SOCIETAS LINGUISTICA EUROPAEA

FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS

48th Annual Meeting of the Societas Linguistica Europaea
2 - 5 September 2015
Leiden Universit !entre for Linguisti"s #LU!L$% Leiden
http&''((()sle2015)eu
http&''((()so"ietaslinguisti"a)eu
*he So"ietas Linguisti"a +uropaea and the Universit of Leiden invite ou to submit abstra"ts
for (or,shop% poster or general session papers for the ne-t annual meeting)
SLE meetings provide a forum for high-.ualit linguisti" resear"h from all #sub$domains of
linguisti"s) *he up"oming edition of the SLE meeting (ill also host a round table of e-perts
to dis"uss topi"s of spe"ial linguisti" interest) *he SLE 2015 round table bears the title
/0ntera"tion and Linguisti" Stru"ture1)
PLENARY SPEAKERS
Marianne Mithun #Universit of !alifornia at Santa 2arbara% presidential address$
Marian 3lamer #Leiden Universit$
0an 4oberts #Universit of !ambridge$
4ound *able /0ntera"tion and Linguisti" Stru"ture1&
Mira Ariel #*el Aviv Universit$
4i""ardo 5usaroli #Aarhus Universit$
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: WORKSHOP PROPOSALS, WORKSHOP PAPERS,
GENERAL SESSION PAPERS AND POSTERS
6743S879 94797SALS) *he deadline for the submission of workshop proposals is 25
:ovember 2014) *he address for submission is sle;ugr)es) :otifi"ation of
a""eptan"e're<e"tion (ill be b 15 =e"ember 2014) After a (or,shop proposal has been
a""epted% the "onvenors (ill be re.uested to invite their parti"ipants to submit their full
abstra"ts b 15 >anuar 2015 #see instru"tions belo($) *hese full abstra"ts (ill be evaluated
individuall b the S"ientifi" !ommittee and the "onvenors)
6or,shop proposals should "ontain&
#i$ a des"ription of the topi"% in"luding the resear"h .uestions to be addressed #ma-)
1000 (ords$)
#ii$ a #provisional$ list of (or,shop parti"ipants and their provisional abstra"ts #ma-)
?00 (ords per abstra"t$)
6or,shop "onvenors are en"ouraged to distribute an open "all for papers on the LinguistList
#announ"e our !59 as a session of SLE 2015$ and other fora in 7"tober and :ovember
2014)
Sin"e (e (ant "onferen"e parti"ipants to be able to attend individual (or,shop presentations%
SLE (or,shops have to be "ompatible (ith the main "onferen"e s"hedule) *his means that
the format of the (or,shops must be organi@ed around ?0 minute slots #20 min) presentation%
10 min) dis"ussion$) 6or,shops ideall "ontain 10 or 15 slots #"orresponding to 1 or 1)5
das$) +a"h (or,shop ideall "omprises&
1) an introdu"tor paper b the "onvenor#s$ or b a ,e-note spea,er% (hi"h
summari@es previous resear"h% spe"ifies the approa"h#es$ to be ta,en and sets the
s"ope of the papers to be presented)
2) eight papers #1 da$ or thirteen papers #1)5 da$)
?) a slot for a final dis"ussion on the topi"s "overed b the papers% methodologi"al
issues and .uestions for future resear"h)
5urther details "an be dis"ussed (ith the SL+ !onferen"e Manager)
A+:+4AL S+SS07: 9A9+4S% 97S*+4S A:= 6743S879 9A9+4S) Submission of
abstra"ts opens on 20 7"tober 2014) *he deadline for all abstra"ts is 15 >anuar 2015)
:otifi"ation of a""eptan"e (ill be given b ?1 Mar"h 2015)
Abstra"ts are submitted via +as"hair #https&''eas"hair)org'"onferen"es'B"onfCsle2015$)
*he should be inserted in the Dabstra"tE bo- and also uploaded as an atta"hment #onl 6ord%
rtf or )odt formats$) 0f the "ontain spe"ial "hara"ters% please also send a 9=5 version to
sle;ugr)es )
Abstra"ts should "learl state resear"h .uestions% approa"h% method% data and #e-pe"ted$
results) *he should not "ontain the names of the presenters% nor their affiliations or
addresses% or an other information that ma reveal their authorship) *he should not e-"eed
500 (ords #e-"luding referen"es$) 7nl referen"es mentioned in the te-t ma be listed)
Abstra"ts should have the same title as the entr submitted via +as"hair) !he", the final
abstra"t "arefull and note that the version of the abstra"t ou upload (ill be the version
eventuall used for the 2oo, of Abstra"ts)
Laout re.uirements for abstra"ts&
Abstra"ts must be single-spa"ed and full <ustified) *he standard font (ill be !alibri% si@e
10)
*he margins (ill be 2)54 top'bottom and 1)F1 left'right #Moderate in MS 6ord$)
4eferen"es (ill have a hanging indent of 1)2G "m)
6hereas general session papers "an deal (ith an topi" in linguisti"s% (or,shop papers
