LINGUIST List 22.79 Wed Jan 05 2011 Calls: English, General Ling/Germany 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.     Alex Bergs , Conference on the Linguistics of Contemporary English Message 1: Conference on the Linguistics of Contemporary English Date: 31-Dec-2010 From: Alex Bergs <abergsuos.de> Subject: Conference on the Linguistics of Contemporary English E-mail this message to a friend Full Title: Conference on the Linguistics of Contemporary English Short Title: ICLCE4 Date: 19-Jul-2011 - 23-Jul-2011 Location: Osnabrueck, Germany Contact Person: Alexander Bergs Meeting Email: < click here to access email > Web Site: http://www.blogs.uos.de/iclce4 Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics Subject Language(s): English Call Deadline: 15-Jan-2011 Meeting Description: The attention devoted to the linguistics of the English language has resulted in a broad body of work in diverse research traditions. The aim of the ICLCE conference is to encourage the cross-fertilisation of ideas between different frameworks and research traditions, all of which may address any aspect of the linguistics of English. Previous ICLCE conferences were held in Edinburgh (2005), Toulouse (2007) and London (2009) along the same lines. We aim for the Osnabrueck conference to build on the success of those events. Call for Papers: Please note: the deadline for the submission of abstracts has been extended to 15 January, 2011. Notification of acceptance will be sent out by February 1, 2011. The attention devoted to the linguistics of the English language has resulted in a broad body of work in diverse research traditions. The aim of the ICLCE conference is to encourage the cross-fertilisation of ideas between different frameworks and research traditions, all of which may address any aspect of the linguistics of English. Previous ICLCE conferences were held in Edinburgh (2005), Toulouse (2007) and London (2009) along the same lines. We aim for the Osnabrueck conference to build on the success of those events. Confirmed Plenary Speakers: Scott F. Kiesling (University of Pittsburgh) Daniel Schreier (University of Zurich) Peter Stockwell (University of Nottingham) Graeme Trousdale (University of Edinburgh) Jessica de Villiers (University of British Columbia) Rachel Walker (University of Southern California) Gert Webelhuth (Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main) Workshops: SPICE-Ireland (John Kirk and Jeffery Kallen) Language Contact and Grammaticalization (Eitan Grossmann, Thomas Hoffmann) Standards, Ethics, and Politics of Academia (Richard Watts) We invite papers on any topic concerning the linguistics of contemporary English. Workshop proposals are also welcome. We are using the EasyABS system delivered by LinguistList. If there are any problems or if you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at iclce4uos.de. Abstracts should be no longer than 350 words, preferably format A4 with 2.5 cm margins, single-spaced, Times New Roman 12 pt, and with normal character spacing. All examples and references in the abstract should be included, but it is enough, when referring to previous work, to cite 'Author (Date)' in the body of the abstract - you do not need to include the full reference. Please only use common phonetic fonts such as SIL. 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.