LINGUIST List 22.690 Thu Feb 10 2011 Calls: Sociolinguistics/United Kingdom Editor for this issue: Di Wdzenczny <dilinguistlist.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.     Sophie Holmes , Summer School of Sociolinguistics Message 1: Summer School of Sociolinguistics Date: 08-Feb-2011 From: Sophie Holmes <sociosummerschool2011gmail.com> Subject: Summer School of Sociolinguistics E-mail this message to a friend Full Title: Summer School of Sociolinguistics Short Title: SSS III Date: 04-Jul-2011 - 08-Jul-2011 Location: Glasgow, United Kingdom Contact Person: Sophie Holmes Meeting Email: sociosummerschool2011gmail.com Web Site: http://www.gla.ac.uk/departments/englishlanguage/gulp/events/sociolinguisti cssummerschool2011/ Linguistic Field(s): Sociolinguistics Call Deadline: 10-Mar-2011 Meeting Description: Following on the success of the Sociolinguistics Summer School at the University of Edinburgh in 2009 and 2010, we would like to invite you to the third Summer School of Sociolinguistics at The University of Glasgow from 4th to 9th July 2011. This week-long Summer School for PhD level students will focus on hands-on workshops led by academics in the field, student conference style presentations/posters and roundtable discussions. Call For Papers All prospective student participants are asked to submit a 500 word abstract for potential inclusion in presentations/posters. The abstract should be mailed to the address below, together with name, institution, and year of study: sociosummerschool2011gmail.com The submission deadline is 10th March 2011. The applicants will receive the notification of acceptance by 15th March 2010. Selection of student presentations will be on the basis of 1. their academic quality 2. potential benefit of the workshop for the participant 3. fit with the themes of the summer school. This year's themes are: Ethnicity, Contact and Change: Dr Devyani Sharma Perception and Identities in Interaction: Dr Erez Levon Sociophonetics and Indexicality: Dr Lauren Hall-Lew Statistical Analysis of Speech Data: Dr Daniel Johnson Language and the Media: Dr Jane Stuart-Smith Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 10-Feb-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.