LINGUIST List 22.4255 Fri Oct 28 2011 Calls: General Linguistics/Bahamas 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.     Jo-Anne Ferreira , Society for Caribbean Linguistics Bahamas 2012 Message 1: Society for Caribbean Linguistics Bahamas 2012 Date: 26-Oct-2011 From: Jo-Anne Ferreira <secretaryscl-online.net> Subject: Society for Caribbean Linguistics Bahamas 2012 E-mail this message to a friend Full Title: Society for Caribbean Linguistics Bahamas 2012 Short Title: SCL Bahamas 2012 Date: 30-Jul-2012 - 03-Aug-2012 Location: Nassau, Bahamas Contact Person: Jo-Anne Ferreira Meeting Email: < click here to access email > Web Site: http://www.scl-online.net/Conferences/2012/index.htm Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics Call Deadline: 15-Feb-2012 Meeting Description: In its 40th year of existence, the Society for Caribbean Linguistics (SCL) will meet in Nassau in the Bahamas from 30 July to 3 August 2012. The conference is being hosted by the College of the Bahamas. The Conference theme is Linguistic Diversity, Identity and Structure(s) in the Caribbean: Assessing the Past and Planning for the Future. Call for Papers: Abstracts on all types of Caribbean languages are invited. Caribbean languages include spoken and signed languages, Amerindian languages, creole languages, standardised, official and non-standardised language varieties, immigrant languages, heritage languages, endangered languages, and religious and ritual languages. Abstracts pertaining to any of the following panel themes are invited (in any sub-discipline of linguistics): Bahamian Language Issues and Situations with possible sub-themes: A Language Policy for the Bahamas, and Bahamian and Haitian in Bahamian Classrooms, Language and Migration in and out of the Caribbean, Language and Education, Language and the Law and Bible Translation in the Caribbean. N.B.: Abstracts on non-Caribbean language varieties can only be considered if the proposed title, abstract and paper compare or contrast such a variety with a Caribbean language or language situation. Abstracts must be submitted via EasyAbs: http://linguistlist.org/confcustom/SCL2012 Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 28-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.