LINGUIST List 23.180 Tue Jan 10 2012 Calls: Historical Linguistics/France 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.     Brian Lowrey , Langues et Histoire Message 1: Langues et Histoire Date: 09-Jan-2012 From: Brian Lowrey <brian.lowreyu-picardie.fr> Subject: Langues et Histoire E-mail this message to a friend Full Title: Langues et Histoire Date: 14-Jun-2012 - 15-Jun-2012 Location: Creteil, France Contact Person: Therese Robin Meeting Email: < click here to access email > Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics Call Deadline: 15-Mar-2012 Meeting Description: The purpose of the conference is to bring together linguists working on the diachrony of different languages and to provide them with an opportunity to exchange ideas and perspectives on language change. Call for Papers: Papers are welcome on all aspects of linguistic evolution, whether in the fields of syntax, semantics, phonology, pragmatics or sociolinguistics, and may be devoted either to the history of individual languages or to the mechanisms of language change in general. Contributors are invited to inform the organisers by March 1 of their intention to participate in the conference, and to send a short abstract (200-300 words), either in English or in French, by March 15. The official languages of the conference will be French and English. Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 10-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.