LINGUIST List 26.4816

Thu Oct 29 2015

Calls: Applied Ling, General Ling, Historical Ling, Ling & Lit, Socioling/USA

Editor for this issue: Ashley Parker <ashleylinguistlist.org>


Date: 28-Oct-2015
From: Alyssia Miller <amiller16crimson.ua.edu>
Subject: University of Alabama Languages Conference
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Full Title: University of Alabama Languages Conference
Short Title: UALC

Date: 12-Feb-2016 - 13-Feb-2016
Location: Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA
Contact Person: UALC 2016 Organizing Committee
Meeting Email: < click here to access email >

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; General Linguistics; Historical Linguistics; Ling & Literature; Sociolinguistics

Call Deadline: 15-Nov-2015

Meeting Description:

The graduate students of The University of Alabama’s Department of Modern Languages & Classics, in collaboration with the graduate students of the Department of English and the TESOL program, invite papers for our sixth annual University of Alabama Languages Conference entitled “The Many Tongues of Talk and Tale” to be held February 12-13, 2016 at The Ferguson Center of The University of Alabama. This year's keynote speakers are Dr. John Lipski (The Pennsylvania State University) and Dr. Karen Elizabeth Bishop (Rutgers University).

2nd Call for Papers:

The Call for Papers has been extended. Submissions are due November 15, 2015. Find more information at ualc.as.ua.edu

Proposals about all languages are welcome in, but are not strictly limited to, the following topic strands:

- Sociolinguistics
- L1, L2, L3 acquisition and pedagogy
- Languages in contact
- Historical and comparative linguistics
- Non-verbal communication; sign language
- Language as presented in literature, film and music
- Voices in literature
- Feminism, gender identity
- Alterity
- Storytelling, mythology, memory



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