LINGUIST List 21.4960 Wed Dec 08 2010 Calls: General Linguistics/Japan Editor for this issue: Amy Brunett <brunettlinguistlist.org> New! Visit LL's Multitree project for over 1000 trees dynamically generated from scholarly hypotheses about language relationships:             http://multitree.linguistlist.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.     Akira Hiroe , ELSJ 4th International Spring Forum Message 1: ELSJ 4th International Spring Forum Date: 07-Dec-2010 From: Akira Hiroe <hiroeshokei-gakuen.ac.jp> Subject: ELSJ 4th International Spring Forum E-mail this message to a friend Full Title: ELSJ 4th International Spring Forum Date: 23-Apr-2011 - 24-Apr-2011 Location: Hamamatsu Shizuoka-ken, Japan Contact Person: Kojiro Nabeshima Meeting Email: < click here to access email > Web Site: http://wwwsoc.nii.ac.jp/elsj/01.html Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics Call Deadline: 21-Dec-2010 Meeting Description: We are happy to announce that the ELSJ 4th International Spring Forum is to be held as described below. The English Linguistic Society of Japan (ELSJ) 4th International Spring Forum 2011 Forum Dates: Saturday April 23 － Sunday April 24, 2011 Location: Shizuoka University (Hamamatsu campus) 3-5-1 Johoku, Naka-ku, Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture 432-8011, JAPAN Organizing Committee: KJ Nabeshima (Chair), Yoko Fujii, Nobuko Hasegawa, Kuniyoshi Kataoka, Hiroyuki Nawata, Toshio Ohori Contact: forum-elsjkaitakusha.co.jp Call for Papers: Paper Presentations: Submissions: We invite abstracts for: (A) oral presentations (20-minute talks plus 10-minute discussions) and (B) poster presentations on the following areas: 1) phonetics and phonology, 2) morphology and lexicology, 3) syntax, 4) semantics, 5) pragmatics and discourse analysis, 6) historical linguistics, 7) corpus linguistics and descriptive grammar, 8) cognitive linguistics, 9) sociolinguistics, 10) psycholinguistics, 11) neurolinguistics, 12) others. We accept only electronic submissions. Abstract requirements: 1. Abstracts created in PDF (strongly recommended) or Microsoft Word format (.doc format recommended) must be submitted by e-mail as attachment files to: forum-elsjkaitakusha.co.jp 2. The length of an abstract must be no more than 800 English words using a 12-point font. Please stay within a length of two pages (A4 or letter size), including references, tree diagrams, or tables. 3. Abstracts must not contain authors' names or any explicit self-references which make possible the identification of authors. 4. The body of the e-mail must contain: (a) title of the paper, (b) name of the author, (c) affiliation of the author, (d) e-mail address of the author. 5. The subject of the email must be 'Abstract for ELSJ Spring Forum.' 6. If you prefer poster presentation to ordinary presentation, please indicate this in the body of your e-mail. Deadline: December 21, 2010 Notification of acceptance: January 12, 2011 Workshops Submissions: We also invite proposals for workshops in the same linguistic areas as in the paper presentations. Workshops can last approximately two hours. Here again, we accept only electronic submissions. Proposal Requirements: 1. Proposals created in PDF or Word format must be submitted by e-mail as attachment files to: forum-elsjkaitakusha.co.jp 2. The length of a proposal must be no more than 1,000 English words using a 12-point font. Please stay within a length of three pages (size A4 or letter size), including references, tree diagrams, or tables. 3. Proposals must not contain organizers' names or any explicit self-references which make possible the identification of organizers. 4. The body of the e-mail must contain: (a) title of the workshop, (b) names of the organizer and speakers, (c) affiliations of the organizer and speakers, (d) e-mail address of the organizer. 5. The subject of the e-mail must be "Workshop Proposal for ELSJ Spring Forum." Deadline: December 21, 2010 Notification of acceptance: January 12, 2011 Registration Fee ELSJ members: 2,000 yen Non-members: 5,000 yen Non-member students: 3,000 yen New! Visit LL's Multitree project for over 1000 trees dynamically generated from scholarly hypotheses about language relationships:             http://multitree.linguistlist.org/ Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 08-Dec-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.