CALL FOR PAPERS: WASHINGTON 2001

SOCIETY FOR PIDGIN AND CREOLE LINGUISTICS

The Society for Pidgin and Creole Linguistics will meet in Washington, D.C., January 5-6, 2001, in conjunction with the Annual Meeting of the Linguistic Society of America at the Grand Hyatt.

Abstracts on the phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, lexicon, social aspects of language, history of the discipline or any pertinent issue involving pidgin and creole languages or other contact languages are invited for anonymous review by a five member panel.

ABSTRACT: NEW ELECTRONIC FORMAT!! Please observe the instructions hereafter:

1. An abstract (including a bibliography or examples, if needed) must be no more than 500 words. Please note the word count at the bottom of the abstract.

2. If your abstract uses any special fonts, you must also send a paper copy to the address shown below (same deadline), as special fonts do not transmit accurately. Indicate at the bottom of your e-mail that hardcopy has been mailed.

3. At the top of the abstract, outside the typing area, put the title.

4. Do not put your name on the attached abstract. Your name should be only on the abstract submittal e-mail message.

5. A shorter abstract, intended for publication in the LSA Annual Meeting Handbook, will be requested at a later date from all authors of accepted papers. Specific instructions for the transmittal of this abstract will be included in the acceptance letters.

Note: If at all possible, please send the abstract as ATTACHMENT-Microsoft Word. If that option is not available, paste it into an e-mail message. If e-mail is not available, send hardcopy of your abstract to the address shown below.

When sending the e-mail submission, please follow this format (use the numbering system given below):

1. TITLE OF ABSTRACT:
2. NAME:
3. ADDRESS:
4. AFFILIATION:
5. STATUS (faculty, student):
6. E-MAIL ADDRESS:
7. FAX:
8. PHONE NUMBERS:

You can verify this information, obtain information on abstract contents (Suggested Abstract Outline), and updates on hotel accommodation and airline transportation at the Creolist website: http://www.ling.su.se/Creole/calendar


DEADLINE: JUNE 15, 2000
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Send ABSTRACTS to escur001@tc.umn.edu
Prof. Genevieve Escure, Department of English, 207 Church Street, S.E.,
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Mn 55455-0134, USA.
Tel: 612 625 6095 Fax: 612 624 8228 (fax only if you do not have e-mail)

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SAMPLE ABSTRACT OUTLINE

Many abstracts are rejected because they omit crucial information rather than because of errors in what they include. A suggested outline for abstracts is as follows:

1. Choose a title that clearly indicates the topic of the paper and is no more than one line long.

2. State the problem or research question raised by prior work, with specific reference to relevant prior research.

3. State the main point or argument of the proposed presentation.

4. Cite sufficient data, and explain why and how they support the main point or argument. When examples are in languages or varieties other than Standard English, provide word by word glosses and capitalize the portions of the examples which are critical to the argument. Explain abbreviations at their first occurrence.

5. If your paper presents the results of experiments, but collection of results is not yet complete, then report what results you have already obtained in sufficient detail that your abstract may be evaluated. Also indicate the nature of the experimental design and the specific hypothesis tested.

6. State the relevance of your ideas to past work or to the future development of the field. Describe analyses in as much detail as possible. Avoid saying in effect "a solution to this problem will be presented". If you are taking a stand on a controversial issue, summarize the arguments that lead you to your position.

7. State the contribution to linguistic research made by the analysis.

8. While citation in the text of the relevant literature is essential, a separate list of references at the end of the abstract is generally
unnecessary.