SCL/SPCL/ACBLPE 2004

CURAÇAO 2004 CONFERENCE

EN FRANÇAIS

IN HET NEDERLANDS

EN ESPAÑOL

CONFERENCE INFORMATION

The Society for Caribbean Linguistics (SCL), Society for Pidgin and Creole Linguistics (SPCL), the Associação de Crioulos de Base Lexical Portuguesa e Espanhola (Asociación de Criollos de Base Lexical Portuguesa e Española - ACBLPE) will meet in Willemstad, Curaçao from 11 to 15 August 2004. More information on registration and accommodation options will be available soon. Go the official conference website for details, or send an e-mail to curacao2004@scl-online.net for further information.

The SCL biennial general meeting and the SPCL business meeting will be held at the conference.

CALL FOR PAPERS
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS - 15 FEBRUARY 2004
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF FULL PAPERS - 26 JULY 2004

FULL PAPERS
ELECTRONIC FORMAT

Papers should be accompanied by a short 50-75 word bio, and should be saved as SCL 2004 SURNAME.doc.

Papers on all types of Caribbean languages, including Amerindian languages, creole languages, standard and official varieties, and immigrant languages are invited. For this particular conference, papers on all aspects of the Papiamentu language are strongly encouraged.

SCL papers may be submitted in any Caribbean language. SPCL papers may be submitted in English and French, and ACBLPE papers in Portuguese and Spanish.

Abstracts on any of the following pertinent areas in Caribbean language(s) and linguistics are invited:

phonology

morphology

syntax

semantics

lexicon

sociology of language and sociolinguistics

dialectology

language development or history, and

language in education.

Abstracts will be submitted to a joint SCL/SPCL six-member panel for anonymous review, and to a five-member ACBLPE panel. SCL/SPCL abstracts should be submitted in electronic format to Adrienne Bruyn, SPCL President (a.bruyn@let.leidenuniv.nl) and ACBLPE abstracts to Tjerk Hagemeijer (tjerkh@sapo.pt or tjerkhagemeijer@hotmail.com) by 15 February 2004.

Where it is not possible to send an abstract via e-mail, paper abstracts and/or labelled diskette may be submitted to Adrienne Bruyn and Tjerk Hagemeijer at the following mailing addresses:

Adrienne Bruyn (for SCL/SPCL abstracts)
Pieter Pauwstraat 18-1
NL - 1017 ZK AMSTERDAM
THE NETHERLANDS

Tjerk Hagemeijer (for ACBLPE abstracts)
Avenida do Brasil, 27, 4-B
2735-670 SÃO MARCOS
PORTUGAL
FAX: (00351) 21 426 33 86

ABSTRACTS
ELECTRONIC FORMAT
Please observe the instructions hereafter:

1. An abstract (including a bibliography or examples, if needed, but see note 8 of Sample Abstract Outline below ) must be no more than 500 words. Please note the word count at the bottom of the abstract. Except for the instructions given below, no special form or format is needed for this initial submission of the abstract.

2. Special fonts: If your abstract uses any special fonts, you must also send a paper copy to the address shown below (same deadline), as special fonts do not transmit accurately. Indicate at the bottom of your e-mail that hardcopy has been mailed. You may choose to send your special fonts file via attachment, or by diskette.

3. At the top of the abstract, put the title.

4. For purposes of anonymity, do not put your name on the attached abstract. Your name should be only on the abstract submittal e-mail message.

5. A sample abstract outline is given below.

Note: Please send the abstract as ATTACHMENT- Microsoft Word. If that option is not available, paste it into the body of an e-mail message.

When sending the e-mail submission, please follow this format (use the numbering system given below):

1. TITLE OF ABSTRACT:
2. NAME:
3. ADDRESS:
4. AFFILIATION:
5. STATUS (lecturer, student):
6. E-MAIL ADDRESS (give an alternative one, if possible):

SAMPLE ABSTRACT OUTLINE

Many abstracts are rejected because they omit crucial information rather than because of errors in what they include. A suggested outline for abstracts is as follows:

1. Choose a title that clearly indicates the topic of the paper and is no more than one line long.

2. State the problem or research question raised by prior work, with specific reference to relevant prior research.

3. State the main point or argument of the proposed presentation.

4. Cite sufficient data, and explain why and how they support the main point or argument. When examples are in languages or varieties other than standard English, provide word by word glosses and capitalise the portions of the examples which are critical to the argument. Explain abbreviations at their first occurrence.

5. If your paper presents the results of experiments, but collection of results is not yet complete, then report what results you have already obtained in sufficient detail so that your abstract may be evaluated. Also indicate the nature of the experimental design and the specific hypothesis tested.

6. State the relevance of your ideas to past work or to the future development of the field. Describe analyses in as much detail as possible. Avoid saying in effect "a solution to this problem will be presented." If you are taking a stand on a controversial issue, summarise the arguments that lead you to your position.

7. State the contribution to linguistic research made by the analysis.

8. While in-text citation of the relevant literature is essential, a separate list of references at the end of the abstract is generally unnecessary.