<div dir="ltr">FOS,<div><br></div><div>Here's a call for papers for the tri-annual International Conference on Methods in Dialectology conference, to be held next year in Japan. </div><div><br></div><div>Suzanne<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: VAR-L automatic digest system <<a href="mailto:LISTSERV@jiscmail.ac.uk">LISTSERV@jiscmail.ac.uk</a>><br>Date: Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 7:10 PM<br>Subject: VAR-L Digest - 27 Aug 2016 to 31 Aug 2016 (#2016-124)<br>To: <<a href="mailto:VAR-L@jiscmail.ac.uk">VAR-L@jiscmail.ac.uk</a>><br></div><br>Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2016 21:14:33 +0000<br> From: <<a href="mailto:yasahi@NINJAL.AC.JP" target="_blank">yasahi@NINJAL.AC.JP</a>><br> Subject: Methods XVI Tachikawa: Call for papers<br><br> Methods XVI-National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics (NINJAL)<br> <br> In recent years, dialectology has expanded its scope. Contact, acquisition =<br> and innovation have become major notions in dialectology. Methods XVI especially seeks presentations on these themes to complement the breadth and depth of contemporary studies that have been featured at Methods conferences since 1972.<br> <br> Methods in Dialectology is a triennial conference that alternates between Canada and Europe. Methods XVI, by special arrangement, will be held at National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics (NINJAL), in Tokyo, from Monday to Friday, 7 - 11 August 2017.<br> <br> Our conference site is now available:<br> <a href="https://pj.ninjal.ac.jp/Methodsxvi" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://pj.ninjal.ac.jp/Methodsxvi</a><br> Also we have our Facebook community:<br> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/methodsxvi2017tachikawa/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/methodsxvi2017tachikawa/</a><br> <br> We are proud to announce that the following speakers have accepted our invitation to deliver keynote addresses at the conference:</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br> Xu Daming (University of Macao, MACAO)<br> Daniel Long (Tokyo Metropolitan University, JAPAN)<br> Paul Kerswill (University of York, UK)<br> Jeff Siegel (University of New England, AUSTRALIA)<br> Yukari Tanaka (Nihon University, JAPAN)<br> <br> Call for Papers<br> We invite papers on all subjects in the field of dialectology, on any language and on any topic related to regional, social or historical variation in language. We particularly welcome submissions that address the main theme of the conference, Dialect Contact, Acquisition, and Innovation. We also urge scientists working in fields outside linguistics, but who are involved with technologies or methodologies that can be applied to the investigation of linguistic variation, to submit papers for this conference.<br> <br> Presentations will be 20 minutes in length, followed by a 10-minute discussion period. There will also be sessions for poster presentations.<br> <br> Abstracts for papers or posters should be no more than 300 words excluding bibliography and can be submitted using EasyAbs. Please submit your abstract in a .txt or .doc(x) format. We strive towards a double-blind reviewing of the abstracts; please make the abstract as anonymous as possible. The abstract deadline is 6 January 2017. Authors will be notified of acceptance in February 2017. Each participant may have at most two contributions at the conference, one as author and one as co-author.<br> <br> Abstract submission site:<br> <a href="http://linguistlist.org/easyabs/methodsxvi" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://linguistlist.org/easyabs/methodsxvi</a><br> <br> Best Papers and Posters from Young Scholars<br> The organizing committee of Methods XVI is happy to announce that we will be awarding a JPY50,000 prize to the best paper and the best poster presented by young scholars at Methods XVI. A young scholar is a (graduate) student or a post-doc whose Ph.D. was awarded after August 2014. Please indicate on the abstract whether you might be eligible for such an award.<br> <br> Call for Workshops and Special Sessions<br> We welcome proposals for workshops and special sessions for Methods XVI. Workshops may be concerned with particular methodological instruments, technological innovations or special themes. Special sessions may have a particular focus on a language group or a specific topic in dialectology. Proposals for workshops or special sessions should include an overview of the topic and importance of the session, in no more than 500 words. In addition the proposal should name the invited panelists, the titles of their presentations, the text of the call for papers (if applicable), and a statement of the relevance of the workshop to Methods XVI. The deadline for submitting a special session proposal is on 1 December, 2016.<br> <br> Important Dates<br> Deadline for Workshop or Special Session Proposals: 1 December 2016<br> Deadline for general paper or poster abstracts: 6 January 2017<br> Notification of acceptance: 28 February 2017<br> Registration for the conference begins 1 March 2017<br> <br> If you have any inquiries about the Methods, please e-mail to me or methods=<br> <a href="mailto:xvi@gmail.com" target="_blank">xvi@gmail.com</a>.<br> <br> Yoshiyuki Asahi<br> Chair, Organizing Committee<br> Methods XVI Tachikawa (NINJAL)<br> <a href="mailto:methodsxvi@gmail.com" target="_blank">methodsxvi@gmail.com</a><br> <br> ########################################################################<br> <br> The Variationist List - discussion of everything related to variationist sociolinguistics.<br> <br> To send messages to the VAR-L list (subscribers only), write to:<br> <a href="mailto:VAR-L@JISCMAIL.AC.UK" target="_blank">VAR-L@JISCMAIL.AC.UK</a><br> <br> To unsubscribe from the VAR-L list, click the following link:<br> <a href="https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=3DVAR-L&A=3D1" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=3DVAR-L&A=3D1</a><br><br> </div></div></div>