Call for Papers

Call for Papers – Special Session of ANS about Texas Names, Austin, January 5-8, 2017

The 2017 annual meeting of ANS will be January 5-8 in Austin, TX. In recognition of this occasion there will be a special session devoted to Texas names.

Abstracts on any aspect of Texas names are welcome:

  • place names in Texas
  • personal names in Texas2000px-Texas_flag_map.svg
  • regional or ethnic names in Texas
  • changes of names
  • pronunciation of Texas names
  • street names in Texas
  • ranch names
  • Texas brands
  • folk etymology in Texas names
  • fanciful stories attached to Texas names
  • names of Texas radio and TV stations
  • Texas highway names
  • names of Texas politicians
  • Texas formal vs. colloquial names
  • Texas names in media
  • names of Texas newspapers
  • New England names in Texas

… the list goes on.

You need not live in Texas nor be a native or even a naturalized Texan to participate. Texans, former Texans, closet Texans, Texas wannabees, Texans from all parts of the world are welcome.

If you are interested in presenting a paper at this special session, please send an email to Edward Callary [callary1@hotmail.com] no later than April 30 expressing your interest and a general idea of your topic.

Call for Papers: The Names Institute, New York, May 7, 2016

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Manhattan_and_Brooklyn_bridges_on_the_East_River,_New_York_City,_1981Call for Papers: The Names Institute

The Names Institute was founded by the late E. Wallace McMullen at Fairleigh Dickinson University and directed by him for a quarter of a century. It then continued under the direction of Wayne H. Finke at The City University of New York. It will in 2016 hold its 55th annual meeting at Baruch College (CUNY) the first Saturday in May.… Read More

Reminder: Proposal Deadline approaches for ANS Panel at the Modern Language Association Conference

15082596_d823d3fc69_oANS Panel at the Modern Language Association Conference

January 5-8th, 2017 in Philadelphia, PA

The American Name Society invites proposals for a panel under the theme of “Names and Multilingualism.” Multilingual and multicultural communities have been developed since the ancient world. The linguistic and cultural contacts within these communities have attracted the interest of a broad range of disciplines, where in some cases different strands have emerged. Personal as well as place names (i.e. anthroponymy and toponymy, respectively) mirror the interactions and the subsequent changes in those communities, thus modern scholarship often emphasizes their significance.

We encourage submissions pertaining to this topic from diverse perspectives, drawing evidence from literature, material culture, oral tradition, etc. of any period or area. Papers may deal with any aspect of naming, e.g., personal names, place names, corporate or trade names, name theory, etc. Submissions for interdisciplinary approaches are most welcome.

Proposal submission process:

  1. Proposals should include a title and abstract up to 350 words.
  2. Proposals should be sent via email attachment (PDF format) to Andreas Gavrielatos [a.gavrielatos@ed.ac.uk] with “MLA proposal” in the subject line. Please, include the Title, Name of Speaker, Affiliation and email address in the body of the email and NOT in the abstract.
  3. Proposals must be received by 5pm GMT on 16 March 2016. Proposers will be notified of results soon thereafter, following blind review of proposals.
  4. Panelists must be members of both MLA and ANS in order to present.
  5. For questions, please contact Andreas Gavrielatos at the email address above.

More information about ANS and MLA conferences in available on the Conferences page of this website.

Call for Nominations for the Adam Kilgarriff Prize

7382892612_bd67eb20ba_mIn association with the electronic lexicography (e-Lex) conference series, the Adam Kilgarriff Prize, is being offered to young scholars working within the areas of corpus linguistics, computational linguistics, and lexicography. The prize consists of a monetary award of 2,500 Euros. Winners will be invited to give a special lecture at the e-Lex conference in 2017. The deadline for nominations is the 30th of September 2016.

Dene (Athabaskan) Language Conference, Fairbanks, Alaska, June 6-7, 2016

10272486256_0643237267_mThe University of Alaska Fairbanks will be holding the Dene (Athabaskan) Language Conference from the 6th to the 7th of June 2016. The event will take place at the Explorer Hotel, in downtown Yellowknife. Bringing together linguists, language learners, educators, and language activists, this conference is one of the world’s most important for the student of Athabaskan languages. The theme for this year’s conference is “Language and History” with a special session on “Standardization and Variation”. The deadline for abstract submission is March 14, 2016.