Here's a conference in July 2005 in Castellon, Spain that may be of interest to members of AOIR. Naomi Baron American University Washington, DC CALL FOR PAPERS Dear Colleagues, We are organising the 2nd International Conference on Internet and Language. This is intended as a forum of discussion for linguists and researchers in areas such as Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Literary Studies or Translation, among other disciplines, who are involved in the use or study of Internet, either as a research or teaching resource or as a linguistic phenomenon in itself. We are expecting papers in relation to the panels listed below: · Internet and Literary Studies · Internet and Translation · Internet and Language Use / Linguistics and digital genres · Internet and Languages for Specific Purposes · Internet and Foreign Language Teaching / Second Language Acquisition Important Dates The Conference is to take place in July, 2005. Deadline for receipt of full papers is September 30, 2004. Notification of acceptance will be sent by November 30, 2004. Deadline for payment of registration fee (150 euros) is December 15th. Beyond this date, registration fee will be 180 euros. Submissions We welcome original papers written in English, Spanish and Catalan, which are the official languages of the conference, although papers in other languages may be considered depending on their interest in relation to the topic of the conference. Presentations will last 20 minutes with five minutes for discussion. Our intention is to receive full papers by September 2004 so as to be able to edit Conference Proceedings and then distribute them during the conference in July 2005. Papers should not exceed 3000 words with abstract and bibliography included. Guidelines for publication can be found at: http://www3.uji.es/~postegui/indexcongreso.htm Those interested should send two printed copies and one electronic copy (RTF format on a floppy disc) to: Panel 1: Internet and Literary Studies Elena Ortells Montón Dept. de Estudios Angleses Universitat Jaume I Castellón, 12071 SPAIN Panel 2: Internet and Translation Alicia Bolaños Universidad de las Palmas de Gran Canaria Campus Humanidades Nuevo Edificio Millares Carló, despacho 118 C/ Pérez del Toro 1 35003 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria SPAIN Panel 3: Internet and Language Use / Linguistics and digital genres Santiago Posteguillo Gómez Dept. de Estudios Angleses Universitat Jaume I Castellón, 12071 SPAIN Panel 4: Internet and Languages for Specific Purposes Maria Lluisa Gea Valor Dept. de Estudios Angleses Universitat Jaume I Castellón, 12071 SPAIN Panel 5: Internet and Foreign Language Teaching / Second Language Acquisition Maria Lluisa Renau Renau Dept. de Estudios Angleses Universitat Jaume I Castellón, 12071 SPAIN Venue The Conferece will be held at Universitat Jaume I in Castellón (http://sic.uji.es/www/ang/ ) CONFERENCE FEE Participants in the conference presenting a paper are to pay a fee of 150 euros. After registration deadline, the fee is raised to 180 euros. This fee includes registration and a copy of the Conference Proceedings edited in two CDs, which will be distributed during the conference. Other participants attending the conference are to pay 80 euros. REGISTRATION FEE FOR THE CONFERENCE Participants in the Conference presenting a paper are to pay a fee of 150 euros. This fee includes registration and a copy of the Conference Proceedings edited in two volumes in CD format. The payment of the registration fee will be done through a bank transfer, no later then two weeks after the notification of the acceptance of the paper, to BANCAJA (in Catalan Bancaixa): · account number: 2077 - 0580- 46 -3103985430 · swift code: CVALESVVXXX · iban number: ES52 2077 0580 4631 0398 5430 In the transfer, the code and the line of the Conference on Internet and Language must be included: - Code: 03G032 - Line: 03025 (Please, include these data, otherwise you may not be officially registered in the Conference) Once the transfer is done, a copy of it must be sent by postal mail before December 31, 2004 (the date remains open for people who are attending the conference without presenting a paper) to the following address: MªJosé Esteve Ramos Dept. de Estudios Angleses Universitat Jaume I Castellón, 12071 SPAIN