13thLangUE/2018: Language at the University of Essex Postgraduate Conference University of Essex Colchester, UK, June 14, 2018 |
Conference website | https://www.essex.ac.uk/departments/language-and-linguistics/langue |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=13thlangue2018 |
Poster | download |
Abstract Acceptance Start Date | February 19, 2018 |
Abstract registration deadline | April 26, 2018 |
Submission deadline | April 26, 2018 |
Types of Participation | Posters or Presentations (20 minutes) |
The 13th Language at the University of Essex Postgraduate Conference
Submission Guidelines
Abstracts should be no more than 400 words in length, including references. All abstracts have to be submitted anonymously via EasyChair in a .pdf format. Your abstract should include your institution, title and keywords. The filename of your anonymous abstract should be in the following format: first three words of the title of your abstract_anon (e.g. SententialWordOrder_anon.pdf).
If you get accepted, you will be asked to send a named abstract that should contain, along with the abstract text itself, the following identifying information: title of abstract; author’s name; author’s affiliation. The filename of your named abstract should be in the following format: first three words of the title of your abstract_named (SententialWordOrder_named.pdf).
In case, you would like your abstract to be considered for a certain type; i.e, poster session or presentation, please specify this in your abstract.
Abstract Formatting Guidelines
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, centred (NB: this should include name and affiliation on the named abstract file)
• body text: Times New Roman, 12pt
• paragraphs: do not indent; leave one clear line between
paragraphs
Committees
Program Committee
- Lizeta Demetriou
- Lorena Kamstra
- Pori Saikia
- Sharaf Yassin
Organizing committee
- Lizeta Demetriou
- Lorena Kamstra
- Pori Saikia
- Sharaf Yassin
Invited Speakers
- Dr Christina Kim (University of Kent) on "Learning how individual spekaers use language: Imprecision, contrast andlexical meaning".
- Dr Yuni Kim (University of Essex) on "Roots and lexical categories in Huave".
- Dr Adam Schembri (University of Birmingham) on "The BSL Corpus and sign linguistics: What we're learning about the structure and use of BSL".
Publication
Presenters will be invited to submit their papers to be considered as a conference proceeding; these will appear on the conference website; https://www.essex.ac.uk/departments/language-and-linguistics/langue.
Venue
The confernece is held at the University of Essex, Colchester Campus, in the Teaching Centre, rooms; 2.6, 2.10, 2.12, 2.13.
For details on how to reach Colchester Campus, please refer to this page; https://www.essex.ac.uk/life/colchester-campus/how-to-get-here.
For details on how to find your way on Campus, please refer to this page (you can also download the app); https://findyourway.essex.ac.uk/.
Contact
Please contact us on langue@essex.ac.uk regarding any questions.