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Directory         1.     Ilona Spector , 1st International Graduate Student Conference on Diverse Approaches to Linguistics Message 1: 1st International Graduate Student Conference on Diverse Approaches to Linguistics Date: 16-Dec-2010 From: Ilona Spector <ilona.spectorgmail.com> Subject: 1st International Graduate Student Conference on Diverse Approaches to Linguistics E-mail this message to a friend Full Title: 1st International Graduate Student Conference on Diverse Approaches to Linguistics Short Title: IGDAL Date: 23-Oct-2011 - 23-Oct-2011 Location: Jerusalem, Israel Contact Person: Ilona Spector Orit Eshel Beninga Meeting Email: < click here to access email > Web Site: http://www.hum.huji.ac.il/site/IGDAL2011 Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics Call Deadline: 15-Apr-2011 Meeting Description: The Department of Linguistics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem is proud to announce the 1st International Graduate Student Conference on Diverse Approaches to Linguistics. The conference is organized by the department's graduate students under the auspices of The School of Language Sciences at the Hebrew University and will take place on October 23rd 2011, immediately before the annual conference of IATL (Israel Association for Theoretical Linguistics). Invited Speaker: Professor Malka Rappaport Hovav (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem) First International Graduate Student Conference on Diverse Approaches to Linguistics 2011 (IGDAL) Date: 23.10.2011 Location: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel Meeting and contact e-mail: igdalplutomail.huji.ac.il Web site: http://www.hum.huji.ac.il/site/IGDAL2011 Local Organizing Committee: Orit Eshel Beninga Ilona Spector Call for Papers: Call deadline: April 15, 2011 Call for Papers: As The Department of Linguistics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem specializes both in theoretical and descriptive linguistics, this conference aims to bring the two disciplines together, by encouraging graduate students from all over the world to participate at IGDAL. Graduate students not having defended a Ph.D. in Linguistics by October 2011 are invited to submit abstracts in various subfields of theoretical and descriptive Linguistics, Functional as well as Formal approaches to Linguistics, including frameworks such as P&P, MP, DM, LFG, HPSG, RRG, Prague School, Typological, Descriptive and Historical Linguistics, Psycholinguistics, Neurolinguistics, etc. Topics may include Text Linguistics, Narrative Analysis, Syntax, Semantics, Morphology, Phonology, Pragmatics, Lexical Semantics and the various interfaces between them. Papers are allotted 20 minutes for presentation plus 10 minutes for questions and discussion. Contributions can focus on results from completed as well as ongoing research, with an emphasis on novel approaches, methods, ideas, and perspectives. Presentations should describe original, unpublished work. Abstracts' length should be between 1.5-2 pages, including data, discussion, references, examples and diagrams. The theoretical framework of the research should be explicitly stated in the abstract. Abstracts should be typed in at least 11-point font, with 1 inch margins (A4 or letter-size) in PDF format. Abstracts must be anonymous and submissions are limited to 1 individual and 1 joint abstract per author. All abstracts will be anonymously reviewed by the conference's academic committee; papers will appear in the proceedings of IGDAL, which will be published online. Abstracts are to be submitted to igdalplutomail.huji.ac.il. The file name should be anonymous. In the body of the e-mail please state your name, affiliation, title and your e-mail address. Participants of IGDAL are cordially invited to attend IATL 27, to be held at the University of Haifa, October 24-25, 2011. For more information re IATL 27, follow this link: http://linguistics.huji.ac.il/IATL/ Important Dates: Deadline for abstract submission: April 15, 2011 Notification of acceptance: June 15, 2011 Final program: July, 2011 Conference: October 23, 2011 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: 17-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.