Dear Colleagues,

Building on the success of the previous conferences, the Institute of English Studies at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland, is organising the 4th meeting of Linguistics Beyond And Within - International Linguistics Conference in Lublin. The conference, to be held on 20-21 October 2016, will be hosted by the Department of Applied Linguistics, the Department of Theoretical Linguistics, the Department of Contrastive English-Polish Studies and the Department of Celtic Studies. This year the talks will be guided by the following leitmotif:

CONTROVERSY IN LINGUISTICS AND LANGUAGE STUDIES

As previously, we would like to invite scholars with innovative approaches to linguistics viewed from a range of intra- and interdisciplinary perspectives. We wish to encourage all linguists representing various theoretical models and practical applications to present their contributions during both oral and poster sessions in the following research areas:

- theoretical linguistics (phonetics & phonology, morphology, semantics, syntax)
- applied linguistics (language teaching, pragmatics, discourse analysis, translation studies, corpus studies)
- socio- and psycholinguistics

Each paper presentation in an oral session will be scheduled for a 20-minute talk followed by a 10-minute discussion. Poster sessions will last about 45 minutes when the authors are required to be present and ready to answer questions from participants passing by. The poster format is 100x70cm (vertical orientation). The language of the conference is English.

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION
Abstracts of no more than 400 words (including references) should be sent by 30th June 2016 in .doc format to our e-mail address: lingbaw@gmail.com. It is expected that any paper presented at LingBaW 2016 is original and has not been previously presented or published.
In the body of the email, please include the following information: title of paper, name of author, scientific degree, affiliation, research area (one from the abovementioned) and form of presentation (speech / poster).
Abstracts will be reviewed anonymously. Please do not put your name on the abstract itself.
Notification of acceptance will be sent by 15th August.

CALL FOR WORKSHOP PROPOSALS
The upcoming edition of the LingBaW Conference will also host two thematic workshops up to a limit of ten papers plus one slot for an introductory paper by workshop convenors.
The deadline for the submission of workshop proposals is 31st May 2016.
Each workshop proposal must include the title, a 500-word abstract that summarizes the theme and goals of the workshop and the names, affiliations, and contact details of the workshop organizers. The proposal should also contain a list of five prospective participants. It should also indicate any special requirements you might have in terms of equipment.
Workshop organizers are responsible for advertising the workshop, organizing the reviewing process, and running the workshop.

CONFERENCE FEE
The conference fee is 300 PLN (€80) and includes conference materials, reception, refreshments and publication of the proceedings.

PROCEEDINGS
The preliminary deadline for submission of completed papers is 31st January 2017.

LingBaW 2016 Organizing Committee:
Prof. Anna Bloch-Rozmej
Prof. Anna Bondaruk
Prof. Anna Malicka-Kleparska
Prof. Maria Bloch-Trojnar
Wojciech Malec, PhD
Karolina Drabikowska, MA
Anna Prażmowska, MA
Marietta Rusinek, MA