NELS 51: 51st Annual Meeting of the North East Linguistics Society Université du Québec à Montréal Montréal, Canada, November 6-8, 2020 |
Conference website | https://sites.grenadine.uqam.ca/sites/linguistique/en/nels51 |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=nels51 |
Submission deadline | June 8, 2020 |
***Abstract submission update: Please take note that considering the ongoing effects of the current COVID-19 pandemic, the abstract submission deadline has been further postponed to June 8th.***
We are pleased to announce that the 51st Annual Meeting of the North East Linguistic Society (NELS 51) will take place at the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), in Montreal, Canada, on November 6th-8th 2020.
Keynote speakers include:
- Lisa Levinson (University of Michigan)
- Michal Starke (Masaryk University, Brno)
- Nancy Kula (University of Essex)
- Will Oxford (University of Manitoba)
We invite abstract submission from all subfields of generative linguistics in four categories:
- Regular main session
- Special session on Indigenous languages of North America
- Special session on diverse frameworks (including comparison of generative frameworks)
- Poster session
Regular and special session talks will be 20 minutes, followed by 10 minutes for discussion. Poster presenters will be invited to give 2-minute oral lightning ads for their poster before the poster session. Submissions to the special sessions that are not chosen will be automatically considered for the main session. Presentations may be given in English, French, ASL or LSQ. (For presentations in ASL or LSQ please contact the organizers upon acceptance to allow time for the relevant accommodations.)
Abstract guidelines:
- Abstracts can be submitted in English or French.
- Abstracts, including references and data, must not exceed two A4 or letter pages, have 2.54 cm (1 inch) margins on all sides, and be set in Times New Roman with a font size no smaller than 12pt.
- Examples, tables, graphs, etc. must be interspersed into the text of the abstract, rather than collected at the end.
- The submission must not reveal the identity of the author(s).
- Submissions are limited to two per author, with at most one paper being single-authored.
- Abstracts must be submitted in PDF format through the NELS 51 EasyChair page by June 8th at 23:59 Eastern Standard Time (UTC-5).
Timeline:
- First submission deadline:
May 15th, 2020 - Second submission deadline:
June 1st, 2020 - New submission deadline: June 8th, 2020 at 23:59 Eastern Standard Time (UTC-5)
- Notification of decisions: expected by July, 2020 Conference dates: November 6th-8th, 2020
Further information will be continuously added to the conference webpage at: https://sites.grenadine.uqam.ca/sites/linguistique/en/nels51
For questions please contact nelsconference51@gmail.com