LINGUIST List 23.803 Fri Feb 17 2012 Calls: Syntax, Semantics, Phonology, Pragmatics/Croatia 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.     Anita Peti-Stantic , Language as Information Message 1: Language as Information Date: 16-Feb-2012 From: Anita Peti-Stantic <anita.peti-stanticffzg.hr> Subject: Language as Information E-mail this message to a friend Full Title: Language as Information Short Title: CALS 2012 Date: 11-May-2012 - 13-May-2012 Location: Zagreb, Croatia Contact Person: Anita Peti-Stantic Meeting Email: < click here to access email > Web Site: http://www.hdpl.hr/ Linguistic Field(s): Phonology; Pragmatics; Semantics; Syntax Call Deadline: 09-Mar-2012 Meeting Description: Language as Information Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences University of Zagreb, Ivana Lučića 3 Zagreb, Croatia Date: 11-13 May 2012 This year's conference focuses on the interface between language and information, more specifically on the way in which information structure is conveyed through and determined by language. Keynote Speakers: Regine Hampel (Milton Keynes, United Kingdom) Ranko Matasović (Zagreb, Croatia) Mary Snell-Hornby (Vienna, Austria) Conference and membership fees are payable to the CALS account. Please keep a copy of the payment document and present it at the registration. Conference Fee: Beneficiary: HDPL Purpose: HDPL 2012 conference Bank name: Hrvatska poštanska banka SWIFT: HPBZHR2X IBAN: HR4723900011100317361 Members HRK 500; Student members HRK 300 Non-members HRK 650; Student non-members HRK 450 Call for Papers: Conference papers may thus involve an examination of language structure, as well as of language in its social/cultural setting. We invite papers addressing one of the following conference strands: 1. The interfaces between different levels of linguistic structure (e.g. intonation, syntax, semantics) and their possible applied aspects 2. The relationship between linguistic and extra-linguistic information (as evident in the dichotomies of public vs. private, social/cultural vs. individual, original vs. translated, virtual vs. face-to-face, varieties vs. standard language, and any other similar dichotomies considered relevant by the speaker) 3. Mirjana Vilke, the first CALS President, and her legacy The official languages of the conference are Croatian, English and German. Submission of Abstracts: Presenters may submit only one paper proposal (as presenters or co-presenters). Abstracts (no more than 300 words excluding references, in the language of the presentation and one other official language) should be anonymous and sent as attachments in .pdf and .doc formats using the submission form available at: http://www.hdpl.hr. Please write 'HDPL 2012' in the subject line. The body of the email should contain the following data in the order given below: name, email address, telephone number, conference strand number and the language of the presentation. The abstracts should clearly state the problem to be addressed, the research hypotheses, the methodology to be used and the potential contribution of the paper. All abstracts will be blind reviewed by two reviewers. Accepted abstracts will be published in the Book of Abstracts, distributed to all the participants. Each presentation will be given 20 minutes, followed by a 10-minute discussion period. Send the abstracts to: hdpl.conferencegmail.com. The deadline for the submission of abstracts: 9 March 2012 The notification of acceptance will be provided by: 31 March 2012 Incomplete registration forms will not be taken into consideration. Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 17-Feb-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.