The aim of this conference is to provide an open and widely accessible
forum to researchers, scholars, and postgraduate and undergraduate
students, with research issues from all fields of Linguistics and TESOL.
The main feature that distinguishes this conference is its focus on *freedom*:
- Freedom from linguistic sub-field divisions;
- Freedom from an established and rigid theme for presentations;
- Freedom from fees!
Call For Papers
Authors are invited to submit abstracts for papers, colloquia, poster
presentations, or hot topics.
Single papers: Papers will be 40 minutes in length, with 30 minutes for
presentation, and 10 minutes for questions/discussion.
Colloquia: Colloquia will be 90 minutes in length. Their internal structure is
up to their organisers, but sufficient time for discussion is encouraged.
Hot topics: Hot topic talks will be 20 minutes in length, with 10 minutes for
the talk and 10 minutes for Q&A/discussion. We especially welcome
proposals in this category from young researchers/students with new and
challenging ideas.
Poster presentations: Poster presentations will be given in groups with a
30-minute allotment per session. This format may suit young researchers
who want to present their work in a less formal format.
Abstracts are invited from any linguistic (and TESOL) sub-fields, and
presenters may choose from the following strands:
Aboriginal Languages, Cognitive Linguistics, Computational Linguistics,
Conversation Analysis, Corpus Linguistics, Critical Applied Linguistics,
Discourse Analysis, First Language Acquisition, Forensic Linguistics,
Historical Linguistics, Language & Culture, Language in Education,
Language Policy & Planning, Languages Other Than English (LOTE),
Multilingualism, Natural Language Processing, Pragmatics,
Psycholinguistics, Second/Additional Language Acquisition, Sociolinguistics,
Systemic Functional Linguistics, TESOL, Translation, Interpretation, Other.
Submission Guidelines
Please sign up at: www.freelinguistics.org/user, and log in, then submit your
abstract at www.freelinguistics.org/submit.
Note: All abstracts must be equal to or fewer than 250 words; HTML tags
may be used to format if desired; submissions shall close promptly at 5pm
AEST, Thursday 12 August 2010.
You may also register for the 2010 Conference (for free) at:
www.freelinguistics.org/register, once logged in.
Submission Deadline:
5pm AEST Thursday August 12, 2010