Call for Papers

The 4th Norwegian Graduate Student Conference in Linguistics and Philology (NoSLiP 2020) will take place at the University of Bergen from 12-13th of March 2020. The conference is open to PhD students who have not completed their degree, as well as advanced MA students.

You are cordially invited to send your contributions for oral or poster presentations by 15.12.2019 (23.59, GMT +1). The theme of this year’s NoSLIP is Language variation, with a focus on Syntax and Morphology. We welcome submissions from all areas of linguistics and philology, including, but not limited to sociolinguistics, semantics, syntax, phonology, rhetoric, and pragmatics. We hope that the conference will reflect the great variety of graduate research within language studies. Oral presentations should not exceed 20 minutes in length.

We hope that the conference will reflect the great variety of graduate research within language studies. 

Guidelines for abstracts:

• 1 page, including references
• Word limit for the abstract: 300 words
• Arial, 10-point font size, 2.5 x 2.5 cm margins
• Language: English
• Saved as PDF format, with any phonetic fonts or images embedded
• The PDF file must NOT contain information about the authors and their affiliations

All abstract submissions must be made electronically through easychair.

LingPhil affiliates can apply for travel grants to cover hotel and travel expenses. For non-affiliated PhD and MA students (also from outside Norway) who would like to participate in the conference, LingPhil will award a limited number of Conference Scholarships to international students, based on the quality of the submitted abstracts.

Note on scholarships and funding: LingPhil-member students can apply for travel grants to cover hotel and travel expenses. For non-affiliated student who would like to present at the conference, LingPhil will award a limited number of Conference Scholarships to students using a needs-based approach, as well as depending on the quality of the submitted abstracts.

Notification of acceptance: 15. Jan. 2020

For questions: Please use our contact form.