LINGUIST List 23.147 Mon Jan 09 2012 Calls: Spanish, Portuguese, Language Acquisition, General Ling/USA Editor for this issue: Alison Zaharee <alisonlinguistlist.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.     Jessi Aaron , Hispanic Linguistics Symposium 2012 Message 1: Hispanic Linguistics Symposium 2012 Date: 09-Jan-2012 From: Jessi Aaron <jeaaronufl.edu> Subject: Hispanic Linguistics Symposium 2012 E-mail this message to a friend Full Title: Hispanic Linguistics Symposium 2012 Short Title: HLS Date: 25-Oct-2012 - 28-Oct-2012 Location: Gainesville, FL, USA Contact Person: Jessi Aaron Meeting Email: < click here to access email > Web Site: http://hls2012.wordpress.com/ Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics; Language Acquisition Subject Language(s): Portuguese; Spanish Call Deadline: 01-Jun-2012 Meeting Description: The Hispanic Linguistics Symposium 2012 will be held October 25-28, 2012, at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. Invited Speakers: Barbara Lafford, Arizona State University Silvina Montrul, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Acrisio Pires, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Shana Poplack, University of Ottawa Call for Papers: Papers are invited in any area of Hispanic Linguistics and Language Acquisition and in any theoretical or quantitative framework. Additional information regarding associated workshops or special sessions will be provided on the conference website. Submission Guidelines: 1. Papers may be delivered in English, Portuguese or Spanish. Authors may submit up to two abstracts, one individual and one joint. 2. The body of the abstract must be no more that one page in length with a second page reserved for examples and references. 3. Abstracts must clearly present a specific thesis statement and include a description of topic, approach, and conclusions. To preserve anonymity during the review process, authors should not include their names or otherwise reveal their identities anywhere in the abstract. 4. Please specify the title of the paper, area of research, name, academic affiliation, and email in the abstract submission. 5. Abstracts must be submitted through EasyAbstracts (EasyAbs): http://linguistlist.org/confcustom/HLS2012 6. All submissions must be received by June 1, 2012. The Refereed Proceedings from the Hispanic Linguistics Symposium 2012 is expected to be published as part of the Cascadilla Proceedings Project. Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 09-Jan-2012       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.