Young Linguists’ Meeting in Poznań 2012
YLMP2012, 25–27 May 2012, Poznań, Poland
www.ylmp.pl
ylmp@ifa.amu.edu.pl
YLMP2012 Congress: Call for Papers
We are happy to announce that the Young Linguists’ Meeting in Poznań (YLMP2012) will take place
on 25–27 May 2012 in Poznań, Poland. The Meeting will be organised by the School of English,
Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań.

Submissions
The leitmotif of the YLMP2012 Congress will be Language in context(s). Proposals of papers related to this main theme, as well as to other fields of modern linguistics, are invited.

The suggested research areas for block sessions are as follows:

)psycholinguistics / neurolinguistics / clinical linguistics
)cognitive linguistics
)sociolinguistics
)language and meaning
)language and gesture
)language and technology
)language teaching methodology
)lexicography
)translation studies
)language and gender
)language and sexuality

We are also planning to organise a formal session. However, final decisions regarding the session will depend on the number of prospective participants willing to take part in it.

Each paper will be given 30 minutes, including 10 minutes for discussion. There will also be poster sessions.

The language of the congress is English.

Apart from block sessions, there will also be plenary lectures, delivered by our keynote speakers.

Keynote speakers already confirmed:

Katarzyna Dziubalska-Kołaczyk & Marcin Kilarski, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland
Alan Cienki, Vrije Universiteit/VU University, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Michal Starke, University of Tromsø, Norway

We also plan to organise thematic workshop sessions. The areas we want to concentrate on are neurolinguistics/clinical linguistics, lexicography, corpus linguistics, language teaching methodology and language and gender/sexuality.
The workshop organiser(s) will be local as well as foreign specialists in the above mentioned fields.



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Main submission deadline for all abstracts: 20th February 2012
Notification of acceptance for papers and posters: 20th March 2012
Registration deadline: 16th April 2012
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Congress fee: €35


The venue

Collegium Biologicum, is located in the city of Poznań (more specifically on a university campus Morasko). The CB building has lecture halls and computer labs. Within a 10-minute-walk from the campus, the hotel where the YLMP2012 participants can be accommodated is located. Both
double- and multiple-person rooms are available, each en suite.
Accommodation in a high-standard hotel in the city centre is also available.

Please visit our website for more exhaustive and up-to-date information.

Looking forward to seeing you in Poznań!

Honorary Organiser:
Katarzyna Dziubalska-Kołaczyk


YLMP 2012 Congress Organising Committee
Joanna Pawelczyk
Łukasz Pakuła
Dorota Jaworska

Contact details:
YLMP2012 Congress Organising Committee
School of English, Adam Mickiewicz University
Collegium Novum
al. Niepodległości 4
61-874 Poznań, Poland
tel: (+48 61) 829 3506
fax: (+48 61) 852 3103
email: ylmp@ifa.amu.edu.pl
www.ylmp.pl