Call for Papers

We welcome submissions of works that address problems of East Asian linguistics from a theoretical perspective, preferably works bearing on the interface properties in East Asian languages. A special session on ‘phases’ will be organized. This special session aims to bring us together to concentrate on the issues related to the phase theory developed in Chomsky’s recent work and its application in East Asian linguistics. Each paper will be allotted 20 minutes for presentation and 10 minutes for discussion.

General Session:

“Interface Properties”

 Special Session:

“Phases”

Selection of papers is based on anonymous review of abstracts. A selection committee will be formed to review the submitted abstracts which are considered by the reviewers to be of high interest to the development of theoretical East Asian linguistics and linguistic theory in general. Please follow these guidelines to submit your abstracts:

All submitted abstracts should be written in English and limited to two single-spaced pages, complete with examples and bibliography. All texts should fit within a US letter-size or A4 page, with 1-inch margin all around. Each abstract should start with the title (centered) at top, followed by 3 single-spaced blank lines, above the main text. Use font size 12 throughout, preferably in Times or Times New Roman. Romanize all Asian texts, and avoid Asian character fonts unless absolutely necessary. The abstract should be camera-ready. 

Abstract submission is by email-attachment only. We DO NOT accept submissions by postal mail. Save your abstract as a PDF, DOC, or RTF file. Documents in other formats must be converted before submission. Name your abstract with your last name followed by the suffix pdf, doc, or rtf (e.g., huang.pdf, kim.doc, or watanabe.rtf). Send your abstract to the selection committee via: http://www.teal.cbs.polyu.edu.hk/openconf

Abstract selection is based on anonymous review. Please leave your name and affiliation out of the abstract (but keep 3 blank lines between title and text). The workshop will accept at most one single-authored work OR one joint-authored work by an individual. Each author may submit abstracts to the TEAL workshop and either to the Sixth GLOW in Asia or to the Acquisition Workshop. The submitted abstracts should, however, be substantially different in content. Abstracts submitted to TEAL are reviewed separately from those submitted to the Sixth GLOW in Asia and the Acquisition Workshop.