PLM2020: 50th Poznań Linguistic Meeting Poznań, Poland, September 17-20, 2020 |
Conference website | http://wa.amu.edu.pl/plm/ |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=plm2020 |
Abstract registration deadline | March 22, 2020 |
Submission deadline | March 22, 2020 |
The Poznań Linguistic Meeting (PLM) is an annual general linguistics conference that continues the tradition of the Polish–English contrastive conferences started by Jacek Fisiak in 1970. The name "Poznań Linguistic Meeting" was adopted in 1997, when Katarzyna Dziubalska-Kołaczyk took over as the Head of the Organising Committee. The Meetings are organised by the Faculty of English, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań.
Leitmotif
50th Poznań Linguistic Meeting: “Linguistics matters: On the importance of the study of language in the modern world”
It is with great pride that we announce that we will be celebrating the 50th edition of the Poznań Linguistic Meeting on 17–20 September 2020. The meeting will be organised by the Faculty of English, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań. This jubilee edition will focus on the impact of linguistic research on our cognition and knowledge. We hope that its leitmotif, “Linguistics matters: On the importance of the study of language in the modern world,” will encourage participants to submit contributions from any area of linguistics, providing evidence for the discipline’s relevance for communication and cognition on both a societal and individual level. Proposals are welcome of workshop sessions around issues and concepts which matter to/in linguistics (e.g., “word order matters,” “individual variation matters,” “usage matters,” etc.). Plenary speakers of past PLMs will be invited to participate in the PLM2020 Grand Debate on the leitmotif of the conference. There will also be other events reflecting the special character of this 50th edition of one of Europe’s leading linguistics conferences.
Plenary events
The keynote address will be given by Ian Maddieson (University of New Mexico)
Plenary speakers confirmed so far:
– Martine Robbeets (Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History)
– Joanna Pawelczyk (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan)
– Charles B. Chang (Boston University)
Grand debate
Over several recent editions, PLM has developed a tradition of the plenary speakers debating on topics related to each year’s leitmotif. To make the debate even more special for the jubilee edition, we have decided to extend an invitation to participate in it to our past plenary speakers. We think we are justified in hoping for an in-depth and stimulating discussion on the importance of linguistics today.
Special session
30 YEARS OF CONTRASTIVE LINGUISTICS CONFERENCES: A SESSION IN MEMORY OF JACEK FISIAK (1936-2019)
A session in memory of Prof. Jacek Fisiak and the Contrastive Linguistics Conferences will be organised by Katarzyna Dziubalska-Kołaczyk and Camiel Hamans. In 1970, the late Jacek Fisiak (1936–2019) organised the first Polish–English contrastive linguistics conference. When Katarzyna Dziubalska-Kołaczyk took over the organization of this series of conferences in 1997, the name Poznań Linguistic Meeting (PLM) was adopted. So, the 2020 PLM will be the 50th Poznań conference, which is not only a good reason to put a spotlight on the conference itself, but even more so to commemorate the one who took the initiative for this series of meetings – Jacek Fisiak. This cannot be done better than by focusing attention on the subject that was so dear to him – contrastive linguistics. Our aim is to organize a full-day session during the 50th PLM. There is an intention to publish the papers from this session in a separate volume.
We aim both for contributions that look back on fifty years of research in contrastive linguistics, and in particular the contributions that the conferences organized by Jacek Fisiak and his successors have made, as well as for papers that deal with topics that are current in contrastive linguistics research.
Great returns
Over the years, many eminent linguists graduating from Poznań have gone on to pursue their research careers at different research centres around the world. There will be a special session organised for them during PLM2020, too. We’ve already received confirmations from Adam Jaworski, Joanna Kopaczyk, Anna Cieślicka, Sylwia Scheuer, Piotr Jagodziński, and Magdalena Bator.
PhD project poster session
A special poster session will be organised for PhD candidates starting their careers in linguistics or related disciplines. The goal of the session is to provide a platform for all early-career researchers willing to present their PhD projects to a larger scientific community, with a view to receiving valuable feedback on their work at an early stage of development.
Thematic sessions
So far, two thematic sessions have been confirmed:
- Thematic session: Inclusive linguistic research matters: Underrepresented populations, unexplored contexts, and emerging types of data (convened by Bartosz Brzoza and Anita Wagner)
- Thematic session: Word order matters (convened by Jacek Witkoś)
Submission guidelines
Proposals of papers are invited for general oral and poster sessions, four thematic sessions, and an additional poster session for PhD candidates. The presentations related to the leitmotif as well as to other topics within modern linguistics are welcome. Each paper in the oral sessions should be delivered within 30 minutes, including 10 minutes for discussion. Both poster sessions will form an integral part of the conference programme.
