The organizers of The 2017 Ohio State University Congress on Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics (OSUCHiLL) are excited to welcome Dr. Erin O’Rourke and Dr. Janice Aski as keynote speakers to the 20th Annual Congress. 

Dr. Erin O’Rourke (University of Alabama): is an Assistant Professor of Spanish Linguistics at the University of Alabama. Her research interests include languages in contact, phonetics, phonology, and sociolinguistics. She studies Spanish intonation, speech rhythm, bilingual vowel space, and intervocalic voiced stops in Peru and Ecuador. Moreover, she also studies Spanish in contact with other varieties of Spanish and with English in the United States. For instance, her article published in 2016 (O’Rourke & Potowski, 2016) analyzes the phonetic outcomes of the contact among different varieties of Spanish in Chicago. For more information you can also check Dr. O’Rourke’s website.

Dr. Janice Aski (Ohio State University): is a Professor of Italian & Romance Linguistics at the Ohio State University. Her research interests include Italian and romance historical linguistics, focusing on the social, pragmatic, and cognitive aspects of phonological and morphological change. She also conducts research on foreign language pedagogy, in particular the topics of testing, teaching and reading at the elementary level, and how first-year Italian textbooks and grammar practice activities reflect the most current research in second language acquisition. 

Conference Dates

OSUCHiLL will be held from March 31, 2017 to April 1, 2017.

Abstract submission

We welcome papers dealing with any theoretical aspect of Hispanic or Lusophone Linguistics, including but not limited to: sociolinguistics, pragmatics, phonetics, phonology, morphology, historical linguistics, psycholinguistics, semantics, and syntax. Talks will be allotted 20 minutes for presentation and 10 minutes for discussion and may be given in English, Spanish, or Portuguese. We also welcome papers that discuss creoles or indigenous languages of Hispanic and Lusophone countries.

We welcome papers dealing with any theoretical aspect of Hispanic or Lusophone Linguistics, including but not limited to: sociolinguistics, pragmatics, phonetics, phonology, morphology, historical linguistics, psycholinguistics, semantics, and syntax. Talks will be allotted 20 minutes for presentation and 10 minutes for discussion and may be given in English, Spanish, or Portuguese. We also welcome papers that discuss creoles or indigenous languages of Hispanic and Lusophone countries.

Abstracts should not exceed 500 words and must be submitted via EasyAbstracts (EasyAbs). The deadline to submit the abstracts is the 3rd of February of 2017. The notification of acceptance will be sent no later than the 15th of February of 2017.

Organizers:

William Johnson
Oihane Muxika-Loitzate

Contact OSUCHiLL for questions and submissions.