The Graduate Program in Linguistics at the University of
Western Ontario is pleased to present the Fourth Annual Western
Interdisciplinary Student Symposium on Language Research (WISSLR), to be
held March 16-17, 2012. In keeping with the
interdisciplinary nature of the Master’s program at Western, we are
pleased to invite graduate and undergraduate students of all backgrounds
to submit abstracts on original research on language from a range of
disciplinary approaches. Topics may come from such areas as Theoretical
Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Computational Linguistics, Language
Acquisition, Psycholinguistics, Communication Disorders, Natural
Language Processing, Linguistic Anthropology, Linguistic Interfaces,
Philosophy of Language, and much more. The symposium will be held at the University of Western
Ontario, with the possibility of streaming live to the Internet using
Wimba technology. We also welcome presentations from other locations via
the same means (all software downloadable for conference participants).
Each participant will have 15 minutes for their presentation, and 5
minutes for questions and discussion. Works in progress and
undergraduate papers are welcome, too. Abstracts of no more than 250 words (plus title) can be
submitted at WISSLR Abstract 2012 by Thursday, February 2. Please
include your name, e-mail, title, and additional information on the
online form. Personal information will not be identified to the abstract
review committee. There are a limited number of spots available for
off-site presenters, so preference for online presentations will be
given to international candidates. Successful applicants will be
notified by Friday, February 17, 2012. Partial travel assistance may be
available for some participants coming to London for this event. **Deadline for submissions: Thursday, February 2** Theme: Interdisciplinary Language Research Plenary Speaker: Dr. Jeff Tennant, Department of French, University of Western Ontario For additional information, please visit www.uwo.ca/linguistics/ or e-mail wisslr.uwo@gmail.com.Western Interdisciplinary Student Symposium
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