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LACUS
especially invites abstracts relating to the conference theme but welcomes
abstracts on other linguistic topics. In keeping with LACUS tradition,
papers are especially welcomed on interdisciplinary topics and on
innovative ideas or unpopular views.
WORKSHOPS, TUTORIALS
Suggestions are invited for workshops and tutorials. Please contact
Douglas Coleman <douglas.coleman@utoledo.edu>
or Syd Lamb <lamb@rice.edu>
as soon as possible with your ideas.
GUIDELINES
FOR ABSTRACTS
Papers accepted for the program will be scheduled for either 15 minutes or
25 minutes, with 5 minutes allowed for discussion.
HOW
TO SUBMIT YOUR ABSTRACT
Due Date for Abstracts:
15 December 2007
15 JANUARY 2008.
Abstract submission will be via an on-line system via
this
link. When
you arrive at the abstract submission site, you will need to create a user
name and password for yourself (for full anonymity of review, it is
suggested that you create a user name which does not contain your actual
name, since that will be entered elsewhere). Then you will need to
fill in a brief form. Once you complete the form, you will need an
"enrolment key". The "enrolment key"
for LACUS 2008 is "Quebec" (type it without the quotation marks,
but with a capital "Q"). This is the whole process:
-
Enter
a user name and password.
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Fill
in a form with some data about yourself to finish creating your user
name.
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Enter
the enrolment key when it is requested.
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Download
the abstract template if submitting your abstract in Word format (the
template contains formatting instructions).
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Enter
your author data.
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Upload
your proposal abstract.
You
do not have to complete the whole process at one sitting. Having a
user name and password will allow you to return to
make any necessary additions / changes to your presenter data and/or your abstract
before the submission deadline, and later, to see the reviewers'
rating and comments. If submitting more than one proposal, you
will need to create a separate user name for each submission.
When you return, use the same link above. But when you go to the
site after the first time, you will just need to enter a user name and
password and will then go directly to the LACUS 2008 on-line proposal
submission page.
ELIGIBILITY
You do not have to be a member of LACUS to submit an abstract. If
your abstract is accepted, you must be a member to present your paper at
the meeting. Members will automatically receive the publication
resulting from the conference.
PRESIDENTS' PRIZES
Continuing a tradition inaugurated by the late Kenneth Pike, a committee
consisting of the President, the President-Elect,
and former Presidents of LACUS will select the winner of the annual
Presidents' Prize, with an award of $500, for the best
paper by a junior scholar. For purposes of this prize, 'junior
scholar' is defined as one who has had a doctoral degree or its
equivalent for less than five years.
The Presidents' Pre-doctoral prize, with an award of $100, will be given
for the best paper by a student who has not yet received a doctor's
degree.
For purposes of these prizes, 'best paper' is defined as that which in the
judgment of the committee makes the most important contribution to
knowledge. Organization and presentation and the quality of the
abstract are also considered.
The prizes will be awarded at the annual banquet, to be held at the end of
the meeting, Saturday, June 14th.
Only single-authored presentations will be considered for prizes. A
person who has previously won the same prize twice is no longer eligible
for that prize.
Junior scholars and pre-doctoral scholars should identify their status
when submitting their the abstracts, to indicate their eligibility for one
of the prizes.
FINANCIAL
AID
Thanks to the Ruth Brend Memorial Fund, limited assistance may be
available for scholars from countries with weak currencies who submit
strong abstracts. For information, contact the Conference Committee Chair,
Douglas Coleman.
PUBLICATION
A selection of the papers presented at the meeting (not to include
write-ups of tutorial/workshop presentations) will be chosen by a panel of
referees for publication, with appropriate revisions, in LACUS Forum XXXV.
ACCOMMODATIONS
Information relating to travel, the university, and accommodations will be
posted on the LACUS web site (www.lacus.org)
as it becomes available.
Detailed information will be sent to all LACUS members and to nonmember
authors of accepted abstracts in March.
ADDRESS QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CONFERENCE PROGRAM to Douglas W. Coleman
<douglas.coleman@utoledo.edu>.
ADDRESS QUESTIONS ABOUT LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS at Laval University to the
local hosts Barbara Bacz <Barbara.Bacz@lli.ulaval.ca>
or Patrick Duffley <Patrick.Duffley@lli.ulaval.ca>.
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE
Douglas W. Coleman, University of Toledo, Chair
David C. Bennett, SOAS, London
Barbara Bacz, Laval University
Lilly Chen, Rice University
Patrick Duffley, Laval University
Sheila Embleton, York University
Toby Griffen, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville
Sydney Lamb, Rice University
Lois Stanford, University of Alberta
William J Sullivan, U Wroclawski & U Marii Curie-Sklodowskiej
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