association for Corpus Linguistics 2011 E-mail this message to a friend Full Title: American Association for Corpus Linguistics 2011 Short Title: AACL 2011 Date: 06-Oct-2011 - 09-Oct-2011 Location: Atlanta, Georgia, USA Contact Person: Viviana Cortes Meeting Email: aacl2011gmail.com Web Site: http://www2.gsu.edu/~wwwesl/alesl/aacl2011/index.html Linguistic Field(s): Text/Corpus Linguistics Call Deadline: 15-Feb-2011 Meeting Description: The 10th Conference for the American Association for Corpus Linguistics (AACL) will be held at Georgia State University in Atlanta, GA, USA, on October 7-9, 2011. AACL covers all aspects of corpus linguistics. The conference continues the tradition of previous conferences of the American Association for Corpus Linguistics and the American Association for Applied Corpus Linguistics. Previous meetings have been held at different universities in the United States and Canada since 1998, including University of Alberta (2009), Brigham Young University (2008), Northern Arizona University (2006, 2000), the University of Michigan (2005, 1999), Montclair State (2004), IUPUI (2002), and University of Massachusetts-Boston (2001). Sub-fields covered by AACL 2010 include various perspectives on corpus-based research, corpus creation, corpus annotation, linguistic analyses of corpora, register/genre variation, lexicography, parallel corpora, tagging and parsing, software development, and the use of corpora in language learning and teaching. Conference Venue: The Loudermilk Center in downtown Atlanta Plenary Speakers: Paul Baker, Lancaster University Patricia Byrd, Georgia State University [Professor Emerita] Eniko Csomay, San Diego State University Randi Reppen, Northern Arizona University Call for Papers: We invite faculty, graduate students, and independent scholars to submit abstracts for 20-minute papers, with an additional ten minutes for discussion on any aspect of corpus linguistics. Proposals are welcome in all of the following topic strands: -Corpus Creation Tagging and Parsing -Linguistic Analyses of Corpora Lexicography -Register/Genre Variation Software Development -Parallel Corpora Corpora in Language Learning and Teaching -Computational Linguistics The deadline for abstract submission is February 15, 2011. Please send the abstract to: aacl2011gmail.com as an attachment either in Microsoft Word Document or in Rich Text Format. Write 'Abstract Submission' in the subject line of the e-mail. Submissions must be in a single file and must include the following in the order given below: (1) On the first page, please include: -Title of paper, name of presenter(s) and affiliation(s); names should be written as: Family, Given -Contact information (e-mail, fax number, telephone number including country prefixes, mailing address including city, state/province/county, postal code and country) for presenter(s) (2) On the second page, please include: -Title of paper (no more than 10 words) -Topic strand -400-word abstract (used to assess the suitability of the paper) -50-word summary (for the conference program) Evaluation of proposals: Abstracts will undergo anonymous review. Proposals will be evaluated by a team of reviewers who are experts in the area according to each of the following categories: (1) appropriateness and originality of the research topic, (2) quality of research design, (3) significance of findings and research implications, and (4) clarity of written abstract. Important dates: -November 15, 2010: Call for papers begins -February 15, 2011: Deadline for abstract submission -April 15, 2011: Notification of decision on abstracts Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 17-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.