LINGUIST List 10.1736

Mon Nov 15 1999

Calls: American Indigenous Lang, Lang in Communication

Editor for this issue: Lydia Grebenyova <lydialinguistlist.org>

Directory

1. Christopher Newton, Workshop on American Indigenous Languages (WAIL)
2. alan harris, Language in Communication (NCA)

WORKSHOP ON AMERICAN INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES - CALL FOR PAPERS

 Santa Barbara, CA
 April 14-16, 2000

The linguistics department at the University of California, Santa Barbara
announces its third annual Workshop on American Indigenous Languages
(WAIL), a forum for the discussion of theoretical and descriptive
linguistic studies of indigenous languages of the Americas.

Anonymous abstracts are invited for talks on any topic in Native American
linguistics. Talks will be 20 minutes, followed by 10 minutes for
discussion. Individuals may submit abstracts for one single and one
co-authored paper. Abstracts should be 500 words or less and can submitted
by hard copy or e-mail. For hard copy submissions, please send five copies
of your abstract and a 3x5 card with the following information: (1) name;
(2) affiliation; (3) mailing address; (4) phone number; (5) e-mail
address; (6) title of your paper.

Send hard copy submissions to:
Workshop on American Indigenous Languages
Department of Linguistics
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 93106

E-mail submissions are encouraged. Include the information from the 3x5
card (above) in the body of the e-mail message, with the anonymous
abstract as an attachment.

Send e-mail submissions to: 
wailhumanitas.ucsb.edu

DEADLINE FOR RECEIPT OF ABSTRACTS: January 30, 2000
Notification of acceptance will be by e-mail by February 15, 2000.

For further information contact the conference coordinator at
wailhumanitas.ucsb.edu or (805) 893-3776
or check out our web site at
http://linguistics.ucsb.edu/events/wail/wail.html

From: Madeline Maxwell <mmaxwellutxvms.cc.utexas.edu>

Language and Social Interaction Division of the National Communication
Association

NCA meets in Seattle, WA, Nov. November 9 - 12, 2000. The Language and
Social Interaction Division of the National Communication Association
solicits competitive papers and panel proposals concerning the utilization
of speech, language, or gesture in human communication including studies of
discourse processes, face-to-face interaction, communication competence,
speech act theory, cognitive processing, and conversation analytic,
ethnographic, ethnomethodological, and sociolinguistic work. Paper abstracts
will be accepted, but completed papers are preferred. Papers which are
authored solely by students who have not completed the Ph.D. are eligible
for a student award and should be identified by writing "Student" in the
upper right corner of the title page. Refer to "HOW TO SUBMIT PAPERS AND
PANEL/PROGRAM PROPOSALS" at the beginning of the call. Also see "Convention
Paper Distribution Center," "Poster Sessions," and "Special Note" at the
beginning of the call. Deadline: February 1, 2000. For more information
check the web site:
http://www.natcom.org/convention/2000/call2000.html

Madeline M. Maxwell
Dept of Communication Studies
Univ. of Texas
Austin, TX 78712
ph. 512-471-1954
fax 512-471-3504
mmaxwellutxvms.cc.utexas.edu