LANGUAGES AND PEOPLE 2013
FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS
4th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF
APPLIED LINGUISTICS
Languages and people: diversity and
harmony
28–29 September 2016
Vilnius University
This is the first call for papers for the 4th international conference of applied linguistics to be held 28-29
September 2016 in Vilnius University. The Conference will be hosted by the Department of Lithuanian
Studies, Faculty of Philology, Vilnius University and the Lithuanian Association of Applied Linguistics
LITAKA.
TOPICS. The Conference aims at bringing together various aspects of research under the umbrella of
applied linguistics: a variety of ways, a range of disciplines and sub-disciplines, including
sociolinguistics, language policy, discourse analysis, translation and interpretation, language teaching and
learning, language acquisition, language testing, corpus linguistics, cognitive linguistics,
psycholinguistics, pragmatics, etc.
PRESENTATIONS. Each presentation should be no longer than 20 minutes; 10 minutes are given for
questions and/or discussion. Poster presentations are also invited.
Abstracts should be between 300 and 500 words.
LANGUAGES: English and Lithuanian
PLENARY SPEAKERS:
Prof. Anne Pauwels, University of London (UK)
http://www.soas.ac.uk/staff/staff60359.php
Prof. Zoltán Kövecses, Eötvös Loránd University (Hungary)
http://das.elte.hu/content/faculty/kovecses/cv.html
Prof. Norbert Schmitt, University of Nottingham (UK)
http://www.norbertschmitt.co.uk
LANGUAGES AND PEOPLE 2013
VENUE:
Faculty of Philology
Universiteto St 5
LT-01513 Vilnius
Lithuania
FEES:
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Senior regular–100 EUR
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Senior early bird–80 EUR
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Student* regular–70 EUR
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Student* early bird–50 EUR
* Student fees are also applicable to LITAKA members.
IMPORTANT DATES
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Deadline for submission of abstracts: 31 January 2016
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Notification of abstract acceptance or rejection: 31 March 2016
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Deadline for early bird registration: 15 May 2016 (early bird fee applicable)
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Deadline for registration: 31 August 2016
You can address your queries to: lina.vaskeviciene@flf.vu.lt