The 34th Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society
Call for Papers
8-10 February 2008
The 34th annual meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society will take place at the University of California, Berkeley on February 8-10, 2008. The meeting will consist of a General Session, a Parasession, and a Special Session.
GENERAL SESSION
The General Session will cover all areas of linguistic interest. We encourage proposals from diverse theoretical frameworks and also welcome papers on language-related topics from disciplines such as anthropology, cognitive science, literature, neuroscience, and psychology.
- Invited Speakers
- Sharon Inkelas, UC Berkeley
- Maria Polinsky, Harvard University
PARASESSION
Information Structure
The Parasession will explore information structure and its relationship to the syntactic, semantic, phonological, and pragmatic components of the grammar. We invite abstracts from any cognitive, functional, or generative framework, as well as those that deal with processing or computational approaches. Submissions that introduce new data from understudied languages are especially welcome.
- Invited Speakers
- Daniel Büring, UCLA
- Craige Roberts, The Ohio State University
SPECIAL SESSION
Pidgins, Creoles, and Mixed Languages
The Special Session will focus on pidgin, creole, and mixed languages. We welcome abstracts on all aspects of these languages, including syntax, semantics, phonology, phonetics, morphology, pragmatics, typology, historical development, sociolinguistics, and language contact.
- Invited Speakers
- Salikoko Mufwene, University of Chicago
- Silvia Kouwenberg, University of the West Indies
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Deadline
Abstracts must be received electronically by
- 5:00 p.m. Pacific Standard Time
- Thursday, 15 November 2007
No late submissions can be accepted. Authors will be notified of (non)acceptance by mid-December.
Guidelines
An author may submit at most one single and one joint abstract. In the case of joint authorship, one address should be designated for communication with BLS. Abstracts should be as specific as possible, with a statement of topic, approach, and conclusions, and must fit on one page in 12-point font with 1'' margins. So that the review process may remain anonymous, authors should not include their names or otherwise reveal their identity anywhere on this page. Data and examples must be given within the body of the text rather than at the end, though references may be included on a separate page if necessary.
Submissions
All abstracts must be submitted electronically as PDF documents. Further instructions for electronic submissions are available here.
Presentation and Publication
Presentations are allotted 20 minutes plus 10 minutes for questions. Presented papers are published in the BLS Proceedings. Authors agree to provide camera-ready copy (up to 12 pages) by 16 May 2008. Instructions for authors may be found here.