should ta,e into a""ount the topi" of the (or,shop proposal% and are usuall pre-sele"ted b
the (or,shop "onvenors)
SU2M0**0:A MUL*09L+ 9A9+4S) 7ne person ma submit a single-authored abstra"t% a
single-authored abstra"t and a "o-authored one #not as first author$% or t(o "o-authored
abstra"ts #onl one as first author$) :ote that ,enote papers (ithin (or,shops "ount as
ordinar papers) 9resentations (ill be ma-imall 20 minutes% allo(ing 10 minutes for
dis"ussion and room "hanges)
More information about "onferen"e submissions "an be found here)
PRESENTING A POSTER
SL+ meetings "omprise a poster session for both senior and <unior resear"hers) 0n order to
foster intera"tion% all other sessions (ill be suspended during the poster session) 9osters ma
remain available during the rest of the "onferen"e) *he ma-imum si@e of the poster is 1)10 m
#verti"al$ - 1 m #hori@ontal$) 5or more information about ho( to ma,e a good poster% "li",
here)
REVIEWING PROCEDURE
Workshop proposals "ontain the names of the (or,shop "onvenors and (or,shop parti"ipants
and (ill be evaluated and ran,ed b the 5 offi"ers of the SL+ S"ientifi" !ommittee)
All abstracts (ill be revie(ed anonmousl b three referees) 6or,shop abstra"ts re"eive
t(o evaluations b S"ientifi" !ommittee members and one b the (or,shop "onvenors)
Abstra"ts submitted to the general session and to the poster session (ill be evaluated b three
members of the S"ientifi" !ommittee) *he threshold for a""eptan"e is the same for general
session% poster and (or,shop abstra"ts) *he a""eptan"e of a paper depends on the .ualit of
the abstra"t)
PRIZE FOR THE BEST PRESENTATION AND THE BEST POSTER
*here (ill be a pri@e for the best oral presentation b a 9h= student% a pri@e for the best oral
presentation b a postdo" and a pri@e for the best poster #see SL+ 201? and SL+ 2014
a(ards$)
5or "urrent purposes% 9h=-students are students that have not "ompleted their 9h= before the
"onferen"e) 9ostdo"s have "ompleted their 9h= not earlier than >anuar 2012) A nominated
paper ma be "o-authoredH in that "ase the nominee (ill be the first author)
Appli"ants are invited to mar, the option referring to the pri@e (hen the register their
abstra"t) 7n the basis of the ran,ing of the abstra"ts% the S"ientifi" !ommittee (ill set up an
internal shortlist (ith nominees for the pri@es)
Members of the +ditorial 2oard of Folia Linguistica (Historica) and the S"ientifi" !ommittee
(ill de"ide (ho (ill be a(arded the first pri@e #500 +uros$ in ea"h "ategor% as (ell as the
2nd and ?rd pri@es #a three-ear SL+ membership $)
IMPORTANT DATES
25 :ovember 2014& deadline for submission of (or,shop proposals
15 =e"ember 2014& notifi"ation of (or,shop a""eptan"e
15 >anuar 2014& deadline for submission of all abstra"ts
?1 Mar"h 2015& notifi"ation of paper a""eptan"e
1 April 2015& earl bird registration starts
1 >une 2015& full fee registration starts
?0 >une 2015& "losing registration date for parti"ipants (ith a paper
15 August 2015& "losing registration date for parti"ipants (ithout a paper
9lease note that unregistered parti"ipants (ill be removed from the "onferen"e s"hedule on 1
>ul)
REGISTRATION
4egistration (ill open on 1 April 2015) SLE meetings are member-onl "onferen"es) *hat is%
all parti"ipants (ith a paper in the program (ill have to be or be"ome members of the
Societas Linguistica Europaea) *he earl bird "onferen"e fee for members is 1G0 +uros)
SOCIAL PROGRAMME
*here (ill be a re"eption in the "it "entre #in"luded in the registration fee$% a "it (al, and a
"onferen"e dinner) 7n Saturda afternoon there (ill be a post-"onferen"e e-"ursion) 5urther
information (ill be given in the se"ond "ir"ular)
HOW TO GET TO LEIDEN
Leiden is easil a""essible b air% road and train) *he "it is lo"ated in the (estern part of *he
:etherlands% bet(een *he 8ague #the residen"e of the government and the houses of
parliament$ and Amsterdam #the "apital of the "ountr$) S"hiphol international airport is
bet(een Leiden and Amsterdam% about 20 minutes b "ar or 1G minutes b train from Leiden
!entral Station) *rains bet(een *he 8ague% Leiden and Amsterdam run fre.uentl #at least 4
times per hour$) *he ride from *he 8ague ta,es about 12 minutes% and about ?5 minutes from
Amsterdam)
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
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SLE CONFERENCE MANAGEMENT
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