CALL FOR PAPERS: WSCLA 21

The call for papers has been issued for the 21st Workshop on Structure and Constituency of Languages of the Americas (WSCLA 21), to be held April 1-3, 2016, at UQAM in MontréaL. WSCLA brings together linguists who are engaged in research on the formal study of the aboriginal languages of the Americas. Abstracts are invited for papers in any area of formal linguistics within any theoretical framework, including papers that address diachronic, sociolinguistic, or applied topics from a formal perspective, and papers seeking to correlate the interests of formal linguists and the concerns of indigenous communities. One of the invited speakers is alum Ryan Bennett (Ph.D. 2012; now Assistant Professor of Linguistics, Yale). More about abstract submission can be found here. The submission deadline has been extended to December 20, 2015.