LINGUIST List 22.4132 Sat Oct 22 2011 Calls: General Linguistics/USA 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.     PLC 36 Committee , 36th Penn Linguistics Colloquium Message 1: 36th Penn Linguistics Colloquium Date: 21-Oct-2011 From: PLC 36 Committee <plc36ling.upenn.edu> Subject: 36th Penn Linguistics Colloquium E-mail this message to a friend Full Title: 36th Penn Linguistics Colloquium Short Title: PLC 36 Date: 23-Mar-2012 - 25-Mar-2012 Location: Philadelphia, PA, USA Contact Person: PLC 36 Committee Meeting Email: < click here to access email > Web Site: http://www.ling.upenn.edu/Events/PLC/plc36/ Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics Call Deadline: 15-Nov-2011 Meeting Description: The 36th Penn Linguistics Colloquium The 36th Annual Penn Linguistics Colloquium will take place March 23-25, 2012 at the University of Pennsylvania campus in Philadelphia. Invited Speaker: Paul Kiparsky (topic and title TBA) There will also be a special panel on Friday, March 23, which is about game theory and linguistics. More information will be posted closer to the conference. For more information, please email plc36ling.upenn.edu or visit http://www.ling.upenn.edu/Events/PLC/plc36. Penn Linguistics Colloquium Department of Linguistics 619 Williams Hall University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305 This event is supported by funding from SASgov, the student government for graduate students in the School of Arts and Sciences, and GAPSA, the Graduate and Professional Students' Association at the University of Pennsylvania. Call for Papers: Papers on any topic in linguistics and associated fields are welcome. Speakers will have 20 minutes for their presentations and 5 minutes for discussion and questions. Posters: We are happy to announce that this year's PLC will feature a poster session with catered lunch. Abstracts should indicate whether they are being submitted for consideration as a talk, poster, or both. (See instructions.) Deadline: Abstracts are due Thursday, November 15, 2011. Notification of acceptance/rejection will be given by Wednesday, January 25, 2012. Length: Please limit abstracts to one page, single-spaced. An additional page may be used for references and tables. Do not include your name or affiliation within the abstract. Format: To facilitate the review process, please submit your abstract as a .pdf file. Abstract Submission: To submit an abstract, you must follow these steps: 1. To begin, use the following link to go to our abstract submission system and login: https://www.easychair.org/account/signin.cgi?conf=plc36. If you do not have an existing EasyChair account, click on 'sign up for an account.' You will be asked to fill out a simple form to create an account. 2. Click 'New Submission' at the top of the page. 3. Enter author information in the provided fields. Tick the 'Corresponding Author' box for all authors who wish to receive e-mail correspondences or notifications. 4. Enter your title in the 'Title' field. 5. In the 'Abstract' field, please enter a one sentence summary, or any comments you have, in order to assist the committee in assigning reviewers. Please also indicate here whether you would like your submission to be considered for a talk, poster, or both. By default, submissions will be considered for both modes of presentation. Do not paste your full abstract into this field. 6. Please select the primary category of your abstract. Additional categories may be included in the keywords. 7. Enter at least three keywords. 8. Upload your abstract .pdf file in the 'Paper' field. Only .pdf files will be accepted. Do not include your name or affiliation in the abstract/file name! Do not tick the 'Abstract only' box, or your .pdf will not be uploaded. 9. Click 'Submit.' You will be taken to a summary page of your submission - this is your confirmation that it has been saved. Abstracts will be reviewed anonymously. You may make any necessary updates by logging in and clicking on 'My Submissions.' Proceedings: Conference proceedings will be published as a volume of the Penn Working Papers in Linguistics. Speakers will be invited to provide camera-ready copies of their papers after the Colloquium. Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 22-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.