Cancellation of the 2020 Annual Conference of the International Association of Chinese Linguistics Announcement

June 23, 2020

It is with deep regret that we inform you of the cancellation of the 2020 Annual Conference of the International Association of Chinese Linguistics (IACL-28) which had been scheduled to take place on May 15-17, and later postponed to Aug. 21-23, 2020.

The cancellation is made in accordance with health guidance from authorities in China and other countries in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic which is in widespread existence globally and is evolving in unpredictable ways. At the advice of the organizing committee, the IACL Executive Committee made the difficult decision to cancel given the health risk, restrictions on travel in many countries and regions, and, in particular, restrictions on large-scale gatherings.

The IACL Executive Committee and IACL-28 Organizing Committee are sorry for the inconveniences caused by the cancellation. We are also grateful to all the IACL members for your kind support and generous contributions.

The Executive Committee of International Association of Chinese Linguistics

The Organizing Committee of the 2020 Annual Conference of IACL

The 28th Annual Conference of the International Association of Chinese Linguistics (IACL-28)

Location: Hangzhou, Zhejiang, P. R. China
Organizer: School of International Studies, Zhejiang University
Dates: August 21-23, 2020
Submission Deadline: January 10, 2020
Notification of Acceptance: February 28, 2020
Email: iacl28@126.com

The annual conference of the International Association of Chinese Linguistics (IACL) has been held at various prestigious institutions of Asia, Europe, Australia, and North America over the past 20 plus years. It has become a major conference for scholars and students around the world working on various aspects of Chinese linguistics and related studies. Its 2020 annual conference (IACL-28) will be held at Zhejiang University, P. R. China.

Call for papers:

IACL-28 will be held on August 21-23, 2020 at Zhejiang University, P. R. China. Abstracts are invited for presentations on any aspects of research on any variety of the Chinese language and linguistics, as well as other languages of China. Each talk lasts 20 minutes, followed by a 5-minute discussion. Contributors are allowed at most one single-authored abstract and one co-authored abstract each.

Abstract format

• Length: Accepted abstracts should be no longer than 1 page (including examples and (selected) references)
• Page Layout: letter size (using 1 inch margins on all sides)
• Language: English; Chinese
• Font (English): Times New Roman, 12pt
• Font (Chinese): Songti(宋体), 12pt(小四)
• Line Spacing: Single
• File Format: 2 copies ( 1 in PDF format, 1 in DOC(X) format)
• Authorship: The abstracts themselves should be submitted anonymously, but you still need to provide your detailed contact information in EasyChair on submission. This information will not be visible to reviewers.

Submission Guidelines
Online Submission: Abstracts should be submitted via EasyChair (https://easychair.org)

File Naming Rules
Single-authored abstracts: LastName_FirstName.pdf (e.g. hu_jianhua.pdf)
Co-authored abstracts: (list only the first author) LastName_FirstName_co.pdf (e.g.: hu_jianhua_co.pdf)

Important Dates
Deadline of Abstract Submission: January 10, 2020
Notification of Acceptance: February 28, 2020
Notes: Non-IACL members must join IACL by March 28, 2020 to be eligible for presentation at this conference.