Call for papers

Abstracts for papers on the phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, lexicon, social aspects of language, history of the discipline, education or any pertinent issue involving pidgin and creole languages or other contact languages are invited for anonymous review. This includes, but is not limited to, abstracts for papers addressing the conference theme "Traces of Contact" and the special session dedicated to language contact involving pidgins and creoles.
Full papers will be allowed 30 minutes, including 10 minutes for discussion; work-in-progress reports will be 15 minutes long, including 5 minutes for discussion.

The deadline for abstract submission is Friday 28 February 2011.

Notifications of acceptance will be sent out by 15 March 2011 together with the second circular. The deadline for registration is 31 May 2011.

Instructions for abstract submission

Submission

Abstracts should be submitted online through EasyAbs on the abstract submission form, preferably in Microsoft Word or PDF format. Abstract submission opens on 17 January and closes on 28 February 2011.

Conditions

Authors from non-African institutions have to be SPCL members. After an abstract has been submitted, changes of author, affiliation, title, or wording of the abstract, other than those due to typographical errors, will not normally be permitted. Papers must be delivered substantially as indicated in the abstract or represent bona fide developments of the same research.

Word limit

Abstracts (including examples, if needed) must be no more than 400 words (excluding title and references) and have to be submitted on the attached from, in type no smaller than 10 point and preferably 12 point. References may be included on a second page. Abstracts exceeding the word or page length limit or in a type smaller than 10 point will be rejected without being evaluated. Please note the word count at the bottom of the abstract.

Name and other details

Your name, contact details etc. should only be given on the first page of the abstract submission form.

Omit your name from abstract itself

Do not put your name on the abstract page (page 2 of the form). If you identify yourself in any way on the abstract (e.g. In Brown (2001) I ...), the abstract will be rejected without being evaluated. Your name should only be on the first page of the submission form.

Special fonts

If your abstract uses any special fonts, please upload it to EasyAbs as a PDF file in addition to a Word document, as special fonts may not transmit accurately.

If and only if you are unable to access EasyAbs, abstracts may be sent as an attachment to: spcl-accra@anglistik.uni-giessen.de. If that option is not available, paste all the information on the abstract submission form into an e-mail message.