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Experimental Arabic Linguistic Conference
EXAL 2021
April 4, 2021 to April 6, 2021
The Department of English and the Department of Arabic and Translation Studies at American University of Sharjah (AUS) will co-host the fourth meeting of the Experimental Arabic Linguistics Conference (EXAL) on April 4–6 2021, which will be held online. The aim of EXAL 2021 is to bring various groups of people together who employ experimental methods to study the Arabic language and exchange innovative ideas and approaches to Arabic linguistics.
As the first online edition of EXAL since the conference’s inception in 2013, EXAL 2021 is expected to attract a large group of people from all over the world, including those who are interested in current issues and experimental studies on the Arabic language but find it difficult to travel abroad due to various reasons. Registration is free, and we especially welcome submissions and contributions from scholars and students who have limited resources to travel to present their work.
We invite abstract submissions for the following:
For the general sessions (April 4-5 , 2021)
- Long presentations (25-minute oral presentation followed by 10-minute discussion)
- Short presentations (10-minute oral presentation followed by 5-minute discussion)
For the special theme session (April 6, 2021)
- Short presentations (10-minute oral presentation followed by 5-minute discussion)
All submissions should report original and previously unpublished research. Each author may submit at most one individual and one joint paper. Abstracts including the title and one to two keywords should not exceed one page (A4 or letter size), with a possible second page for examples, figures and references. Please use 12-point size fonts with at least 2.5 cm or 1-inch margins.
Abstracts should be anonymous and should be submitted as PDF or Word documents. Click here to submit an abstract.
Areas of interest include, but are not limited to:
- L1/L2 acquisition
- Bilingualism, multilingualism, and code-switching
- Arabic in multilingual contexts and heritage language acquisition
- Language pathology, language impairment and sign language
- Corpus linguistics
- Computational linguistics and NLP
- Psycholinguistic and neurolinguistics studies
| Abstract Submission Deadline: | Sunday, January 31, 2021 midnight (GMT) |
| Notification of Acceptance: | Sunday, February 28, 2021 |
| Conference Dates: | April 4-6, 2021 |
TBA
- Ji Young Shim (Chair)
- David Wilmsen
- Mai Zaki
For any queries, please contact at [email protected].
Hosted by American University of Sharjah, the EXAL 2021 conference will be held online. The link will be shared with registered participants.
Registration is free, but participants must be registered to attend the online event.
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