Abstract Submission Guidelines for the 7th Newcastle-upon-Tyne Postgraduate Conference in Linguistics
ABSTRACT SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
We will accept email submissions only (in Microsoft Word .doc or .docx format only). Please follow the detailed guidelines on the following pages; these apply to abstracts for both oral and poster presentations. Abstracts should be sent to pgconfling@ncl.ac.uk.
TRAVEL BURSARIES
A number of small travel bursaries will be available to supplement presenters’ travel expenses. Further details will be announced shortly.
FURTHER INFORMATION
More information can be found at the conference website
If you have any queries, please email pgconfling@ncl.ac.uk.
GENERAL SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
All the following guidelines apply to abstracts for both oral presentations and poster presentations, except where otherwise stated.
• The deadline for submission of abstracts is Tuesday, 3th January 2012. Electronic submissions only; please send to pgconfling@ncl.ac.uk.
• Your abstract must be in Microsoft Word (.doc or .docx) format. In addition, you should make sure that your abstract conforms to the formatting guidelines below.
• Please send two copies of your abstract file attached to your email. One copy should be anonymous (title and abstract text only) and the other named. Your named abstract should contain, along with the abstract text itself, the following identifying information: title of abstract; author’s name; author’s affiliation. The filename of your anonymous abstract should be in the following format: first three words of the title of your abstract_anon (e.g. SententialWordOrder_anon.docx). The filename of your named abstract should be in the following format: first three words of the title of your abstract_named (e.g. SententialWordOrder_named.docx).
• The email message to which you attach your abstract should contain the subject line: ‘abstract submission’ (without quotes). The body of the email message should contain the following information: 1) title of abstract; 2) full name; 3) affiliation; 4) contact email address (if different from the address in the email header); 5) contact telephone number; 6) whether the abstract is for an oral presentation or a poster presentation; 7) primary & (optional) secondary subfield of linguistics from the list below:
A.Syntax
B. Morphology
C.Psycholinguistics
D.Phonetics/Phonology
E.Language Teaching
F.L1 Language Acquisition
G.L2 Language Acquisition
H.Semantics
I.Pragmatics
J.Historical Linguistics
K.Evolutionary Linguistics
L.Stylistics
M.Language Variation/Change
N.Translation
O.Discourse Analysis
P.Anthropological Linguistics
Q.Computational Linguistics
R.Sociolinguistics
S.Other (please specify)
ABSTRACT FORMATTING GUIDELINES
• Your abstract should be no more than 1 A4 page in length.
• Please format the page as follows:
- line spacing: 1.5
- all margins: 2.5cm (1 inch)
- text alignment: justified
- title text: Times New Roman, 14pt, bold, centred (nb.
- this includes name and affiliation on the named
- abstract file)
- body text: Times New Roman, 12pt
- paragraphs: do not indent; leave one clear line between
paragraphs
ABSTRACT REVIEW AND ACCEPTANCE
• All abstracts which conform to the above guidelines will be anonymously reviewed by two reviewers. Once the review process is complete, you will be notified by the organising committee if your abstract has been accepted for oral or poster presentation.
• Accepted abstracts will be allotted 20 minutes for presentation and 10 minutes for discussion. There will be a dedicated poster session on the day of the conference and posters will be on display for the whole day.
• Presenters will also be invited to submit their papers to be considered for inclusion in the Newcastle Working Papers in Linguistics (http://www.ncl.ac.uk/linguistics/research/workingpapers/index.htm).
