Call for Papers
The Inter-Regional Forum on Chinese Dialectal Grammar (IRF) was initiated by The Chinese University of Hong Kong and Sun Yat-sen University in 2015 and extended its partnership with Fudan University in 2017, which has become an academic event organized rotationally by these three institutions as a platform intended to foster research on dialectal grammar under a comparative approach, focusing on southeastern Chinese dialects like Yue and Wu dialects, to promote inter-regional studies, and to strengthen intellectual exchange and dialogue among researchers from different regions. The 4th Inter-Regional Forum on Chinese Dialectal Grammar will be held on June 15-16, 2018 at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Interested colleagues are cordially invited to submit an abstract for presentation.
Submission of Abstracts
We invite abstracts for submission on studies of the grammatical properties of nominal structures mainly in the southeastern dialects like Yue, Hakka, Min, and Wu, with some focus on definiteness and specificity of nominals in these dialects. Talks will be at least 20 minutes, followed by 10 minutes for discussion.
1) All submitted abstracts are written in Chinese and limited to one single-spaced A4 page, with 1-inch margin all around. Use font size 12 throughout. Abstracts in English are also accepted.
2) Please submit ONE anonymous version of your abstract in both DOC and PDF by email at clrc@cuhk.edu.hk
3) Please provide the following information in the email: (1) Address, (2) Name, (3) Email address, (4) Affiliation, (5) Title of the abstract, and (6) Title of the author. We will accept at most one single-authored work AND one joint-authored work by an individual.
4) All abstracts will be reviewed anonymously. Only those abstracts that are accepted can be chosen for presentation.
5) Important Dates:
| Submission Deadline | April 2, 2018 (Monday) Abstract submission is now closed. |
| Notice of Acceptance | April 30, 2018 (Monday) |
No registration is needed. All are welcome!
A selected number of papers will be accepted for publication in a special volume of Current Research in Chinese Linguistics (ISSN 1726-9245) based on their merit.
