Conference Theme:
Language Diversity

Conference Venue and Time:
Xining, Qinghai Province, P.R.China
 July 18-22, 2010

Co-sponsors:

Qinghai Nationalities University
The Association of Chinese Sociolinguistics

Conference Organizer:
 Qinghai Nationalities University

Call Deadline: 
Abstracts are invited for talks addressing any sociolinguistic topic related to the theme of the conference, including but not limited to the topic areas in the following:
 Language maintenance and language protection
 Language and identity
 Language policy and language planning
 Minority language studies
 Chinese dialect studies
 Foreign language use in Chinese contexts
 Teaching Chinese to speakers of other languages
 Bilingual and multilingual education

Guidelines for abstract submission
- Abstracts (and talks) may be in English or Chinese. English abstracts should be no more than 500 words, while abstracts in Chinese should be no more than 1,000 Chinese characters in length.
- While submitting your abstract, please specify the following author information in a separate document: title of paper, author name, affiliation, address, e-mail, phone number, and audiovisual requests.
- Abstracts should be sent by e-mail to qhmulfy@126.com , and also by mail, to the following address:
-      Ms. Lei Fuying
-      School of Literature, Journalism and Communication
-      Qinghai Nationalities University
-      No. 3, Bayi Mid-Road
Xining
Qinghai, 810007
China
 (Address in Chinese:
810007 青海西宁八一中路3号 青海民族大学文学与新闻传播学院雷富英收)

- Deadline for receipt of abstracts:  February 28, 2010 
-Notification of acceptance:  May, 2010

Application for ACS Young Scholars Award: 
The conference will also conduct a session for ACS Young Scholars Award in 2010. Please submit a full paper by mail and email (see above), before February 28, 2010 if you wish to be considered for the ACS (The Association of Chinese Sociolinguistics) Young Scholars Award.  Eligibility for applying for the award: 40 years of age or younger.

For further information about the conference, please visit the website of The Association of Chinese Sociolinguistics: http://acs.whhit.org/ss/