Call for Papers

The 19th Japanese/Korean Linguistics Conference will be held November 12–14, 2009, at the Center for Korean Studies of the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa in Honolulu. This conference aims to provide a forum for the presentation of research from any linguistic subdiscipline that contributes to our understanding of the structure of Japanese and Korean or the structure of linguistic theory.

Abstracts are solicited for 20-minute presentations (followed by 10 minutes for discussion) on any subfield of Japanese or Korean linguistics.

Anonymous, maximally two-page abstracts (in a font no smaller than 11 pt.), written in English, should be submitted as PDF attachments to an e-mail message addressed to jk19uhm@gmail.com.

The subject line of the e-mail message should read: “abstract” followed by the (first) author’s last name and first initial, in that order. In the body of the e-mail message, please provide the following information:

  1. The category (formal or functional) and subfield (syntax, semantics, pragmatics, etc.) of the abstract (e.g., “Formal/Syntax”, “Functional/Discourse”
  2. The full title of the abstract
  3. The name(s) of the author(s)
  4. The affiliation(s) of the author(s)
  5. The contact information for the author(s).

A maximum of one single-authored abstract and one co-authored abstract may be submitted per person.

Panels and Workshops

The conference organizers also invite proposals for panels and workshops to be held during the conference period. Panels and workshops may be on any topic on Japanese or Korean linguistics or language pedagogy or general linguistic theories and methodologies. Maximally two-page summaries (in a font no smaller than 11 pt.), written in English, should be submitted as PDF attachments to an e-mail message addressed to jk19uhm@gmail.com.

The subject line of the e-mail message should read: “panel” or “workshop” followed by the (first) organizer’s last name and first initial, in that order. In the body of the e-mail message, please provide the following information:

  1. The full title of the panel or workshop
  2. The names of the presenters
  3. The affiliation(s) of the presenters
  4. The contact information for the presenters.

Deadlines

The deadline for submission of abstracts and panel/workshop summaries is July 1, 2009.

Authors and panel/workshop organizers will be notified of acceptance of their abstracts and proposals in early September 2009.

For queries about the conference, please send an e-mail message with the word “query” in the subject line to: jk19uhm@gmail.com.

The JK19 Organizing Committee