LINGUIST List 22.3655 Tue Sep 20 2011 Calls: Translation, Applied Ling, General Ling/Jordan Editor for this issue: Alison Zaharee <alisonlinguistlist.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.     Wafa Hatab , Perspectives on Contemporary Academic Research Message 1: Perspectives on Contemporary Academic Research Date: 19-Sep-2011 From: Wafa Hatab <wafatabgmail.com> Subject: Perspectives on Contemporary Academic Research E-mail this message to a friend Full Title: Perspectives on Contemporary Academic Research Short Title: PCAR Date: 28-Mar-2012 - 30-Mar-2012 Location: Zarqa, Jordan Contact Person: Alaeddin Sadeq Meeting Email: < click here to access email > Web Site: http://www.zu.edu.jo Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; General Linguistics; Translation Call Deadline: 15-Dec-2011 Meeting Description: The Department of English Language & Translation Faculty of Arts - Zarqa University - Zarqa - Jordan Zarqa International Conference on Language, Literature, Linguistics & Translation 2nd International Conference ‘Perspectives on Contemporary Academic Research’ March 28th-29th, 2012 (An excursion on the 30th of March) Conference Main Areas: 1 - Literature: Comparative Literature Postmodernism Post-Colonial Literature Gender Studies and Feminist Literature Old Literary Works in a New Vision Literature across Different Cultures Literature: Creativity versus Criticism Women in the Theatre 2 - Language: E-learning Language Interference Problems of Foreign Language Learning Education Programmes & Plans in the Arab World Language Learning & Language Teaching: Methods & Tools 3 - Linguistics: Computational Linguistics Comparative Linguistics Contrastive Linguistics Semantics & Pragmatics Phonetics & Phonology Syntax & Morphology Discourse Analysis Sociolinguistics 4 - Translation: Translation Theories & Studies Literary Translation Technical & Scientific Translation Legal Translation Globalization & Localization Machine Translation Quality Assurance and Translation Journalistic Translation Interpretation Registration Fees: $100 US for Participants from abroad $30 US for Participants from Jordan Fees cover room and board (for participants from abroad), local transportation, meals and excursion (for all participants), payable in cash upon arrival. Call for Papers: Major Fields: Language - Literature - Linguistics - Translation Please send abstracts of a maximum of 250 words by December 15th, 2011, as an email attachment. Only MS-Word formats are acceptable. For details, please visit the university site: http://www.zu.edu.jo Important Dates: Deadline for abstracts: December 15th, 2011 Notification of acceptance: January 15th, 2012 Deadline for complete papers: March 4th, 2012 Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 20-Sep-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.