<OT> 2nd call for papers: English Linguistics, Edinburgh, June 2005

[Patrick Honeybone]

The First International Conference on the Linguistics of Contemporary
English

University of Edinburgh, 23 - 26 June 2005

Website: http://www.englang.ed.ac.uk/iclce/iclce2005.html

Abstracts deadline: 15th January 2005

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We are pleased to announce that the First International Conference on
the Linguistics of Contemporary English (incorporating the Second
International Conference on the Phonology of English) will be held from
23 - 26 June 2005, at the University of Edinburgh.

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BACKGROUND

The attention devoted to the linguistic phenomenon (or phenomena) known
as English has resulted in a broad body of work in diverse research
traditions, illustrating both the individual characteristics of the many
Englishes, and the contributions that an understanding of these
linguistic systems can make to our general knowledge of the human
language faculty. 

Our aims are (i) to encourage the cross-fertilisation of ideas between
different frameworks and research traditions, all of which address the
linguistics of English, and, furthermore, (ii) to promote discussion
among researchers interested in linguistic theories (phonologists,
syntacticians, variationists etc.) regarding what we mean when we use
the word 'English' to describe the linguistic phenomena which we work to
explain. 

We therefore invite abstracts which deal with any aspect of the
structure of contemporary varieties of English, in terms of their
phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics etc., in any way which aims to
be explanatory. Work on any variety (or number of varieties) is welcome,
including variationist work which engages with issues of linguistic
structure. We do not intend to accept abstracts which are purely
historical, but work which brings in diachrony in order to explain the
structure of Present-Day English is certainly welcome. 

An International Conference on the Phonology of English was held in
Toulouse in 2002 along these lines. We aim for the current conference to
build on the success of that event, and to broaden out its scope to
include discussion of all aspects of English.

Any enquiries about the conference should be sent to
iclce.2005 at ed.ac.uk.

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INVITED SPEAKERS

The following have accepted invitations to speak at the conference
* Bas Aarts
* Luigi Burzio
* Lisa Green
* Peter Trudgill

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ABSTRACT SUBMISSION

Abstracts must be submitted by email - as files attached to a message -
as per the details listed below. They should be sent to
iclce.2005 at ed.ac.uk by *15th January 2005*.  We expect that talks will
last around 25 minutes, with 10 minutes for questions.

Abstracts should be no longer than one side of A4, with 2.5cm margins,
single-spaced, with a font size no smaller than 12, and with normal
character spacing. All examples and references in the abstract should be
included on the one single page, but it is enough, when referring to
previous work, to cite "Author (Date)" in the body of the abstract - you
do not need to include the full reference. 

Please send two copies of your abstract - one of these should be
anonymous and one should include your name, affiliation and email at the
top of the page, directly below the title. The anonymous file will be
used for refereeing, and the named file should be camera-ready, as it
will be used in the abstracts booklet if the abstract is accepted. 

Please use one of these formats for your abstract, in descending order
of preference: pdf, Word, rtf, or plain text. If you need to use a
phonetic font in your abstract, please either embed it in a pdf file, or
use the SILdoulos93 font (precisely this font and no other), which can
be downloaded for free from this site:
http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&id=encore-ipa. 

You will, therefore, need to send an email with two attachments. The
anonymous abstract should be named 'yoursurname-anon', and the
non-anonymous abstract should be named 'yoursurname-name' (so if Karl
Luick was submitting an abstract, he would send both luick-anon.pdf and
luick-name.pdf). All abstracts will be reviewed anonymously by members
of the organising committee and advisory board. 

If you cannot send your abstract in this way, for whatever reason,
please send us an email and we'll arrange an alternative. 

You may submit more than one abstract (either joint or single-authored)
but we will only allow each person to present one paper, as this allows
more people to take part in the conference, therefore we will only
accept one abstract from any one person for presentation. 

An overhead projector will, of course, be available, and it is likely
that we can provide powerpoint facilities, if you notify us in advance.
If you need other technical equipment, please say so in the message
accompanying your abstract and we will do our best to provide it,
although this cannot be guaranteed. 

We aim to finalise the programme and contact abstract-senders by 1st
March. There are plans for publishing a peer-reviewed selection of
papers from the conference, most likely in thematically coherent
volumes.

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ORGANISING COMMITTEE

The conference is organised by the following
* Philip Carr (CELA, Montpellier III/ERSS, Toulouse II)
* Heinz Giegerich (Edinburgh)
* Nikolas Gisborne (Edinburgh)
* Patrick Honeybone (Edinburgh)
* April McMahon (Sheffield/Edinburgh)
* Graeme Trousdale (Edinburgh)

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ADVISORY BOARD

The following have accepted invitations to act as advisors and
abstract-readers for the conference
* Bas Aarts (UCL)
* Sang-Cheol Ahn (Kyung Hee)
* Laurie Bauer (Wellington)
* Luigi Burzio (Johns Hopkins)
* Ron Butters (Duke)
* Noel Burton-Roberts (Newcastle upon Tyne)
* Jack Chambers (Toronto)
* Jenny Cheshire (Queen Mary, London)
* Jacques Durand (Toulouse II)
* Paul Foulkes (York)
* Lisa Green (Texas, Austin)
* Liliane Haegeman (Lille III)
* Alison Henry (Ulster)
* Caroline Heycock (Edinburgh)
* Manfred Krug (Freiburg)
* Rochelle Lieber (New Hampshire)
* Sailaja Pingali (Hyderabad)
* Ingo Plag (Siegen)
* Dennis Preston (Michigan State)
* Edgar Schneider (Regensburg)
* John Taylor (Otago)
* Katie Wales (Leeds)