8th edition of the Study Days on Chinese Linguistics (AILC-8)

June 19, 2024 - June 21, 2024

https://www.dlls.univr.it/?ent=iniziativa&convegno=1&id=11502

The Department of Foreign Languages and Literature at the University of Verona, Italy, warmly invites both members and non-members of the Italian Association of Chinese Linguistics (AILC) to participate in the 8th edition of the Study Days on Chinese Linguistics. The conference will be hosted onsite in Verona from June 19th to June 21st, 2024.

We are delighted to announce Dr. Vittorio Tantucci, Senior Lecturer at Lancaster University, UK, as the keynote speaker.

Key Dates:
- Deadline for abstract submission: January 31th, 2024
- Notification of acceptance: March 31th, 2024

Information regarding the conference fee will be provided together with the notification of acceptance. The fee is pending funding allocations, ranging from €0 to €60 (from €0 to €40 for students and non-tenured colleagues).

To participate in the Study Days, membership in AILC is a prerequisite. For those who are accepted but not yet members, please follow the membership application instructions available on the AILC website: https://linguisticacinese.wixsite.com/ailc/copy-of-presentazione

Updated information: https://www.dlls.univr.it/?ent=iniziativa&convegno=1&id=11502

Organising committee:
Michele Mannoni ([email protected])
Barbara Bisetto ([email protected])
Tan Qingqin ([email protected])
Sara D’Attoma ([email protected])
Zeng Yun ([email protected])
Marco Casentini ([email protected])

Scientific committee:
Giorgio Francesco Arcodia ([email protected])
Bianca Basciano ([email protected])
Barbara Bisetto ([email protected])
Michele Mannoni ([email protected])
Luisa Maria Paternicò ([email protected])
Chiara Romagnoli ([email protected])
Carlotta Sparvoli ([email protected])
Serena Zuccheri ([email protected])

Contact persons
[email protected], [email protected] (For any inquiries or information, please reach out to both contacts).

Submission instructions:

Similar to past editions held in Venezia (2014), Milano (2015), Roma (2016), Napoli (2017), Milano (2018), Forlì (2021), and Bergamo (2022), we welcome contributions (in English) for 20-minute presentations (followed by a 10-minute discussion) covering various aspects of Chinese linguistics, including, but not limited to:
- Lexicon and semantics
- Syntax and morphology
- Historical linguistics
- History of linguistics
- Language teaching and language learning
- Lexicology and lexicography

Abstracts must be submitted exclusively via the EasyAbs conference system.

Abstracts (in English) should not exceed 500 words (excluding references) and should clearly outline the theoretical framework, research questions, methodology, primary findings, and conclusions.

- Deadline for abstract submission: January 10th, 2024
- Notification of acceptance: March 11th, 2024

Submissions open: Sept. 29, 2023 - Jan. 31, 2024

Abstract review period: Feb. 1, 2024 - March 25, 2024

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