The special poster session will be organised for aspiring researchers, who will have a chance to present their PhD projects to a larger scientific community and, thus, to receive valuable feedback on their work at the early stage of development. PhD candidates should submit their abstracts via EasyChair following the same criteria as for regular oral and poster presentations, selecting “PhD poster session” where appropriate. To add value to this experience, we would like to encourage PhD candidates to provide the names of three experts (together with their affiliations) who might potentially make a significant contribution to their PhD projects.
IMPORTANT: Papers submitted to the thematic sessions may use their individual descriptions and guidelines, including deadlines different from the general session deadline, but they still have to be submitted through the EasyChair system.
- Identification: The abstract must remain fully anonymous. You will submit your contact data on the EasyChair submission page but these will be invisible to the reviewers. Please make sure that your PDF file does not include your name in the metadata (document properties).
- The number of submissions: You can submit one single-authored paper and one co-authored paper, or two co-authored ones. PhD candidates can additionally present their PhD projects in the form of a poster.
- Length: Between 300 and 500 words (excluding the title, keywords, linguistic examples, and references, if any). Please state the word count of your abstract at the end. If your abstract does not comply with this requirement, you will be requested to modify it. If you require extra space for e.g. figures or syntactic trees, limit those to one extra page. Otherwise, try to keep your abstract within one page. The EasyChair "Abstract" field size limit is set to 500 words. Please include up to five keywords at the top of the abstract to help streamline the reviewing effort.
- Formatting: Please limit the formatting to an absolute minimum. If needed, use the Doulos SIL font (not SIL Doulos!) for IPA characters and any other special characters. The font can be downloaded free of charge from here. On modern systems, most IPA characters can be produced using Times New Roman and/or other standard fonts.
- Abstract templates: We recommend using our downloadable templates:
– MS Word [download]
– LibreOffice [download]
The templates take care of all the basic layout requirements. Download the template of your choice, enter your text, and save to your hard disk. - Layout: If you prefer not to use the templates above, set the page size to A4, with 2cm margins on all sides, and use Times New Roman 14 pts bold for the title and 12 pts regular for the abstract body.
- Accepted file formats: To make the abstracts maximally accessible to our reviewers, please generate a Portable Document Format (PDF) file. If your word-editing software cannot save to PDF, then a free, open-source PDF generator is available from here. Make sure your details are not included in the metadata. However, if your abstract is accepted, you will be asked to supply an editable file (e.g. plain text, MS Word or LibreOffice) for us to be able to include it in the Book of Abstracts. Thus, you should keep your original file as specified above. However, please also enter the plain text of the abstract in the "Abstract" field of the submission form for quick reference.
- Content/Assessment: Abstracts will be assessed on the following criteria: Is the content original and new? Does the paper build on new data? Are critical concepts and theoretical background described adequately? Is the bibliography relevant and up-to-date? Is the structure and language of presentation appropriate? These will each be scored on a scale from 1 to 5. Additionally, there will be an overall score, and the reviewers will be asked to provide a verbal descriptive review.
- Submitting: Please submit your abstract through the EasyChair system here [new tab]. You will be asked to create an account first if you do not already have one. Before submitting a paper for the individual thematic sessions, consult their descriptions. If you prefer to submit to the general sessions, select one of the topics provided. In addition to the PDF file, please alsoenter/paste the abstract in the "Abstract" field. The file upload interface is towards the end of the submission form. Please remember to include up to five keywords in the abstract.
- Changes/Resubmission: You can make changes to your abstract before the deadline. This is known as "Resubmission" within the EasyChair system and is achieved by clicking on your paper number in the top bar, and then selecting "Submit a new version" in the top right-hand corner. From there, attach a new PDF using the "Submission" field (not the "Attachment" field). If you wish to also change the abstract entered in the "Abstract" field, as described in (9) above, this can be achieved, somewhat confusingly, by using the "Update information" link on your paper's page. This is the wording used by the EasyChair system, and we cannot change it.
IMPORTANT DATES:
– submission deadline for the thematic session proposals: 31 January 2020
– notification of acceptance for thematic sessions: 15 February 2020
– submission deadline for ALL abstracts (oral and poster sessions): 22 March 2020
– notification of acceptance for papers and posters: mid-April 2020
PLM2020 Organising Committee
- Katarzyna Dziubalska-Kołaczyk
- Jarosław Weckwerth
- Bartosz Brzoza
- Alona Kononenko-Szoszkiewicz
- Marcin Naranowicz
- Ewelina Wojtkowiak
Contact
PLM2020 Organising Committee
Faculty of English, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan
Collegium Heliodori Święcicki
Grunwaldzka 6
60–780 Poznań
Poland
Tel: (+48 61) 829 3506
Fax: (+48 61) 852 3103
E-mail: plm@wa.amu.edu.pl
Website: http://wa.amu.edu.pl/plm/