15th Language at the University of Essex Postgraduate Conference (LangUE) 2020

This is the second Call for Papers for LangUE 2020 at the University of Essex which will be held on Thursday 11th June 2020. The conference aims to bring together postgraduate students to present and discuss current research, results and problems from any field of linguistics.

Participation

Participation is for either a 20-min oral Presentation or a Poster and the deadline for abstract submissions is Monday 10th February 2020 extended to Satrurday 29th February by 16:00 GMT. Please submit your abstract through this link https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=15thlangue. Note that no late submissions will be accepted and that all abstracts should be in accordance with the formatting guidelines as mentioned here: https://easychair.org/cfp/15thLangUE

Keynotes

We are delighted to announce this year's Keynote speakers for the 15th LangUE:

• Emeritus Professor Andrew Radford (University of Essex)
   
• Professor Nancy Kula (University of Essex)
• Dr Tracey Costley (University of Essex)
• Dr Colin Reilly (University of Essex)
   
• Dr Ian Cunnings (University of Reading)

Submission Guidelines

All the following guidelines apply to abstracts for both oral presentations and poster presentations, except where otherwise stated. 

• The deadline for submission of abstracts is Saturday 29th February (16:00 UK time). Electronic submissions only; https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=15thlangue
• You need to register and create an account for EasyChair.  
• Please mention in the title field whether your abstract is to be considered for a Presentation or a Poster,  e.g. Poster: Title of Your Abstract.
• Your abstract must be in pdf. format. In addition, you should make sure that your abstract conforms to the formatting guidelines below. 
• Please send an anonymised copy of your abstract file to the above link. The copy should be anonymous (title and abstract text only). If you get accepted, we will contact you to provide more details. 

Abstract Formatting Guidelines 

Your abstract should be no more than 400 words in length, including references. 

Please format the page as follows: 

• line spacing: 1.5 
• all margins: 2.5cm (1 inch) 
• text alignment: justified 
• title text: Times New Roman, 14pt, bold, centered
• body text: Times New Roman, 12pt 
• paragraphs: do not indent; leave one clear line between paragraphs 

Abstract Review and Acceptance 

• All abstracts which conform to the above guidelines will be anonymously reviewed by two reviewers. Once the review process is complete, you will be notified by the organising committee if your abstract has been accepted for oral or poster presentation. 
• Accepted abstracts will be allotted 20 minutes for presentation and 10 minutes for discussion. There will be a dedicated poster session on the day of the conference. 

Proceedings

All those who present their work at the LangUE 2020 will be invited to submit to the “Proceedings of the LangUE”. Submissions must be emailed to langue@essex.ac.uk by 25th June 2020.

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to the organising committee at langue@essex.ac.uk .

Kind Regards,

Angela Burgess
Julia Heimann
On behalf of LangUE 2020 Committee