Call for Papers
(extended until February 8, 2010)
55th Annual Conference of the
International Linguistic Association
in cooperation with the
American Dialect Society
(Northeast Region)
April 15 – April 17, 2010
State University of New York at New Paltz
New Paltz, New York
"DIALECTS" The International Linguistic Association (ILA), a
professional organization founded in October 1943 as the Linguistic
Circle of New York, is devoted to the study of all areas of linguistics
and their roles in society. Teachers and students are invited to submit
abstracts for papers for the 55th annual conference to be held in
conjunction with the American Dialect Society—Northeast region, at the
State University of New York at New Paltz, April 15-17, 2010.
Send proposals to
abstracts@ilaword.org. The word “abstract”
must be included in the subject line of the e-mail message. Authors of
submissions will be notified of acceptance by February 15, 2010. Time allotted will be 20 minutes for delivery of the paper plus 5
minutes discussion.
(However, all linguistic topics are welcome)
Invited Plenary Speakers:
Dr. Joan Houston Hall (DARE—University of Wisconsin)
Professor Dennis R. Preston (Oklahoma State University)
Professor Walt Wolfram (North Carolina State University)
Professor John M. Lipski (Pennsylvania State University)
Papers in any area of linguistics are appropriate; however, the theme of this year’s conference is DIALECTS (regional or social). Periodically, the ILA has held conferences on this topic in the past. The study of dialect as a major field in linguistics has been developing for nearly 400 years. Thomas Jefferson recognized the importance of language change as an integral part of society; Thomas Pickering wrote in the second decade of the 19th century of what he found odd in American speech. Bloomfield, Sapir, the Grimms, Bloch, Kurath, Cassidy, and more recently Hall, Preston, Labov, and Wolfram, to name but a few, have furthered the study of dialect. In a distinctive setting where American Indian languages, Dutch, French, German, English and just about every other language of people settling in the early colonies coexisted and blended for centuries, this conference will facilitate further exchange in the subject.
Please submit proposals (400 word maximum) for individual papers to be
received no later than February 8, 2010. Proposals for panels or poster
sessions must include topics and a summary for each speaker. All
proposals should be appropriate for publication in the meeting program.
Presenters are expected to be current members of either ILA or ADS.
Submissions for papers from ADS members will be considered for
presentation in the ADS session(s). ADS and ILA members will be
admitted to all conference sessions, plenary sessions, and events but
must submit to the ILA registration fee.
The Saturday banquet will be open to all for an additional nominal fee.
Advance banquet registration is advised as restaurants in New Paltz tend
to be small; payment may be made at the conference.
Conference Co-Chair: David K. Barnhart (barnhart@highlands.com)
Conference Co-Chair: Yolanda Chavez-Cappellini (cappelly@newpaltz.edu)
Conference Coordinator: Annika Wendt
(awendt@ilaword.org)
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