LINGUIST List 24.5131
Thu Dec 12 2013
Calls: Niger-Congo, Nilo-Saharan, Anthropological Ling, Lang Documentation, Historical Ling, Typology, General Ling/France
Editor for this issue: Bryn Hauk
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Date: 12-Dec-2013
From: Stefano Manfredi <stef.manfredi
gmail.com>
Subject: 2nd Nuba Mountain Languages Conference
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Full Title: 2nd Nuba Mountain Languages Conference
Short Title: NMLC
Date: 28-Aug-2014 - 30-Aug-2014
Location: Paris, France
Contact Person: Nicolas Quint
Meeting Email:
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Web Site:
http://nmlc2.sciencesconf.org/
Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics; General Linguistics; Historical Linguistics; Language Documentation; Typology
Language Family(ies): Niger-Congo; Nilo-Saharan
Other Specialty: Descriptive linguistics
Call Deadline: 31-Dec-2013
Meeting Description:
We are pleased to invite you to participate to the 2nd Nuba Mountain Languages Conference to be held in Paris, in August 28-30 2014. The conference strives to provide meaningful coverage on current trends on all aspects of Nuba Mountain languages. It will focus on descriptive linguistics, comparative linguistics and anthropology.
2nd Call for Papers:
Abstracts are invited for conference presentations addressing any aspect of the analysis, description or comparison of the Nuba Mountain Languages. Abstracts in English should be no longer than 500 words, including examples and references. All abstracts will be reviewed anonymously by at least two reviewers. All theoretical approaches are welcome, but abstracts should provide a clear indication of the relevance of its conclusions for a broad audience of linguists and anthropologists interested in the languages of the Nuba Mountains.
The 2nd Nuba Language Mountains Conference will provide funds to a limited number of African students and researchers for travel and lodging. Possible candidates should preferably be enrolled in a research program on Nuba Mountain Languages and/or be a major contributor to an oral presentation.
Abstracts should be submitted as an MS Word file to the following address: nubalang
vjf.cnrs.fr.
A suggested outline for abstracts can be found at the following address:
http://nmlc2.sciencesconf.org/resource/page/id/1.
Please make sure that you use a Unicode compliant font and that you do not use your name in the file name of your abstract. Please send two versions of your abstract. One should be anonymous, and one should include your name, affiliation and email at the top of the page, directly below the title.
Deadline for abstracts: December 31, 2013
Notification of acceptance: January 31, 2014
On the behalf of the Organising Committee:
Nicolas Quint
Directeur de Recherche au CNRS (LLACAN - UMR 8135)
Page Updated: 12-Dec-2013