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   Call For Proposals

Deadline extended to Dec. 16, 2018

The Purdue Linguistics Association, the School of Languages and Cultures, and the Second Languages Studies Program at Purdue University are happy to announce the Fourth Purdue Linguistics, Literature, and Second Language Studies Conference (PLLS). This interdisciplinary conference seeks presentations of original research from graduate students, early career scholars, and established scholars in the theme of “Inform, Perform, Transform.” This theme was chosen because it highlights the informative, performative, and transformative nature of language: language, enabled by its inherent structure and creative and generative power, informs us of cultures, peoples, desires, emotions, material conditions, and power structures, performs identities and subjectivities, and transforms the status quo, be it imbalance, marginalization, tension, or conflict. Preference will be given to presentations that fit this theme, though other topics in the areas of linguistics, literature, and second language studies will also be considered.

​Linguistics:

  •     Anthropological Linguistics

  •     Applied Linguistics

  •     Computational Linguistics

  •     Discipline of Linguistics

  •     Discourse Analysis

  •     Forensic Linguistics

  •     General Linguistics

  •     Historical Linguistics

  •     History of Linguistics

  •     Language Acquisition

  •     Language Documentation

  •     Lexicography

  •     Linguistic Theories

  •     Morphology

  •     Neurolinguistics

  •     Philosophy of Language

  •     Phonetics

  •     Phonology

  •     Pragmatics

  •     Psycholinguistics

  •     Semantics

  •     Sociolinguistics

  •     Syntax

  •     Text/Corpus Linguistics

Literature:

  • American Sign Language and Literature

  • Applied Linguistics and Literature

  • Arabic Studies

  • Chinese Studies

  • Cognitive Literary Studies

  • Comparative Literature

  • Cultural Studies

  • Eco-criticism and Environmental Studies

  • English Studies – Language and Literature

  • Ethnic Studies

  • Film Studies

  • Foreign Language Acquisition

  • French and Francophone Studies

  • German Studies

  • History & Literature

  • Japanese Studies

  • Jewish and Religious Studies

  • Literary Criticism

  • Luso-Brazilian Studies

  • Russian Studies

  • Spanish and Spanish American Studies

  • Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Second Language Studies:

  • Analysis of Discourse and Interaction 

  • Assessment and Evaluation 

  • Bilingual, Immersion, Heritage, and Minority Education  

  • Corpus Linguistics  

  • Educational Linguistics 

  • Language Cognition and Brain Research 

  • Language and Ideology 

  • Language and Technology 

  • Language Maintenance and Revitalization 

  • Language Planning and Policy  

  • Language, Culture, Socialization and Pragmatics 

  • Reading, Writing, and Literacy 

  • Research Methodology 

  • Second and Foreign Language Pedagogy 

  • Second Language Acquisition, Language Acquisition, and Attrition 

  • Text Analysis (Written Discourse) 

  • Translation and Interpretation 

  • Vocabulary and Lexical Studies 

Guidelines

   New Deadline: December 16, 2018
 

Proposals should be submitted through our Google Form. Your proposal must not contain any information identifying the author(s), including university affiliation and program of study.

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  • Individual papers: Individual papers are formal presentations on a contribution of original knowledge by one or more authors within a thirty-minute period, including 20 minutes for presentation and 10 minutes for discussion. Paper presentations will be organized into sessions of 2-3 papers grouped by strand or theme. The first author should submit the proposal through the submission link. Proposals should not exceed 500 words.

  • Panel proposals: Panel proposals allow for extended discussion on a particular topic, achieved through the organization of individual presentations that are clearly linked to the panel theme and to each other. Panels are 90 minutes long, and typically consist of 3 to 4 short presentations followed by a minimum of 20 minutes of discussion. The panel organizer should submit the proposal through the submission link. The proposal cannot exceed 1,000 words. In the proposal, the panel organizer should identify the theme, topic, and purpose of the panel, and briefly introduce each presenter’s paper. All individual presentations/discussions on a panel must meet the evaluation criteria for the panel to be considered.

  • Posters: Poster presentations are intended for face-to-face discussions of research. Posters are especially effective for information that can be presented visually (e.g. charts, graphs, tables, diagrams). Prospective presenters are encouraged to consider posters, because of the opportunity they provide for extended discussion with other researchers. The first author should submit the proposal through the submission link. Proposals should not exceed 500 words.

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All proposals must be submitted in English. Your paper may be presented in a language other than English; however, permission to do so is at discretion of the conference committee and will depend on whether we have enough interest to justify a panel in the language. Authors may submit more than one proposal, either joint or individual.

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