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NACAL 39 - Call for Papers
Austin, TX -- Papers are solicited for the 39th annual meeting of the North American Conference on Afroasiatic Linguistics (NACAL 39), which will be held at the University of Texas at Austin, Saturday, February 12th, 2011 and Sunday, February 13th, 2011.
Our keynote speaker for NACAL 39 will be Grover Hudson, Professor emeritus of the Department of Linguistics and Germanic, Slavic, Asian, and African Languages, at Michigan State University.
Papers are sought on linguistic topics relevant to the languages of the Afroasiatic phylum (Chadic, Berber, Cushitic, Omotic, Egyptian, Semitic). Topics relating to all aspects of Afroasiatic languages will be considered, particularly including phonology, morphology, syntax, comparative linguistics, sociolinguistics, and epigraphy. These topics should be considered as general guidelines and are not intended to be exclusive. No original paper will be rejected on account of its subject, as long as it relates to the languages of the Afroasiatic phylum and meets the scholarly standards established by previous conferences.
Jo Ann Hackett, John Huehnergard, and Na'ama Pat-El
NACAL 39 Organizers |
| Keynote speaker: Grover Hudson (Michigan State) |
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To Submit an Abstract
An abstract describing the precise topic treated with a length of approximately 200–300 words must be submitted to the conference organizers. The deadline for submission is November 15, 2010.
Participants must also register in order to take
part in the conference. Prospective conference participants may submit their
abstract in one of three ways: Online Registration,
Registration by Email, and Registration
via Post.
Registration costs $75 dollars ($45 dollars
for students, retired faculty, and those from soft-currency countries). Registration may be
made at any point up to the time of the conference, but early registrations
are eligible for a reduced price of $60 ($30
dollars for students and those from soft-currency countries). AOS Members
who wish to attend NACAL may pay a reduced registration fee of $30.
Registration must be made on or before January 20th, 2011,
in order to qualify for the reduced price. No registration will be considered
complete until we receive your check or money order, payable to John Huehnergard.
About NACAL
The North American Conference on Afroasiatic Linguistics (NACAL) provides scholars from North America and around the world with a venue to discuss the Afroasiatic language phylum. Now in its 38th year, NACAL has held annual meetings since 1973. Previous meetings have been held in Albuquerque, Ann Arbor, Austin, Baltimore, Boston, Cambridge, Chicago, Los Angeles, Nashville, New Haven, San Diego, Seattle, Toronto, and several other cities in the United States and Canada.
A list of previous conferences, organizers, and (since 1984) conference
reminiscers is available here. This list is updated
periodically. The keynote speaker for NACAL 39 will be Grover Hudson
(Michigan State).
A partial bibliography of papers given at previous conferences is available
here. If you have offered a paper at NACAL in
the past and cannot find your paper among those mentioned in the bibliography,
please contact us at afroasiatic@gmail.com.
Wolf Leslau, 1906-2006
Wolf Leslau, one of the greatest Semiticist linguists of the post-war generation,
passed away on Nov. 18, at age 100 + four days. Wolf Leslau was a frequent
participant in NACAL's annual meetings, and had the unique distinction of
serving as NACAL reminiscer not once but twice, first at NACAL 12 (1984)
and then again, two decades later, at NACAL 32 (2004). Grover Hudson's obituary
for Leslau can be found here.
Alan S. Kaye, 1944-2007
Alan S. Kaye, California State University (Fullerton) Professor of English,
Comparative Literature and Linguistics, died at the age of 63 on May 31,
2007. Alan Kaye, who was on scholarly leave from Fullerton and residing
at the United Arab Emirates University from 2006 until his death, was one
of NACAL's most active participants, having organized two annual meetings,
NACAL 9 (1981) and NACAL 18 (1990), and having served as reminiscer at NACAL
23 (1995). An obituary for Alan Kaye can be found here.
M. Lionel Bender, 1934-2008
M. Lionel Bender, Professor emeritus at Southern Illinois University
(Carbondale), died at the age of 73 on February 19, 2008. Like Alan Kaye,
Lionel Bender was one of NACAL's most active participants, having organized
two annual meetings, NACAL 26 (1998) and NACAL 30 (2002), and having served
as reminiscer at NACAL 27 (1999). Grover Hudson's obituary for Lionel Bender
can be found here.
