LINGUIST List 22.4134 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.     Staci Defibaugh , 4th Annual Illinois Language and Linguistics Society Message 1: 4th Annual Illinois Language and Linguistics Society Date: 21-Oct-2011 From: Staci Defibaugh <stacidefibaughgmail.com> Subject: 4th Annual Illinois Language and Linguistics Society E-mail this message to a friend Full Title: 4th Annual Illinois Language and Linguistics Society Short Title: ILLS4 Date: 13-Apr-2012 - 15-Apr-2012 Location: Champaign, IL, USA Contact Person: Staci Defibaugh Meeting Email: < click here to access email > Web Site: http://ills.linguistics.illinois.edu/current/ Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics Call Deadline: 12-Feb-2012 Meeting Description: The 4th annual meeting of the Illinois Language and Linguistics Society will be held April 13-15, 2012 at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. ILLS is a general linguistics conference open to all subfields. This year's meeting will include a special session Saturday, April 14 on the topic 'Discourse and Pragmatics.' Invited Speakers: Betty J. Birner (Northern Illinois University) Paul Kiparsky (Stanford University) Jonathan MacDonald (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) Marina Terkourafi (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) Robert E. Vann (Western Michigan University) Call for Papers: We are currently accepting abstracts for topics in general linguistics although special consideration will be given to papers that fit the theme for the special session. Deadline for submission is February 12, 2012. Abstracts are to be submitted in PDF format, and should be no more than 500 words in length, including examples (encouraged) and in-text citations. Full references are not necessary; please use the (Author, Year) format. See the LSA model abstracts page for guidance in building an acceptable abstract. You may submit at most: one single-author abstract and one multi-author abstract, or two multi-author abstracts. For abstracts co-authored with a faculty member, the student should be the primary author and should have carried out the bulk of the research and analysis. In addition, the student will be responsible for the presentation of the paper at the conference. Abstracts are to be uploaded through the conference interface on the Abstract page. The top 4 submitted student abstracts will be awarded $200 to cover conference travel costs. All talks will be given 20 minutes for presentation and 10 minutes for questions. 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.