64th Annual Conference of the International Linguistic Association

Centro de Estudios del Lenguaje en Sociedad (CELES), Universidad Nacional de San Martín
Buenos Aires, Argentina, May 30-June 1, 2019

Second Call for Papers

Extended Deadline: March 8, 2019

Major theme: Language and Territory

The International Linguistic Association has held conferences in many countries around the world,
including one in Latin America, where in 1972, the 18th Annual Conference took place in
Arequipa, Perú. Now, after several decades have passed, the ILA will return to Latin America in
2019 for its 64th Annual Conference to be held in Buenos Aires, Argentina. In the International
Year of Indigenous Languages (proclaimed by the United Nations), the central theme of this
conference, language and territory, will explore the current debates around local, national and
global languages and literacies; the ways in which linguistic borders have been defined, enforced,
and inherited, but also challenged, through time, by means of geographical, political and social
justifications; and how these practices are being re-examined today.
The relationships between languages and territories have been constructed and interrogated across
social groups and communities throughout different moments in history. In the twenty-first
century, equating languages with national identities and borders is being met with recurrent
resistance: In a world of mobile communication, social and mass media networks, and increasing
migration, transidiomatic practices demonstrate how social identities and practices clash with the
language policies and language ideologies that remain tied to single nation-states.
The ILA invites submissions that explore these and other connections between language and
territory. Topics may include (but are not limited to) the following:
• Territory, language and identity • Indigenous languages and language
• Language contact and language change revitalization
• Language, migration and mobility • Literacies and writing systems
• Digital discourses and online territories • Language and territory in literature
• Language varieties and diversity • Language planning and language policy
• Languages and territories across time • Language, power, and ideology
In keeping with the ILA tradition, we also invite individual papers or posters on other areas of
linguistics. Each presentation should last no more than twenty-five minutes, including time for
questions and discussion.
Proposals also may be submitted for three-hour workshops for teachers on topics related to the
teaching of language, literacy and/or linguistics.

Plenary Speakers
• Marco Jacquemet, University of San Francisco, USA
• Xoán Lagares, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil/España
• Teófilo Laime Ajacopa, Universidad Mayor de San Simón/Universidad Mayor de San
Andrés, Bolivia
• Kathryn Woolard, University of California, San Diego, USA
• Virginia Zavala Cisneros, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Perú

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Invited Panel
• Glottopolitics: Organized by Elvira Narvaja de Arnoux, Universidad de Buenos Aires,
Argentina
• Lexicon and language varieties: Organized by Andreína Adelstein, CONICET-
Universidad Nacional de General Sarmiento, Argentina

Guidelines for Proposals

Papers and Posters
A paper or poster title and abstract of between 300 and 400 words, excluding references, is required
along with a summary abstract for the conference booklet of no more than 150 words. The author's
name, institutional affiliation, mailing address, and phone number must also be included.
Workshops
A brief presentation/rationale of about 200 words should argue for the relevance of the
theoretical/applied content in language, linguistics or literacy that will be explored and examined
during the workshop. Objectives, a brief description of the activities to be implemented during the
session, and a maximum of five reading references should be included in the proposal. A separate
brief CV (100 words) of the workshop leader/s indicating relevant workshop/instructional
experience is also required.
All proposals will be blind reviewed for quality and originality. Submissions should mainly
contain new material and must not have been published previously in order to be considered. All
proposals should be emailed in a MSWord (.doc, .docx) file and using “ILA2019” in the subject
line, to Antoinette Jones, Conference Coordinator at ilawordorg@gmail.com by March 8, 2019.
Proposal acceptances will be sent by March 15, 2019. The author(s) whose proposals have been
accepted for the ILA Annual Conference must register by April 15, 2019 in order to be included
in the Conference Program.

Official Conference Languages: English, Spanish and Portuguese

The conference encourages use of these three languages, and at the same time wishes to provide
access to all participants for any session. Thus, proposals can be submitted in English, Spanish or
Portuguese.
§ Authors whose papers are accepted may present orally in any of the three languages, but
presenters should furnish the audience with printed summaries and/or overhead presentations
in one of the other official languages: If the oral presentation is given in Spanish or Portuguese,
the summary handout and/or overhead presentation should be provided in English. If the oral
presentation is given in English, the summary handout and/or overhead presentation should be
provided in either Spanish or Portuguese.
§ In the Conference program, abstracts of accepted papers will be published in English and either
Spanish or Portuguese.

Conference Registration Information

Presenters/Attendees
Pre-registration Fees Registration Fees
(Non-residents of
received by April 1, 2019 after April 1, 2019
Argentina)

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 US $150 (for paid-up 2019 US $200 (for paid-up 2019
ILA Members
ILA members) ILA members)
US $200 (includes conference US $250 (includes conference
Non-Members fee & membership with 1 year fee & membership with 1 year
WORD) WORD)
US $130 (includes conference US $160 (includes conference
Retirees fee & membership with 1 year fee & membership with 1 year
WORD) WORD)
US $80 (includes conference US $100 (includes conference
Graduate Students;
fee & membership with 1 year fee & membership with 1 year
K-12 Teachers
WORD) WORD)

Presenters/Attendees
Pre-registration Fees Registration Fees after April
(Residents of
received by April 1, 2019 1, 2019 until May 15, 2019
Argentina)
ARS $3,000 (includes ARS $4,000 (includes
Presenters/Attendees
conference fee & membership conference fee & membership
in General
with 1 year WORD) with 1 year WORD)
Graduate Students; ARS $2,000 (includes ARS $2,500 (includes
K-12 Teachers* conference fee only) conference fee only)
Undergraduate ARS $500 (includes ARS $800 (includes
students* conference fee only) conference fee only)
UNSAM
Gratis
Undergraduates
* Upon completing the registration form, students and teachers must present evidence of student
or K-12 educator status.

Workshop Registration (One Day Only Registration): includes Access to workshop and
same day plenary sessions.
Non-residents of Argentina US $30
Residents of Argentina ARS $1,200

* For non-residents of Argentina, visit: hallidaycentre.cityu.edu.hk/ila/ for payment options.

* For residents of Argentina, payments are to be made at: https://goo.gl/HWqWod

Travel and Accommodation

Aerolíneas Argentinas is the official airline of the ILA 2019 Conference, and a 10% discount on
flights operated by Aerolíneas Argentinas is offered to participants. Reservations through this
link: https://goo.gl/88V9iU Event code: "CULT4"

Hotel Ibis Congreso (Hipolito Yrigoyen 1592, Buenos Aires) has set aside a block of rooms with
special rates for conference participants. Please visit: https://www.accorhotels.com/gb/hotel-
3251-ibis-buenos-aires-congreso/index.shtml. For reservations, send an e-mail to:
Ibis Buenos Aires Congreso: h3251@accor.com or to Ibis Obelisco: h6502-re@accor.com
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In your e-mail mention: “Congreso ILA-UNSAM”

Further Information

Inquiries may be sent to the Conference Co-Chairs: Cecilia Magadán and Florencia Rizzo
(celes@unsam.edu.ar) or JoAnne Kleifgen (jk217@columbia.edu).

For more about the International Linguistic Association, visit hallidaycentre.cityu.edu.hk/ila/

For more about the Center for the Study of Language in Society (CELES), School of
Humanities, Universidad Nacional de San Martín, visit
http://www.unsam.edu.ar/escuelas/humanidades/centros/celes/