LSRL is the premier conference on Romance Linguistics, distinguished by its selectivity and its focus on high quality theoretical and empirical studies of all varieties of Romance languages and their Latin origins. In celebrating its 50th anniversary, we envision a conference that branches out from the strong, theoretical roots of LSRL and lays the groundwork for research programs and data sharing practices that continue to move the field forward. The program will feature a retrospective address by syntactician Christina Tortora, keynote lectures by sociophonetician Zsuzsanna Fagyal, computer scientist Thamar Solorio, documentary and historical linguist Patience Epps, and psycholinguist and L2 specialist David Birdsong; a data science workshop led by Jacqueline Serigos; and vetted oral and poster presentations.
Date: 09-Apr-2020 – 11-Apr-2020
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Contact: Barbara E. Bullock
Meeting URL: http://sites.utexas.edu/lsrl50/
CFP: Call for Papers
We invite abstract submissions to LSRL50 for consideration as 20-minute talks (plus 10 minutes for discussion) and/or poster presentations on any aspect of Romance Linguistics.
To commemorate a half century of research on Romance linguistics, we welcome contributions in all aspects of Romance languages and dialects and especially encourage abstract submissions that confront classic problems in Romance linguistics with new data or new methodologies.
All abstracts should be anonymous, no more than two pages in length (including examples and references), in 12-point font, 8.5×11-inch page setup (= US Letter), with 1-inch margins. Submissions are limited to one individual and one joint abstract per author, or two joint abstracts per author, and papers must be in English.
Submission link: http://linguistlist.org/easyabs/lsrl50
Submissions Open: October 1, 2019
Deadline for abstract submission: December 1, 2019
Proposals for Special Sessions: We also welcome abstract submissions for Special Sessions on any topic of interest to meeting attendees but we especially welcome proposals that provide a forum in which scholars of different orientations communicate with one another or that showcase research that uses different types of data (corpus, lab, etc.) to address a similar problem. Any special sessions will run concurrently with regular sessions. If you are interested in proposing a Special Session, please contact the Organizers for detailed information on options and instructions.