CALL FOR PAPERS

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION

Abstracts must be postmarked by

*** May 2, 2005 ***

An author may submit at most one single and one joint abstract. In case of joint authorship, one address should be designated for communication with SALA. Abstracts should be as specific as possible, with a statement of topic, approach and conclusions, and should be no more than 400 words (not including data and references, which may be placed on the reverse side). 5 copies of an anonymous, one-page (8.5''x11'') abstract should be sent, along with a 3''x5'' card listing:

(1) paper title
(2) session (General/Para/Special)
(3) name(s) of author(s)
(4) affiliation(s) of author(s)
(5) address where notification of acceptance should be sent
(6) phone number for each author
(7) email address for each author
(8) subfield (syntax, phonology, discourse analysis, bilingualism etc.)

SEND ABSTRACTS TO:

SALA 25
Department of Linguistics
University Of Illinois
4080 FLB, 707 S. Mathews Ave
Urbana, IL 61801, USA

Abstracts may also be submitted via e-mail. Only those abstracts formatted PDF or Microsoft Word (Mac version preferred) can be accepted. Electronically submitted abstracts should have the author's name as filename, followed by the appropriate file extension. The text of the message must contain the information requested in (1)-(8) above. We cannot accept faxed abstracts. Send electronic submissions to <sala-25@uiuc.edu>.

PRESENTATION AND PUBLICATION

Individual presentations are allotted 20 minutes plus 10 minutes for discussion. Panels can be proposed for either a 2-hr or a 3-hr period. An attempt will be made to publish selected papers (revised and edited) presented at the conference.

GENERAL SESSION

The General Session will ocver all areas of South Asian linguistic interest. We encourage individual papers or panel proposals from diverse theoretical frameworks and especially welcome those with interdisciplinary focus.

PARASESSION: “South Asian Perspectives on Applied Language Science''

The parasession brings together leading scholars from different parts of the world to focus and highlight, for the first time in this forum, a range of theoretical-conceptual, methodological, and empirical contributions that studies in South Asian languages have made to the area of applied linguistics.

SPECIAL SESSION: “Language in Globalization: Perspectives from South Asian Languages”

This session brings together scholars in the field of South Asian language studies who will discuss the implications of globalization on the dynamics of (multi-lingual) communities, (plural) identities, movements of linguistic capital in global and transnational spaces, and, especially, on the forms of sociolinguistic representations that are responses to non-local contexts and influences.

Sample topic areas

The Organizers welcome papers on all aspects of theoretical and applied linguistics in relation to South Asian languages. SALA 25 especially welcomes papers and symposia that address the following special themes:

# Use of South Asian Languages in Commerce, Media, and the Internet
# Endangered South Asian Languages: Role of the State and Society
# Language, Religion, and Identity in South Asia
# Language and Inequality: The Language of Dalit and Feminist Literatures
# Evolving Standards in South Asian Languages
# Theoretical and Applied Linguistic Traditions in South Asia and Contemporary Linguistics
# Multilingualism, Language Mixing, and Convergence in South Asia
# Linguistic Pluralism and Creativity in South Asian Literatures
# Diasporic Creativity in South Asian Languages
# Teaching South Asian Languages as Heritage Languages
# Language in Education in South Asia – Regional and National
# Indian English as a Contact Language
# Conflicts and Courtships between English and South Asian Languages
# Constructs of Critical Linguistics in South Asian Context
# Kannada and Dravidian Linguistics
# Language Technology and South Asian Languages
# Psycholinguistics and the Processing of South Asian Languages