12th Annual Conference on Language, Interaction and Culture
Thursday, May 25 - Saturday, May 27, 2006
University of California, Los Angeles

Presented by

The Center for Language, Interaction and Culture Graduate Student Association at the University of California, Los Angeles
and
The Language, Interaction and Social Organization Graduate Student Association at the University of California, Santa Barbara

Plenary Speakers

Mary Bucholtz
University of California, Santa Barbara

John Lucy
University of Chicago

Geoff Raymond
University of California, Santa Barbara

Bambi Schieffelin
New York University


Submissions should address topics at the intersection of language, interaction, and culture and would preferably be based on recorded, naturally-occurring interaction. We welcome abstracts from graduate students and faculty. Speakers will have 20 minutes for presentation and 10 minutes for discussion. A subset of papers presented at the conference will be published in the conference proceedings, Crossroads in Language, Interaction, and Culture.

Abstracts are due no later than Friday, March 3, 2006 by electronic submission only. Please see submission guidelines below and the CLIC GSA webpage at www.humnet.ucla.edu/humnet/al/clic for more information.

Center for Language, Interaction and Culture, Graduate Student Association
University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Applied Linguistics
P.O. BOX 951531 3300 Rolfe Hall, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1531
clicgsa@humnet.ucla.edu
www.humnet.ucla.edu/humnet/al/clic

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

This year we are only accepting submissions electronically through our website. Please go to http://www.humnet.ucla.edu/humnet/al/clic/abstractsubmit.htm to submit your abstract.

When accessing the submissions webpage, be prepared to provide the following information:

§ Name(s) of author(s)
§ Affiliation(s) of author(s)
§ The preferred address, phone number, and email address for notification
§ The title of the paper
§ A note indicating your equipment requirements
§ An abstract of no more than 500 words
§ Any additional comments

In your abstract, clearly state the main point or argument of the paper. Briefly discuss the problem or research question in reference to previous research and the work's relevance to developments in your field. You may include a short example to support your main point or argument. Be sure to state your conclusions, however tentative.

Please write your abstract in language accessible to a wide audience. Abstracts will be anonymously reviewed by scholars from a variety of fields including (but not limited to) anthropology, applied linguistics and sociology. Papers will be accepted based on reviewers' evaluations of these anonymous abstracts.

Deadline for the receipt of abstracts is Friday, March 3, 2006. Late submissions will not be accepted. Notification of selection decisions will be sent via email in March 2006.

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