Full Title: The 28th International Conference on Yue Dialects

Date: 13-Dec-2024 - 14-Dec-2024
Location: Kowloon, Hong Kong
Contact Person: Emily Ge
Meeting Email: [email protected]
Web Site: https://www.hkmu.edu.hk/el/yue28/

Linguistic Field(s): Language Acquisition; Semantics; Sociolinguistics; Syntax; Typology
Subject Language(s): Chinese, Yue (yue)
Language Family(ies): Chinese-Tibetan-Mongolian

Call Deadline: 02-Jul-2024

Meeting Description:

The 28th International Conference on Yue Dialects will be held at Hong Kong Metropolitan University on December
13-14, 2024. We cordially invite regional and international scholars and students to share their works in all areas of
linguistics related to Cantonese and other Yue dialects. The theme of this year’s conference is “Multilingualism”.

Call for Papers:

Submission of Abstracts

1) Each presentation will be 20 minutes, followed by 10 minutes of discussion.
2) Abstracts can be written in English or Chinese. Each abstract is limited to one single-spaced A4 page, including
examples and (selected) references, with 1-inch margins all around. For English abstracts, please use New Times
Roman 12pt. For Chinese abstracts, please use SimSun 12pt.
3) Abstracts must be submitted in two versions: (a) anonymous and (b) with author(s)’ name(s) and affiliation(s), both in MS Word AND PDF formats. All four files should be named after the title of the paper.
4) Abstracts must be submitted electronically to the Organizing Committee by email at [email protected]. Please title the subject of your e-mail with “ABSTRACT-YUE28”.
5) When submitting your abstract, apart from the abstract, please complete the form at https://hkmu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3Pl7zUwUSNZRzue , and fill in the following information: (1) name(s) of the author(s); (2) affiliation(s); (3) title of your paper; (4) correspondence address; and (5) email address(es) for contact.
6) We will accept at most one single-authored AND one joint-authored work by an individual.
7) All abstracts will be reviewed anonymously. Only accepted abstracts are eligible for presentation.

Submission Deadline: 2 July, 2024 (Tuesday)
Notice of Acceptance: 6 September, 2024 (Friday)

Selected papers will appear in a special issue of CURRENT RESEARCH IN CHINESE LINGUISTICS (ISSN 1726-
9245), published by T.T. Ng Chinese Language Research Centre of the Institute of Chinese Studies at The Chinese
University of Hong Kong. Submitted papers will be subject to review, with the final decision of acceptance made
according to the quality of the papers and by the decision of the Editorial Board. Papers related to the conference's
theme will be prioritized for publication consideration.

LSHK Award for Outstanding Student Paper on Cantonese Linguistics

The “LSHK Award for Outstanding Student Paper on Cantonese Linguistics” is organized by the Linguistic Society of Hong Kong. For details, please visit this website: https://lshk.org/awards-and-subsidies/award-for-outstandingstudent-paper-on-cantonese-linguistics/

Conference website and inquiries

1) For details of the conference, please visit this website: https://www.hkmu.edu.hk/el/yue28/
2) Please direct any questions about abstract submission and other inquiries about the conference to the Organizing Committee at [email protected].