LINGUIST List 22.3722 Fri Sep 23 2011 Calls: Language Documentation, Socioling, Applied Ling/Cameroon 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.     Gratien Gualbert Atindogbe , 7th World Congress of African Linguistics Message 1: 7th World Congress of African Linguistics Date: 23-Sep-2011 From: Gratien Gualbert Atindogbe <atindogbe.gratienubuea.cm> Subject: 7th World Congress of African Linguistics E-mail this message to a friend Full Title: 7th World Congress of African Linguistics Short Title: WOCAL 7 Date: 20-Aug-2012 - 24-Aug-2012 Location: Buea, South West Region, Cameroon Contact Person: Pius Tamanji, Gratien Gualbert Atindogbe Meeting Email: < click here to access email > Web Site: http://www.wocal.rutgers.edu/ Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; General Linguistics; Language Documentation; Sociolinguistics Call Deadline: 31-Oct-2011 Meeting Description: The World Congress of African Linguistics will hold from the 20th to the 24th of August 2012 in the University of Buea, Cameroon. The theme of the congress is language description and documentation for development, education and the preservation of cultural heritage in Africa. Discussions will centre on the following six sub-themes: 1. Language in education 2. Language documentation 3. The social dimensions of language 4. ‘Contact languages’ in the growth and development of African states 5. Intercultural communication 6. Linguistic analyses (phonetics, phonology, morphology, lexicology, syntax, historical linguistics, language classification, etc.) These congress themes are described in a separate document (cf. conference website or WOCAL Newsletter). Call for Papers: Abstracts of about 250-500 words will be received till October 30th, 2011. Each abstract should be presented in two pages: the first page must contain the title of the paper, the name of the author, his/her affiliation and his/her full address (postal address, telephone number, fax and email) and the sub-theme within which the author will like to have his/her paper discussed; the second page must be left anonymous, with only the title of the paper and the text of the abstract. Abstracts must be sent, preferably, as an email attachment to the following Local Organising Committee (LOC) address: WOCAL7 Buea PO Box 63, Buea Buea, Cameroon Email: wocalbueayahoo.fr The abstracts will be peer-reviewed anonymously, and decision on their acceptance announced by the end of December 2011. Researchers wishing to organize special workshops are requested to contact the congress chairperson (tamanjipyahoo.fr) with their workshop themes and related modalities. Details on practical matters such as travel to Cameroon and accommodation will be communicated later. For more, please contact the WOCAL7 Local Organizing Committee at the above address, or visit the WOCAL website: http://www.wocal.rutgers.edu/ Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 23-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.