LINGUIST List 23.1004: Calls: Austronesian, General Linguistics/Taiwan

LINGUIST List 23.1004
Wed Feb 29 2012 Calls: Austronesian, General Linguistics/Taiwan Editor for this issue: Alison Zaharee <alisonlinguistlist.org>
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Date: 28-Feb-2012 From: Grace Huang <afla19gate.sinica.edu.tw> Subject: 19th Annual Meeting of the Austronesian Formal Linguistics Association E-mail this message to a friend Full Title: 19th Annual Meeting of the Austronesian Formal Linguistics Association Short Title: AFLA-19 Date: 26-Jun-2012 - 30-Jun-2012 Location: Taipei, Taiwan Contact Person: Grace Huang Meeting Email: < click here to access email > Web Site: http://www.ling.sinica.edu.tw/afla19/ Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics Language Family(ies): Austronesian Call Deadline: 12-Mar-2012 Meeting Description: 19th Annual Meeting of the Austronesian Formal Linguistics Association (AFLA-19) Dates: June 26-30, 2012 Venue: Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan Hosted by: Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica & Linguistic Society of Taiwan Organizing Committee: Henry Y. Chang (Academia Sinica/National Tsing Hua University) Yi-ting Chen (Wenzao Ursuline College of Languages) Hui-chuan J. Huang (Academia Sinica/National Tsing Hua University) Amy Pei-jung Lee (National Dong Hwa University) Li-May Sung (National Taiwan University) Stacy F. Teng (Academia Sinica) Ting-Chi Wei (National Kaohsiung Normal University) Hsiao-hung Iris Wu (National Taiwan Normal University) Elizabeth Zeitoun (Academia Sinica) Contact: Grace Huang (ILAS Academic Affairs Assistant) Announcement: We are pleased to announce that the Institute of Linguistics of Academia Sinica will host the 19th Annual Meeting of the Austronesian Formal Linguistics Association, which will take place on June 26-30, 2012. Invited speakers include: Juliette Blevins (Linguistic Program, CUNY Graduate Center, New York, USA) Daniel Kaufman (Endangered Language Alliance, New York, USA) C.-C. Jane Tang (Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan) Lisa Travis (McGill University, Montreal, Canada) Call for Papers: The upcoming 19th Annual Meeting of the Austronesian Formal Linguistics Association (AFLA-19) extends the submission deadline to March 12, 2012. Abstracts are invited for 20-minute talks (plus 10 minutes for discussion) in any area of the formal linguistics of Austronesian languages. Submissions are limited to one individual and one joint abstract per author. Abstracts should be single-spaced, 12-point font and limited to two A4 (or US Letter) pages with 1-inch or 2.5-cm margins on all sides (including data, figures, and references). Authors' names should not appear, but the abstract should include a title. Abstracts should be submitted as pdf on the AFLA 19 submission website: http://www.ling.sinica.edu.tw/afla19/ Travel grants will be attributed to three students (full paper requested). Please contact Grace Huang at afla19gate.sinica.edu.tw if you have any question or comment. Extended deadline for abstract submission: March 12, 2012 Notification of acceptance: May 1, 2012 Full paper due (grant recipients): June 10, 2012 This Year the LINGUIST List hopes to raise $67,000. This money will go to help keep the List running by supporting all of our Student Editors for the coming year. See below for donation instructions, and don't forget to check out Fund Drive 2012 site! http://linguistlist.org/fund-drive/2012/ There are many ways to donate to LINGUIST! You can donate right now using our secure credit card form at https://linguistlist.org/donation/donate/donate1.cfm Alternatively you can also pledge right now and pay later. To do so, go to: https://linguistlist.org/donation/pledge/pledge1.cfm For all information on donating and pledging, including information on how to donate by check, money order, or wire transfer, please visit: http://linguistlist.org/donation/ The LINGUIST List is under the umbrella of Eastern Michigan University and as such can receive donations through the EMU Foundation, which is a registered 501(c) Non Profit organization. Our Federal Tax number is 38-6005986. These donations can be offset against your federal and sometimes your state tax return (U.S. tax payers only). For more information visit the IRS Web-Site, or contact your financial advisor. Many companies also offer a gift matching program, such that they will match any gift you make to a non-profit organization. Normally this entails your contacting your human resources department and sending us a form that the EMU Foundation fills in and returns to your employer. This is generally a simple administrative procedure that doubles the value of your gift to LINGUIST, without costing you an extra penny. Please take a moment to check if your company operates such a program. Thank you very much for your support of LINGUIST! Read more issues\|LINGUIST home page\|Top of issue

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