CLS 59: Chicago Linguistic Society 59 University of Chicago Chicago, IL, United States, April 28-30, 2023 |
| Conference website | http://chicagolinguisticsociety.org/ |
| Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cls59 |
| Submission deadline | January 15, 2023 |
CALL FOR PAPERS
59th Meeting of the Chicago Linguistic Society
April 28 – April 30, 2023, at THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
Call Deadline: January 8, 2023 at 23:59, extended to January 15, 2023 at 23:59 US Central Standard Time (GMT-6)
Meeting Description:
The Chicago Linguistic Society is the oldest student-run linguistics organization in the United States. This academic year, CLS will host its 59th annual meeting, which will be held from Friday, April 28 to Sunday, April 30, 2023.
Call for Papers:
The Chicago Linguistic Society invites abstracts in any area of current research on the human language faculty, including but not limited to syntax, morphology, semantics, pragmatics, sociolinguistics, phonology, phonetics, and all relevant interfaces and allied fields in cognitive/social sciences. We particularly encourage submissions relevant to this year’s proposed special sessions, detailed below.
Presenters will be given 20 minutes for their presentation followed by a 10-minute question period. Presented papers will be published in the CLS proceedings. This year’s conference features a poster session; those presenting a poster may be chosen as alternates for talks. All talks and poster presentations will be published as regular papers in the proceedings.
Special Topics:
We particularly encourage submissions relevant to this year’s proposed special topics:
- Ancient languages
- Arctic languages
- Syntax-prosody interface
Details on each of the special topics can be found on EasyChair (https://easychair.org/cfp/CLS59) and our website (http://chicagolinguisticsociety.org/call.html)
Abstract Guidelines:
Submissions that fail to comply with any of the following guidelines will be automatically rejected.
- Submit abstracts in PDF format with the filename PaperTitle.pdf.
- Include the paper title and keywords (e.g., CLS special session title if applicable, linguistic subfield(s), language(s)/language family) within the abstract.
- Limit abstracts to two US letter-sized pages in length, including data and references (just select references are acceptable). Use one-inch margins and a font size no smaller than 11 point. Incorporate data into the main text of the abstract, not on a separate page.
- Anonymize submissions by not including author name(s) in the abstract or filename.
- Use the EasyChair platform (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cls59) for the submission of abstracts.
- Restrict submissions to one individual abstract and one joint abstract per author, or two joint abstracts per author.
Invited Speakers:
- Richard Compton (Université du Québec à Montréal)
- Troy Messick (Rutgers University)
- Line Mikkelsen (University of California, Berkeley)
- Prerna Nadathur (The Ohio State University)
- Natalie Weber (Yale University)
- Chris Kennedy (University of Chicago)
Important Dates:
Submission deadline: January 8, 2023 at 23:59, extended to January 15, 2023 at 23:59
Notification: First week of March
Conference dates: April 28 - April 30, 2023
Organizers:
- Akshay Aitha
- Kutay Serova
- Madeline Snigaroff
Land Acknowledgement:
The Chicago Linguistic Society is headquartered at the University of Chicago, which was built on the occupied and unceded lands ancestrally stewarded by many Native peoples. These include the people of the Council of Three Fires (the Ojibwe, Potawatomi, and Odawa nations) as well as the Menominee, Kickapoo, Miami, Sac and Fox, and Ho-Chunk nations. Today, Cook County is home to 39,000 Native people representing more than 100 tribal nations.
Questions?
Please email us at chicagolinguisticsociety.cls59@gmail.com for any questions or issues that may arise.
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Special Topics
Ancient languages
While the study of ancient and liturgical languages has traditionally been associated with philological work and historical linguistics, we would like to showcase work from all theoretical linguistic disciplines and interdisciplinary work that deal with linguistic data and the methodology of working with ancient and liturgical languages without native speaker consultants.
Arctic languages
Arctic languages are not defined by a particular latitude, but rather encompass the indigenous languages spoken in the northernmost region of the globe, an area historically understudied. Arctic language linguistics might involve formalist subfields, sociolinguistics, historical linguistics, linguistic anthropology, language revitalization, or any other area pertaining to language.
Prosody-syntax interface
The interaction between prosody (rhythmic and metrical structure at levels higher than the word) and syntax (the form of sentences and words) has been a large focus of research in the formal (and experimental) linguistic community for many decades. We welcome any submissions relating to the interface between prosody and syntax in any language and from any methodological approach.