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The  19th Annual Conference of the International Association of Chinese  Linguistics (IACL–19) will be held from 11 June 2011 throught 13 June  2011, at Nankai University, in Tianjin, China. On behalf of the IACL Executive Committee, the  conference is being hosted under the joint auspices of Nankai  University and the Linguistic Society of Tianjin. The organization  committee of IACL-19  cordially invites abstracts, in all areas of Chinese linguistics or the  languages of China, for presentation at the conference. 1. Call for PaperThose who want to present a paper at the Conference should submit an abstract to the organizing committee for anonymous review. Each person may submit no more than one single-authored abstract in addition to one joint-authored abstract. The requirements for the submission are given below:(a)    The abstract should be no more than one A4 or letter-size page in length.For English: Times New Roman font, size 12 ptFor Chinese: Songti font 宋体, size ‘small 4’(b)   Please  indicate the theme on the upper corner of your abstract (e.g.  phonetics, phonology, lexicology, morphology, syntax, semantics,  discourse/pragmatics, Chinese traditional phonology and philology,  historical syntax, prosodic syntax, historical comparative linguistics,  sociolinguistics, cognitive linguistics, psycholinguistics,  neurolinguistics, language acquisition, syntax-semantic interface,  language contact, etc.)(c)    Three to five key words must be provided to indicate the framework, topic, language(s), or dialect(s) of your paper.(d)   E-mail 2 copies of the abstract to &#60;IACL19papers@gmail.com&#62;,  one MS Word DOC format which includes the author’s name(s),  affiliation(s), and e-mail address(es); and the other PDF format  document (for anonymous review) identified by title only.(e)    Special fonts (if any) should also be sent as an attachment to the same email address.(f)     The deadline for submission is Friday, December 31, 2010, and you will receive an acknowledgement from the IACL-19 organizing committee in a timely manner.2. Young Scholar Awards (YSA, MJH, IRA)To encourage young scholars and to promote the study of Chinese linguistics, the IACL has set up three awards: Young Scholar Award (YSA), Mantaro J. Hashimoto Award (MJH Award), and Inter-Disciplinary Research Award (IRA) for which competitions are held at the IACL annual conference.Qualifications for contestants of the awards:(a) The contestants,  who are 35 years of age or below and whose current rank is below that  of associate professor in the Chinese and American university systems  and below that of senior lecturer in the British system in 2011;(b) Previous winners are not allowed to participate in the competition;(c) Previous finalists (but not winners), who are not over 35 years of age and hold positions below an associate professor, can participate in the competition if they submit a new paper.Those who want to compete for the awards should send both abstract and full-paper by Monday, December 20, 2010 (both in pdf format and word format (.doc):(a) a full single-authorized anonymous paper (not to exceed 25 single-spaced A4 or letter-size pages), deleting name, acknowledgements and other informations which could identify the author;(b) An anonymous abstract of the paper no more than one A4 or letter-size page;(c) a separate page giving the paper’s title, the author’s name, age, academic rank, postal and e-mail addresses.Please submit the full paper, the abstract (with the same requirements regarding language, keywords and formatting as for that of the conference abstract), and personal information as email attachments to &#60;IACL19papers@gmail.com&#62;, ensuring that you receive an acknowledgement from the IACL-19 organizing committee.Nominated finalists will be invited to attend the conference and receive no more than $500 of travel subsidies,and the winner(s) of the competitions will be honored with the award of a certificate and a prize. 3. Important Dates to Note:December   20, 2010Deadline   for submitting abstract and full paper for YSA, MJH, and IRADecember   31, 2010Deadline   for submitting conference abstractsMarch   10, 2011Notification of abstract acceptance;Notification to YSAs finalistsApril   1, 2011Deadline for sending confirmation of the participation   and submitting final revised abstractsApril   10, 2011Formal  invitation letter and conference brochures   (including any necessary  documents for visa applications) will be sent to   participantsMay   10, 2011Detailed informaiton of the conference programe available   on the IACL-19 websiteApril   20-May 20, 2011Online   Early-Bird registration for conference attendeesJune   10, 2011On-site registration at   Nankai UniversityJune   11, 2011IACL-19   Conference held at Nankai University! 4. Website and contacts:The IACL-19 website is under construction, please visit the website &#60;http://nkyyx.nankai.edu.cn&#62; (&#60;http://202.113.234.165/nkyyx/index.html&#62;) for further information on lodging and travel; as well as the IACL links on &#60;http://www.iacling.org/&#62;. For information on YSAs, please visit &#60;http://www.iacling.org/#mjh&#62;. If you have any inquiries and questions, please send email to &#60;IACL19questions@gmail.com&#62;.All  the scholars and students are welcome to the conference. However, the  particaption of IACL-19 is for members only. Please go to IACL homepage  to apply for membership or renew your membership. No membership status  is required at the time of submitting abstracts or papers. After  receiving the confirmation  of receipt from the IACL-19 organizing committee, membership payment  should be made at the time of on-line preregistration or on-site  registration.5. Organizing Committee:The organizing committee of IACL-19 consists of people from School of Literature, College of Chinese Language and Culture, College of Foreign Languages, and Linguistics Institute of Nankai University.Copmmittee Chair: SHI FengAdvisor: ZHANG HongmingSecretary-General: Yeshes Vodgsal AtshogsMembers of Academic Committee: Shi  Feng, Zhang Hongming, Zeng Xiaoyu, Li Bing, Shi Xiangdong, Wang Hongqi,  Zhang Maizeng, Zhou Jian, Su Lichang, Yang Lin, Zhang Wenzhong, and Lu  FuboMembers of the Committee for Logistics:Guo  Jimao, Kong Xiangqing, Wang Jihui, Yuan Mingjun, Yeshes Vodgsal Atshogs  (Secretary-General), Ran Qibin, Guo Zhaojun, Liang Lei, Sun Yi, Wang  Ping, Guo jia, and Yu HuiPlease check the IACL-19 website for updated schedules and information once it has been ready.The  IACL-19 organizing committee is looking forward to the participation of  all fellow colleagues in the field who are committed to the research  and teaching of Chinese language and linguistics.Organizing Committee of IACL-19