EXAL 2022: Experimental Arabic Linguistics 2022 Online Dubai, UAE, March 14-15, 2022 |
| Conference website | https://sites.google.com/view/exal2022 |
| Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=exal2022 |
| Abstract registration deadline | February 6, 2022 |
| Submission deadline | February 6, 2022 |
The Arabic language represents a rich area for linguistic and applied linguistic investigation. Its phonology, grammar and script contrast with those of English and other commonly studied languages. In addition, its status as a world language in terms of number of native, heritage and second language speakers, its linguistic varieties, social identity characteristics and contact with other languages provide many areas for research. EXAL 2022 builds on previous EXAL conferences to bring together empirical researchers on Arabic and related languages from all parts of the world, offering a forum to share current and potential methodologies, findings and theoretical perspectives.
The Organizing Committee of EXAL 2022, based in Zayed University, UAE, invites abstract submissions for the conference, which will be held online on 14-15 March 2022. Papers will present empirical, methodologically rigorous and theoretically informed studies of Arabic and related languages. They may address any topic related to the conference theme of *Arabic Language, Living and Learning*
Submission Guidelines
Presentations at EXAL will consist of 20 minutes online presentation plus 10 minutes discussion.
Abstracts and presentations may be in either English or Arabic. Conference organizers will work with presenters to ensure that all presentations are accessible to both English- and Arabic-speaking audiences.
Abstracts should be not more than 300 words, plus a list of references cited in the abstract.
All abstracts are due by 6 February 2022, with notification of acceptance or rejection within ten days of submission.
Topics include...
* Experimental phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics or pragmatics of Arabic/ related languages
* Psycholinguistics, morphological processing, characteristics of Arabic text
* Learning/development of Arabic in native users, heritage users or second language learners
* Atypical language development or language/ literacy disorders in Arabic
* Corpus analysis of Arabic/related languages
* Discourse analysis of Arabic/related languages
* Computational Linguistics, Natural Language Processing or other technologies
* Varieties of Arabic
* Arabic for specific purposes
* Arabic as a polycentric language
* Arabic and social identity
Organizing Committee
- Dr. David M. Palfreyman, Department of Language Studies, Zayed University
- Dr. Ahmad Aljanadbah, Department of Arabic Studies, Zayed University
- Dr. Ehab Hermena, Department of Psychology, Zayed University
Invited Speakers
- Dr. Ghada Khattab, Newcastle University, UK
- Dr. Khaled Al Masaeed, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
- Dr. Nizar Habash, New York University Abu Dhabi, UAE
Venue
The conference will be hosted online by Zayed University, UAE.
Contact
All questions about submissions should be emailed to david "dot" palfreyman "at" zu.ac.ae