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2. Alice Taff, WECOL call for abstracts

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Call for papers
22nd ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON NEW WAYS OF
ANALYZING VARIATION
October 14 - 17, 1993
University of Ottawa, Canada

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:
JACK CHAMBERS
WILLIAM LABOV
WALT WOLFRAM

Abstracts are invited in all areas of linguistic variation
theory for 20-minute presentations Jand for posters.

Abstract specifications:
Format:
Abstract page. Abstracts, including full title, should be no
longer than 500 words and Jmay not exceed a single 8 1/2 X
11" page with 1" margins all around. AuthorUs name
Jshould not appear on this page.
Cover page. Include full title of the submission, and
authorUs name, affiliation, address, JE-mail, fax and phone
numbers. Indicate here whether you wish your abstract to
be Jconsidered for a paper session, a poster session, or
either. American Dialect Society Jmembers: Indicate
whether, if accepted, you wish your paper to be scheduled
in a special JADS session.
Submission instructions:
Send 6 hard copies of of the abstract page + 1 copy of the
cover page, AND 1) a 3 1/2" Jdiskette containing abstract
page and cover page (using MS Word for MAC or IBM),
OR J2) an E-mail message containing same, OR 3) an
indication (on cover page) if electronic Jsubmission is
impossible.
Deadline for receipt of abstracts: July 1, 1993
Abstracts will be anonymously refereed.
Expected notification date: August 15, 1993
Mail to:
Shana Poplack % NWAVE 22
Dept. of Linguistics
University of Ottawa
78 Laurier East
Ottawa, Canada K1N 6N5
E-MAIL: NWAVE22UOTTAWA.ACADVM1.CA
FAX: 1 613 564-9067

 W E C O L X X I I I

 U n i v e r s i t y o f W a s h i n g to n
 Seattle, Washington

 October 22-24, 1993

SPECIAL THEME: THEORETICAL CONTRIBUTIONS OF NATIVE AMERICAN LANGUAGES

INVITED SPEAKERS:
EMMON BACH, MARK BAKER, AND PATRICIA SHAW
Subject to funding, we also hope to have invited speakers in the areas of
phonetics, syntax, and historical linguistics/language classification.

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
Abstracts may be submitted in any area of linguistics. Presented papers will be
twenty minutes long followed by a five-minute question period. Send five
anonymous copies of a one page abstract (references may be on a separate page)
accompanied by a 3x5 card containing name, paper title, institution, addresses
(both e- and snail-mail) to: WECOL, Dept. of Linguistics, GN-40, University of
Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195. No e-mail abstracts, please.

Abstracts due June 1, 1993
Abstract decisions announced mid-July, 1993
Proceedings published early 1994 (details provided at the conference)

A limited amount of on campus housing will be available. For more information,
 write to
write WECOL at above address or send e-mail to wecolu.washington.edu.