LINGUIST List 22.458 Tue Jan 25 2011 Calls: Language Documentation, General Ling/USA 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.     Stephanie Morse , 14th Annual Workshop on American Indigenous Languages Message 1: 14th Annual Workshop on American Indigenous Languages Date: 25-Jan-2011 From: Stephanie Morse <wail.ucsbgmail.com> Subject: 14th Annual Workshop on American Indigenous Languages E-mail this message to a friend Full Title: 14th Annual Workshop on American Indigenous Languages Short Title: WAIL Date: 15-Apr-2011 - 16-Apr-2011 Location: Santa Barbara, CA, USA Contact Person: Stephanie Morse Meeting Email: < click here to access email > Web Site: http://orgs.sa.ucsb.edu/nailsg/ Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics; Language Documentation Call Deadline: 31-Jan-2011 Meeting Description: The Linguistics department at the University of California, Santa Barbara announces its 14th Annual Workshop on American Indigenous Languages (WAIL), which provides a forum for the discussion of theoretical, descriptive, and practical studies of the indigenous languages of the Americas. This year's conference will be held April 15th-16th, 2011 and will feature a keynote address by Nora England (UT Austin). Call for Papers: Anonymous abstracts are invited for talks on any topic relevant to the study of language in the Americas. Talks will be 20 minutes, followed by 10 minutes for discussion. Abstracts should be 500 words or less (excluding examples and/or references) and can be sent via email to wail.ucsbgmail.com. Hard copy submissions will be accepted from those who do not have internet access. Individuals may submit abstracts for one single-authored and one co-authored paper. Please indicate your source(s) and type(s) of data in the abstract (e.g. recordings, texts, conversational, elicited, narrative, etc.). For co-authored papers, please indicate who plans to present the paper as well as who will be in attendance. Electronic submissions: Abstracts can be sent in PDF format via email to wail.ucsbgmail.com. For hard copy submissions: Please send four copies of your abstract, along with a 3x5 card with the following information: (1) your name; (2) affiliation; (3) mailing address; (4) phone number; (5) email address; (6) title of your paper. Send hard copy submissions to: Workshop on American Indigenous Languages Attn: Stephanie Morse or Elliott Hoey Department of Linguistics University of California, Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 93106 Deadline for Receipt of Abstracts: January 31st, 2011 General Information: Santa Barbara is situated on the Pacific Ocean near the Santa Yñez Mountains. The UCSB campus is located near the Santa Barbara airport. Participants may also fly into LAX airport in Los Angeles, which is approximately 90 miles southeast of the campus. Shuttle buses run between LAX and Santa Barbara. Information about hotel accommodations will be posted on our website (http://orgs.sa.ucsb.edu/nailsg/). Registration forms are now available on the website. For further information contact the conference coordinators, Stephanie Morse or Elliott Hooey at wail.ucsbgmail.com. 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: 25-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.