LINGUIST List 22.426 Mon Jan 24 2011 Calls: Typology, Socioling, General Ling/Brazil Editor for this issue: Amy Brunett <brunettlinguistlist.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.     Edson Souza , 1st International Symposium of Functional Linguistics Message 1: 1st International Symposium of Functional Linguistics Date: 22-Jan-2011 From: Edson Souza <edsrosayahoo.com.br> Subject: 1st International Symposium of Functional Linguistics E-mail this message to a friend Full Title: 1st International Symposium of Functional Linguistics Short Title: SILF 2011 Date: 25-May-2011 - 27-May-2011 Location: Três Lagoas, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil Contact Person: Taísa Oliveira Meeting Email: < click here to access email > Web Site: http://www.silf2011.com Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics; Sociolinguistics; Typology Call Deadline: 20-Feb-2011 Meeting Description: The aim of the I Simpósio Internacional de Linguística Funcional – I SILF (International Symposium of Functional Linguistics), to be held at Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul – UFMS, Campus of Três Lagoas, is to bring together students and researchers from different functionalist theoretical perspectives to discuss current researches on Language description (including sign languages), Typological studies, Linguistic change and Cognitive aspects. The topics of the Symposium include: - Functional description of natural languages - Syntax - Semantics - Pragmatic - Grammaticalization - Lexicalization - Lexical representation - Interface lexicon and grammar - Linguistic change - Language and cognition - Typology - Functionalism and Teaching Call for Papers: We invite researchers to submit abstracts that have the Functional theoretical background or are linked to any of the functionalist perspective as follows: - Theory of Functional Grammar - Theory of Functional Discourse Grammar - Theory of Role and Reference Grammar - Theory of Systemic Functional Grammar - Theory of Grammaticalization - West Coast Functionalism - Rhetorical Structure Theory - Textual Linguistics - Sociocognitivism - Interface functionalism and teaching - Interface typology and functionalism - Interface change and functionalism The deadline for submitting abstracts is February 20, 2011. To submit your abstract, access the link (http://www.silf2011.com/Normas-e-Submiss%C3%A3o-de-resumos.php). All the abstracts will be evaluated anonymously. In order to check the evaluation status of your abstract, visit the page www.silf2011.com. Abstract Formatting: - Minimum of 200 words, maximum 300 words; - Title: Caps, centered; - Author's name: two lines after the title, right-aligned; - Membership: a line below the author's name; - The abstract text: two lines below the affiliation, no indentation of paragraphs, Times New Roman 12, single space. New! Visit LL's Multitree project for over 1000 trees dynamically generated from scholarly hypotheses about language relationships:             http://multitree.linguistlist.org/ Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 24-Jan-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.