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Mon 19 Oct 1992

Confs: ILA, Language Variety, EACL93

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1. Sheila, INTERNATIONAL LINGUISTIC ASSOCIATION
2. , Call for papers: LANGUAGE VARIETY IN THE SOUTH
3. EACL 1993, Errata: 'EACL93: Second notification and call'

INTERNATIONAL LINGUISTIC ASSOCIATION
APRIL 16-18, 1993
NEW YORK

The thirty-eighth annual conference of the International Linguistic Association
 will be held on 16-18 April 1993, from Friday afternoon to Sunday noon, in the
 Marriott East Side Hotel, Lexington Avenue at 49th Street, in New York. In 199
3, the Association will celebrate its fiftieth anniversary. To place this event
 in a wider perspective, "the history of linguistics" has been chosen as the th
eme of the conference. As in the past, papers from all areas and on all topics
in linguistics are invited. However, those related to this theme would be espec
ially welcome.
If you wish to present a paper, send an abstract of no more than 200 words (1 p
age double-spaced) to the Conference Chair. Submit the original and four copies
. In your letter of transmittal, give your name, mailing address, telephone num
ber, e-mail address, and academic affiliation, if any. Presentations are normal
ly 20 minutes in length. If you need more time, please explain why. If any audi
o-visual equipment is necessary for your presentation, specify what kind (overh
ead projector, tape recorder, etc.). The deadline for receipt of abstracts is J
anuary 15, 1993.
If your paper is accepted, you will be asked to re-submit your abstract on a co
mputer diskette, or to download it to the Conference Chair through CompuServe o
r by e-mail. If you do not supply the text of your abstract in this format, it
will not appear in the Program Handbook. Further information will be included w
ith the letter of acceptance from the Conference Chair.
Registration before March 21, 1993: Regular $30, Student $20
Registration after March 21, 1993, whether by mail or "on site": Regular $35, S
tudent $25.
There will be a banquet ($45 with preregistration, $55 on site) on Saturday eve
ning. A block of rooms has also been set aside at the Marriott East Side Hotel
at convention rates (TBA). Call 1-800-228-9290.
For further information, please get in touch with the Conference Chair by telep
hone at (718) 852-5587, or (718) 852-5980, by e-mail at FICHTNERQCVAXA.ACC.QC.
EDU, or CompuServe 71630,700 or by writing to the address below:
Prof Edward G. Fichtner, Conference Chair
38th Annual Conference, ILA
Germanic, Slavic, and East European Languages
Queens College CUNY
Flushing NY 11367-0904
PLEASE REPLY TO THE CONFERENCE CHAIR, *NOT* TO THE LIST, *NOR* TO THE SENDER OF
 THIS MESSAGE.

 CALL FOR PAPERS

 LANGUAGE VARIETY IN THE SOUTH
 APRIL 1-3, 1993

 AUBURN UNIVERSITY

A conference on Language Variety in the South (LAVIS II),
sponsored by the American Dialect Society, will be held at Auburn
University April 1-3, 1993. November 15 is the deadline for
abstracts of 20-minute papers treating any aspect of language in
the American South: lexical, phonological, morphological,
syntactic, and discourse features; regional and social varieties
and their origins; effects of language contact; methods of data
collection and analysis. Address abstracts or inquiries to:

 Cynthia Bernstein, Thomas Nunnally, or Robin Sabino
 LAVIS II Committee
 Department of English
 Auburn University, AL 36849-5203

 phone: (205) 844-4620
 fax: (205) 844-2378
 e-mail: lavisducvax.auburn.edu; LAVISAUDUCVAX.BITNET

E-mail submission of abstracts is encouraged.

Like LAVIS I, held at the University of South Carolina, LAVIS II
will result in a published volume of essays (see Michael
Montgomery and Guy Bailey, eds., 1986, _Language Variety in the
South_, University of Alabama Press).

The conference will be held in conjunction with the spring
meeting of the Southeastern Conference on Linguistics (SECOL).
SECOL abstracts not directly concerned with Southern varieties
should be sent (by December 5) to Greta Little and Michael
Montgomery, Linguistics Program, USC-Columbia, Columbia, SC
29208.

Errata: 'EACL93: Second notification and call'

An error has occured when setting the second call in ascii for
electronic distribution. The word 'LaTeX' disappeared from two
paragraphs. These paragraphs should read as follows:

> Submission media: Electronic submission is preferred, using standard (!)
> LaTeX (article style, a4) or plain ASCII. In case of problems, contact
> the local organizer at the above address. For submissions in hardcopy
> form, 6 copies should be sent. For future final versions, hardcopy or
> LaTeX files will be accepted. Submissions should be addressed to the
> EACL93 Programme Committee.

> Preference is given to e-mail submission. The extended abstract
> should not exceed 3 pages A4. LaTeX, Postscript and ASCII formats are
> acceptable. Deadline for submission is 15 December 1992. [...]

We apologize for any inconvenience.

EACL93 Organizing Committee