LINGUIST List 17.3044

Tue Oct 17 2006

Calls: General Ling/USA

Editor for this issue: Dan Parker <danlinguistlist.org>

Directory         1.    Chia-Hui Huang, 37th Linguistic Symposium on Romance Languages
Message 1: 37th Linguistic Symposium on Romance Languages
Date: 16-Oct-2006
From: Chia-Hui Huang <chiahuipitt.edu>
Subject: 37th Linguistic Symposium on Romance Languages



Full Title: 37th Linguistic Symposium on Romance Languages Short Title: LSRL 37
Date: 15-Mar-2007 - 18-Mar-2007 Location: Pittsburgh, PA, USA Contact Person: Pascual Masullo
Meeting Email: < click here to access email >
Web Site: http://www.linguistics.pitt.edu/lsrl37/index.htm
Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics

Language Family(ies): Romance

Call Deadline: 17-Nov-2006

Meeting Description:

Main session: All areas of Romance linguistics.Parasessions: 'Romance Linguistics at the Interfaces' and 'Microparametric Variation within Romance'

Second Call for Papers

The 37th Linguistic Symposium on Romance LanguagesUniversity of Pittsburgh, March 15-18, 2007

Abstracts are invited for 20-minute presentations (plus 10 minutes for discussion) on any aspect of Romance Linguistics. For the special parasession on ''Romance Linguistics at the Interfaces'', we seek submissions that explore the relationship between different components of the Grammar: e.g., Syntax-Lexicon, Phonology-Morphology, etc.; for the special parasession on ''Microparametric Variation within Romance'', we seek submissions from any topic area in theoretical linguistics that address micro differences and similarities among the Romance languages. Abstracts should be no more than two pages in length (including data, references, etc.), in 12-point type. All margins should be at least one inch wide (2.5 cm).

Abstract Submission:Authors are asked to submit their anonymous abstracts in pdf via the PASHA abstract submission site: http://server1.languages.pitt.edu/lsrl/When you create the pdf, make sure to remove any author information: in Acrobat, go to ''File:Document Properties.'' Note: This step will be double-checked prior to beginning the review process.

Go to the following website: http://server1.languages.pitt.edu/lsrlYou will be asked to register with your name, email, affiliation and phone number. Once registered, your username will be your email. During the submission process, please make sure that you indicate for which session (Main Session / Interfaces / Microparametic) you want to be considered. Submissions are limited to a maximum of one individual and one joint abstract per author.

No faxed abstracts will be accepted. Preference will be given to presentations not duplicated at other major conferences (e.g., LSA, NELS, WCCFL). Authors are asked to indicate any prior or planned presentations of their papers via email to lsrl37pitt.edu