First Central European Student Conference in Linguistics Budapest May 29-31, 2006 www.nytud.hu/cescl CALL FOR PAPERS The Research Institute for Linguistics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, in association with the University of Salzburg, the University of Vienna, and the University of Potsdam, is pleased to announce the First Central European Student Conference in Linguistics, to take place in Budapest, between May 29-31, 2006. The aim of the conference is to provide doctoral students, primarily but not exclusively from Central European countries, the opportunity to present their work to an international audience and to receive informed feedback from senior researchers and fellow students. The organizers invite undergraduate and doctoral students to submit abstracts for 30-minute oral presentations in English (an extra 10 minutes will be allotted for discussion) describing original, unpublished work, addressing topics from any of the following fields of lingusitics: Phonology Morphology Syntax Semantics Pragmatics Sociolinguistics Language Technology Psycholinguistics/Neurolinguistics Historical Linguistics We are happy to announce that the following linguists have accepted our invitation to give presentations as invited speakers at the conference: Prof. Wolfgang U. Dressler (Vienna) Prof. Hubert Haider (Salzburg) (to be confirmed) Prof. Ferenc Kiefer (Budapest) Abstract submission: We only accept submissions from students (those not having defended a PhD by 1st January). Submissions should be limited to a maximum of two abstracts by one person, one single authored and one co-authored. Abstracts must be submitted electronically and preferably in PDF format (MS Word and RTF files will also be accepted). All-inclusive abstract length is 2 A4 pages with the following formatting requirements: 2,5 cm margins on top, bottom, left and right, in 12 pt Times New Roman, single line spacing, and normal character spacing. Abstracts must be anonymous, and must be accompanied by a plain text identification page stating: the author's name the author's affiliation the name and email address of a professor who can supply information about the author's student status. For more information about the conference, for the technical details concerning submission, and for updates on possible means of financial support we can offer for students from East European countries (primarily those outside the EU) please visit our website at http://www.nytud.hu/cescl. You may also contact the organizers at the following address: cescl(a)nytud.hu. The conference takes place immediately after the 12th Morphology Meeting (www.nytud.hu/conf/mm12). Program committee of CESCL: Prof. Wolfgang U. Dressler (Vienna) Prof. Gisbert Fanselow (Potsdam) Prof. Hubert Haider (Salzburg) Prof. Istvan Kenesei (Budapest/Szeged) Prof. Ferenc Kiefer (Budapest) Local organization: Dora Bakonyi Gergely Bottyan Beata Gyuris Zoltan Kiss Barbara Urogdi Important dates: Deadline for submission: January 31, 2006 Notification of authors: February 28, 2006 Registration deadline: May 1, 2006 Conference: May 29-31, 2006