LINGUIST List 22.3913 Fri Oct 07 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.     Marlyse Baptista , Undergraduate Conference on Language Variation and Language Contact Message 1: Undergraduate Conference on Language Variation and Language Contact Date: 06-Oct-2011 From: Marlyse Baptista <ucil-2012umich.edu> Subject: Undergraduate Conference on Language Variation and Language Contact E-mail this message to a friend Full Title: Undergraduate Conference on Language Variation and Language Contact Date: 30-Mar-2012 - 30-Mar-2012 Location: Ann Arbor, MI, USA Contact Person: Marlyse Baptista Meeting Email: < click here to access email > Linguistic Field(s): Sociolinguistics Call Deadline: 20-Nov-2011 Meeting Description: This undergraduate conference focuses on language variation and language contact and welcomes papers on Native American languages, African American English, endangered languages, mixed languages, and pidgins and creoles, among other contact varieties. The conference will include a special panel session that provides undergraduates with advice on applying to and succeeding in graduate school. Also, the undergraduate conference will be held in conjunction with the Weinberg symposium (held the previous day, March 29, 2012), which will bring together many prominent language researchers from around the world. Call for Papers: We invite abstracts from undergraduate students in the areas of language variation/language contact for 20-minute talks followed by a 10-minute discussion period. Recommended length is 300 words, and no longer than 500 words as maximum. The abstract should summarize the main points to be covered in the talk and should indicate what research methods are employed and what the main findings are. It should also relate the work to existing research in the field. Abstracts will be evaluated on the basis of clarity, argumentation and potential contribution to advancing linguists' knowledge of any aspect of language structure and/or use in the areas of linguistic variation/language contact. Students working on any kind of language variation/language contact (including Native American languages, African American English, endangered languages, mixed languages and pidgins and creoles) are strongly encouraged to submit. Accepted students will be fully funded for travel and accommodations and will be expected to attend the Weinberg symposium on March 29. Abstracts must be submitted through Easy Abs at: http://linguistlist.org/confcustom/UCLVLV2012 Abstracts are due by November 20, 2011 and notifications will be made by January 6, 2012. Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 07-Oct-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.