March 6 & 7, 2009
Submission deadline: Friday, January 9, 2009

The Graduate Program in Linguistics at the University of Western
Ontario is pleased to present the first Western Interdisciplinary
Student Symposium on Language Research (WISSLR), to be held March 6
(possibly 7), 2009. In keeping with the interdisciplinary nature of
the Masters program at Western, we are pleased to invite students of
all levels to submit abstracts on original research on language from a
range of disciplinary approaches. Topics may come from such areas as
Applied Linguistics, Computational Linguistics, Language Acquisition,
Psycholinguistics, Communication Disorders, Natural Language
Processing, Linguistic Anthropology, Linguistic Interfaces, Philosophy
of Language, and much more.

The symposium will be held at the University of Western Ontario, with
the possibility of streaming live to the internet (using WebCT/ Wimba
technology). We also welcome presentations from other locations via
the same means (all software downloadable for conference
participants).

Each participant will have 15 minutes for their presentation, and 5
minutes for questions and discussion. Students of all levels are
encouraged to participate. Works in progress are welcome.

Please submit an abstract of no more than 250 words (plus title), to
wisslr@uwo.ca, by Friday January 9, 2009. Successful applicants will
be notified by Friday January 23, 2009. Please send your anonymous
abstract as an attachment, and include your name, school, and whether
you prefer to present in person or via the internet in the body of
your email. Partial travel assistance may be available for some
participants coming to London for this event.

Theme: Interdisciplinary Language Research
Plenary Speaker: Robert Stainton (UWO Philosophy):
"Are all Pragmatic Abilities of a Piece? Evidence from Autism Spectrum
Disorder"

Submission deadline: Friday, January 9, 2009
Notification by: Friday, January 23, 2009
Date of WISSLR: Friday March 6, 2009 (possibly continuing March 7,
depending on response).



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Ileana Paul
Professeure agrégée / Associate Professor
CRC in linguistics
Etudes françaises / French Studies
Université Western Ontario
on leave 2008-2009 at UBC