LINGUIST List 22.2453 Mon Jun 13 2011 Calls: Sociolinguistics/USA Editor for this issue: Alison Zaharee <alisonlinguistlist.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.     Wayne Finke , Language under Controls Message 1: Language under Controls Date: 12-Jun-2011 From: Wayne Finke <wayne.finkebaruch.cuny.edu> Subject: Language under Controls E-mail this message to a friend Full Title: Language under Controls Date: 23-Sep-2011 - 24-Sep-2011 Location: New York, NY, USA Contact Person: Wayne Finke Meeting Email: < click here to access email > Linguistic Field(s): Sociolinguistics Call Deadline: 01-Sep-2011 Meeting Description: Language under Controls: Policies and Practices Affecting Freedom of Speech An international conference of the American Society of Geolinguistics will take place September 23-24, 2011. Many countries have in their constitutions statements regarding freedom of speech and have legislated on such topics as treasonous speech, incitement to riot, liable and slander, etc. Few legislate against blasphemy but some do regarding pornography. This international conference to be held at Baruch College (CUNY) is still another in the successful series of annual conferences of the American Society of Geolinguistics (founded in 1965 by Mario Pei). They have drawn participants from the US, the UK, France, Germany, Russia, Spain, China, Japan, Australia, Cuba and more. A number of proceedings of those conferences have been published. This conference’s 15-minute papers, expanded to a maximum of 15 single-spaced pages, including works cited, is planned. Keynote speaker will be Prof. Adrian Pablé, University of Hong Kong Call for Papers: If you are interested in submitting an abstract of 250 words, please do so by September 1, 2011. Subjects may include: political correctness; national and international laws and language policies; censorship of any kind of printed, broadcast, or internet communications; self-censorship by governments, authors and journalists; activities of national and local regulators upholding political, religious or other standards, however determined; technology advancing or undermining national and international order, government and commercial secrets, etc.; monitoring and manipulating any communication; activists hacking and releasing sensitive documents or organizing uprisings; outspokenness and communication in general. Suggest any other topic you think relevant regarding any language. All papers to be in English. Abstracts to: Prof. Wayne Finke Baruch College New York, NY 10010-5585 wayne.finkebaruch.cuny.edu Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 13-Jun-2011       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.