LINGUIST List 22.883 Tue Feb 22 2011 Calls: English, Sociolinguistics/USA Editor for this issue: Alison Zaharee <alisonlinguistlist.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.     Karol Hardin , American Dialect Society, South Central Region Message 1: American Dialect Society, South Central Region Date: 20-Feb-2011 From: Karol Hardin <Karol_Hardinbaylor.edu> Subject: American Dialect Society, South Central Region E-mail this message to a friend Full Title: American Dialect Society, South Central Region Date: 28-Oct-2011 - 29-Oct-2011 Location: Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA Contact Person: James Mischler Meeting Email: < click here to access email > Web Site: http://www.southcentralmla.org Linguistic Field(s): Sociolinguistics Subject Language(s): English Call Deadline: 28-Mar-2011 Meeting Description: Meeting of the American Dialect Society, South Central Region October 28-29, 2011 Call for Papers: Papers are welcome that deal with varieties of English spoken in the United States. Presentations may be based in traditional dialectology or other areas of language variation and change, including pragmatics, sociolinguistics, historical linguistics, anthropological linguistics, language and gender, or language attitudes and ideologies. Send abstracts to: James J. Mischler Session Chair, American Dialect Society, South Central Region meeting 68th South Central Modern Language Association (SCMLA) Convention Northwestern State University, Natchitoches, LA 1-318-357-5574 mischlerjnsula.edu Submission Instructions: Email submissions only to the address shown above; send the abstract as a Microsoft Word attachment. The abstract should be no more than 500 words, excluding title and references. Include the word count at the end of the abstract and omit any identifying information (name, affiliation, etc). Include contact information, affiliation, and abstract title in the body of the email. Membership Requirements: Membership in SCMLA is required to present at the annual conference. Details concerning the 68th Annual Convention and membership in the Association are available at http://www.southcentralmla.org/ Membership in the American Dialect Society is recommended. Membership information is available at http://www.dukeupress.edu/pads/ Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 22-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.