PRFL-5 2008

The 5th Postgraduate Research Forum on Linguistics

The 5th Postgraduate Research Forum on Linguistics (PRFL) will be held from March 15 to 16, 2008 at The Chinese University of Hong Kong.  All current postgraduate students are cordially invited to attend and present papers at PRFL-5. Please find the relevant information as follows.

Date: March 15-16, 2008
Venue: The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Theme: Contemporary Approaches to Linguistic Analysis

Linguistic Areas:

• Syntax and semantics
• Phonetics and phonology
• Language acquisition
• Sociolinguistics
• Sign linguistics
• Language contact and language change
• Psycholinguistics and neurolinguistics
• Computational linguistics

Important dates:

Abstract submission deadline: December 25, 2007
Notification of Acceptance: From January 20, 2008
Proceeding Paper submission deadline: June 15 , 2008

Abstract requirements:

1. Abstracts are written in English or Chinese.
2. Each has no more than 400 words.
3. The format in the attachment is strongly recommended.

Submission requirements:

1. Submissions are limited to a maximum of one individual and one joint abstract per author.
2. Please send in two SOFT copies as e-mail attachments to prfl2008abstract@gmail.com, one with the title of the paper, name(s) of the author(s) as well as affiliation(s), and the other without the author’s information. The named copy should be operated in MSWord while the anonymous one can be in MSWord or PDF.
3. Please list the linguistic area of the paper and the author’s name in “subject” of the email.
4. Please list (1) title of the paper, (2) name(s) of the author(s), (3) affiliation(s), (4) mailing address(es) and (5) email address(es) in the e-mail.
5. A hard copy of the abstract should be sent to the correspondence address.

English format:

• Margin: vertical = 1 inch; horizontal = 1.25 inches.
• Font: Times New Roman.
• Title of the paper: size = 16 font; skip one line before title. 
• Author’s information: Name(s): size = 12 font; order = First name, Last name (1st letter capitalized)
• Affiliation(s): size = 9 font.
• E-mail address(es): size = 9 font.
• "Abstract": size = 14 font; text = 12 font; 1.5 spaced.
• "Keywords": size = 14 font; text = 12 font.
• "References": size = 12 font; aligned in the center; text = 9 font.
• File: PDF or DOC

Website of the 5th PRFL: http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/lin/conference/prfl

Correspondence email: prfl2008@gmail.com

Mailing address:

Organizing Committee of the PRFL-5
Department of Linguistics and Modern Languages
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong

This event is co-organized and co-sponsored by the Department of Linguistics and Modern Languages, Chinese University of Hong Kong; the Department of Linguistics, University of Hong Kong; the Department of Chinese, Translation and Linguistics, City University of Hong Kong; the Department of Chinese and Bilingual Studies, Hong Kong Polytechnic University; the Division of Humanities, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology; the Faculty of Arts, Hong Kong Baptist University. It is also co-sponsored by the Linguistic Society of Hong Kong.