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CALL FOR PAPERS 13th ICAES The 13th International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences will take place in Mexico City from July 29 to August 5, 1993. Due to an unfortunate mistake, members of SSILA were not sent previous announcements of the Congress. Anyone interested in giving a paper dealing with Amerindian Linguistics, Ethnolinguistics, Anthropological Linguistics, Sociolinguistics, etc. is welcome to send an abstract of no more than 200 words to: Paul Schmidt Program Coordinator, 13th ICAES Instituto de Investigaciones Antropologicas Ciudad Universitaria 04510 Mexico, D.F. MEXICO Fax: (5) 548-3667; Bitnet: antropunamvm1 before November 15, 1992. Sessions will be held at the Mexico City School, the Museum of Anthropology, and the Hotel Stouffer Presidente For hotel Reservations and preregistration, write to: Viajes Kuoni de Mexico Apartado Postal 6-856 Hamburgo 66 Col. Juarez 06600 Mexico, D.F. Fax: (5) 511-0971, 207-0957 FEES Before January 1, 1993 Before May 1, 1993 After April 31 A US $150.00 US $170.00 US $190.00 B $100.00 $130.00 $150.00 Students $20.00 $30.00 $50.00 A and B countries refer to Current Anthropology Us classification. A: Abu Dhabi, Australia, Baharain, Brunei, Canada, Hong Kong, Japan, Kuwait, Libya, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, ex-USSR, United Arab Emirates, United States, Western Europe. B: All other countries / Todos los demas paises. Yolanda Lastra Member of SSILAUs Executive Committee Instituto de Investigaciones Antropologicas Ciudad Universitaria, UNAM 04510 Mexico, D.F. MEXICOMail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue
Reminder: CALL FOR PAPERS The 13th annual Second Language Research Forum March 19 to 21, 1993 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania "Cognitive Perspectives on Second Language Acquisition" Keynote speakers: Barry McLaughlin Brian MacWhinney Jacquelyne Schachter Deadline for submission of abstracts is October 15, 1992 Please submit 12 copies of a one-page 200- to 250-word abstract, double spaced, without name. Attach a 3" x 5" card with name(s) of author(s), title of paper, affiliation, address, phone number, and e-mail address to: Marion Delarche & Dawn McCormick SLRF Conference Co-Chairs Linguistics Department 2816 Cathedral of Learning University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh PA 15260 phone: (412) 624-5900 fax: (412) 624-6130 e-mail: (BITNET) mldst9Mail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issuepitt.vms (INTERNET) mldst9
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The first International Conference on Oceanic Linguistics is to be held in Vila, Vanuatu, July 5-9 1993. FICOL will be concerned with the languages of the Oceanic Subgroup of Austronesian. Papers are solicited in any of the following areas: descriptive studies sociolinguistic studies historical or comparative studies contact between Oceanic and other languages applied studies (e.g. dictionaries, language teaching, translation) other areas which are in accord with the focus of the conference. For further information contact: John Lynch Pacific Languages Unit University of the South Pacific PO Box 12 Vila Vanuatu.Mail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue
Planning is well in hand for the 12th International Conference on Historical Linguistics, in Manchester in three years' time. The dates proposed are Monday 24th to Thursday 27th or Friday 28th July 1995. If there are any major problems with these dates that we ought to know about, please let one of the organising committee know: n.b.vincentMail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issueman.ac.uk <Nigel Vincent> mljcs
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* * * * * Conference Announcement * * * * * GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY ROUND TABLE ON LANGUAGES AND LINGUISTICS: GURT 1993 Strategic Interaction and Language Acquisition: Theory, Practice, and Research in honor of the late Robert J. Di Pietro Conference and Pre-sessions: March 9 - 13, 1993 Georgetown University, Washington, DC Chaired by: James E. Alatis, Dean School of Languages and Linguistics Georgetown University Invited speakers: Louis A. Arena, University of Delaware Frederick J. Bosco, Professor Emeritus, Georgetown University H. Douglas Brown, San Francisco State University Anna Uhl Chamot, Georgetown University Marcel Danesi, University of Toronto Jeanette S. DeCarrico, Portland State University Madeline Ehrman, Foreign Service Institute, U.S. Department of State Suzanne Flynn, Massachusetts Institute of Technology William Frawley, University of Delaware Frederick H. Jackson, Foreign Service Institute, U.S. Department of State Ruth M. Jackson, University of Delaware Rajai Khanji, University of Jordan Ikuo Koike, Keio University Stephen Krashen, University of Southern California James P. Lantolf, Cornell University Donald R. McCreary, The University of Georgia Virginia Mayer, Padua Academy James R. Nattinger, Portland State University J. Michael O'Malley, Prince William County Schools Masaki Oda, Tamagawa University Rebecca L. Oxford, University of Alabama Karin Ryding, Georgetown University Earl Stevick, Independent researcher Traute Taeschner, Universita degli Studi di Roma Irene Thompson, The George Washington University Deryn P. Verity, University of Delaware To receive more information, please contact: Helen E. Karn, Coordinator, GURT 1993 School of Languages and Linguistics 303 Intercultural Center Georgetown University Washington, DC 20057-1067 e-mail: gurtMail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issueguvax.bitnet (OR) gurt
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guvax.georgetown.edu Beyond Acquisition: Language Practices of Older Children Organizers: Dr. Susan Hoyle, Georgetown University and Dr. Carolyn Adger, University of Maryland Department of Linguistics Georgetown University Washington, DC 20057-1068 (202) 687-5956 s_hoyle
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guvax.georgetown.edu Issues in Slavic Linguistics Organizer: Dr. Victor Lychyk Department of Russian Georgetown University Washington, DC 20057-0990 (202) 687-6147 East Asian Software Symposium Organizer: Dr. Michael McCaskey Department of Chinese and Japanese Georgetown University Washington, DC 20057-1042 (202) 687-5918 mmccaskey
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guvax.georgetown.edu City Sounds: Sociolinguistic Reports from the Field Organizer: Dr. Peter Patrick Department of Linguistics Georgetown University Washington, DC 20057-1068 (202) 687-5956 ppatrick
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guvax.georgetown.edu Portuguese Linguistics Organizer: Dr. Clea A. Rameh Department of Portuguese Georgetown University Washington, DC 20057-0991 (202) 687-5705 Focuses, Problems, and Solutions in Chinese Acquisition Organizer: Dr. Weiping Wu Department of Chinese and Japanese Georgetown University Washington, DC 20057-1042 (202) 687-5918