LINGUIST List 22.77 Wed Jan 05 2011 Calls: Afroasiatic, Arabic, Historical Ling, Socioling/Italy 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.     Mena Lafkioui , African Arabic: Approaches to Dialectology Message 1: African Arabic: Approaches to Dialectology Date: 30-Dec-2010 From: Mena Lafkioui <mena.lafkiouiunimib.it> Subject: African Arabic: Approaches to Dialectology E-mail this message to a friend Full Title: African Arabic: Approaches to Dialectology Short Title: AFRAR Date: 26-May-2011 - 27-May-2011 Location: Milan, Italy Contact Person: Mena Lafkioui Meeting Email: < click here to access email > Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics; Historical Linguistics; Sociolinguistics Subject Language(s): Arabic, Standard; Swahili Language Family(ies): Afroasiatic; Niger-Congo; Nilo-Saharan; Semitic Call Deadline: 30-Jan-2011 Meeting Description: The international conference African Arabic: Approaches to Dialectology that will be held at Università di Milano-Bicocca on May 26 - 27, 2011 addresses African varieties of Arabic, focusing especially on topics dealing with language contact, the development of Arabic-based pidgins and creoles, synchronic language variation and diachronic language reconstruction. Other topics related to the conference theme are welcome. Call for Papers The international conference 'African Arabic: Approaches to Dialectology' addresses African varieties of Arabic, focusing especially on topics dealing with language contact, the development of Arabic-based pidgins and creoles, synchronic language variation and diachronic language reconstruction. Other topics related to the conference theme are welcome. The conference languages are English and French. Presentations are 20 minutes with an additional 10 minutes for discussion. Papers will be selected on the basis of anonymous abstracts. Abstracts should be in by January 30, 2011. Selections of abstracts is done by a Scientific Committee. Notification will be sent out before February 20, 2011. How to submit an abstract: - Send your (anonymous) title and abstract as an email attachment to: mena.lafkiouiunimib.it - Subject header: (your last name) AFRAR abstract - Please include the following in the body of the email: - Name(s) of author(s) - Abstract title - Contact information: email, phone, fax Abstract specifications: - Maximum length: 500 words or 1 single-spaced page written in Times New Roman 12 Font. - Format: If possible Pdf. - Language: English or French. - Please do not put your name or other identifying information on the abstract. Conference convenor: Mena Lafkioui (Università Milano-Bicocca-Ghent University). 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: 05-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.