LINGUIST List 3.896

Thu 12 Nov 1992

Calls: Chinese Acquisition; Language & Society

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header of this posting. Thanks.)

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Linguistic, Cultural, and Pedagogical Issues in Chinese Acquisition:
Pre-session of the Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and
Linguistics 1993 (March 9-13, 1993), Washington, DC.

Papers dealing with various aspects of teaching, learning, and testing
Chinese are invited. Please send an abstract to the organizer by
December 15, 1992. For more information, please contact:

Dr. Weiping Wu
Department of Chinese and Japanese
Georgetown University
Washington, DC 20057-1042
Telephone: (202) 687-5918 (W)
 (703) 525-4594
e-mail: wuguvax.bitnet (or) wuguvax.georgetown.edu

This pre-session will be held on Wednesday, March 10, 1993 in the
Intercultural Center, Georgetown University, Washington, DC.

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 S A L S A

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 CALL FOR PAPERS

The Symposium About Language and Society-Austin is
pleased to announce its First Annual Meeting to be held
April 16-18, 1993 at the University of Texas at Austin.
Abstracts are invited on topics concerning the
relationship between language, culture and society.
These include but are not limited to:

 Linguistic Anthropology
 Variation and Social Networks
 Natural Discourse
 Ethnography of Communication
 Speech Play, Verbal Art, and Poetics
 Discourse-based Approaches to Language and Culture

Papers delivered at the conference will be published in
a special edition of the Texas Linguistic Forum.
Speakers will be allowed 20 minutes for presentation and
10 minutes for discussion. Please submit six copies of
an anonymous proposal which may not exceed 1 page
(unreduced) to the address below. The abstract* should
include a specific statement of the topic or issue, a
brief description of the relevant data and the
conclusions. Abstracts should be accompanied by a 3x5
card with the following information: 1) The title of the
paper 2) Author's name(s) 3) Author's affiliation 4)
Address and phone number at which the author wishes to
be notified.

Abstracts must be received by January 19. 1993. Late
abstracts will not be accepted, and we can not accept
papers which are to be published elsewhere.
Notification of acceptance or rejection will be sent in
early February, 1993. Registration fees will be $15 for
students and $25 for non-students. Papers must be
received by May 3, 1993 to be included in the published
proceedings.

Send all correspondence to:
SALSA
Department of Linguistics
UT Austin
Austin, TX. 78712-1196.
email: robinqccwf.cc.utexas.edu.

*Note: We can not accept abstracts sent via email.
ATDT 471-9400