LINGUIST List 26.366
Tue Jan 20 2015
Calls: Onomastics, General Linguistics/USA
Editor for this issue: Anna White <awhitelinguistlist.org>
Date: 15-Jan-2015
From: Carol Lombard <ans.abstracts
gmail.com>
Subject: American Name Society 2016 Annual Meeting
E-mail this message to a friend Full Title: American Name Society 2016 Annual Meeting
Short Title: ANS 2016
Date: 07-Jan-2016 - 10-Jan-2016
Location: Washington, DC, USA
Contact Person: Carol Lombard
Meeting Email:
< click here to access email > Web Site:
http://www.wtsn.binghamton.edu/ANS
Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics
Other Specialty: Onomastics
Call Deadline: 01-Jul-2015
Meeting Description:
The American Name Society (ANS), the oldest scholarly society in the United States devoted to the study of names, is now inviting proposals for papers for its next annual conference to be held in Washington, DC from January 7-10, 2016. Papers in any area of onomastic research are welcome. See attached call for papers for more information and submission instructions.
Call for Papers:
The American Name Society (ANS), the oldest scholarly society in the United States devoted to the study of names, is now inviting proposals for papers for its next annual conference. The 2016 meeting will be held in conjunction with the Linguistic Society of America (LSA) in Washington, DC from January 7-10, 2016. Papers in any area of onomastic research are welcome.
Proposals should include a précis of no more than 500 words, as well as a 100-word abstract for publication in the meeting programs. The deadline for receipt of proposals is July 1, 2015. However, presenters who may need additional time to secure international payments and travel visas to the United States are urged to submit their proposal as soon as possible.
Please send proposals by email attachment in a .doc or .docx format to Ms. Carol Lombard at ans.abstracts
gmail.com and include “ANS Proposal” in the subject line. In addition, please be sure to complete and attach the Author Information Sheet that is posted on the ANS website (see link below). All proposals will be subject to blind review. Official notification of proposal acceptances will be sent on or before August 31, 2015. All authors whose papers have been accepted must be current members of the ANS and need to register with both the ANS and the LSA. Please feel free to contact Ms. Lombard using the email address listed above if you have questions.
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