LINGUIST List 4.393

Mon 24 May 1993

Conference: The Language-Gender Interface

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1. Kathryn Remlinger, Conference Info: The language-Gender Interface

CRITICAL CONFERENCE INFORMATION

The Committee on the Status of Women in Linguistics (COSWL),
an advisory committee to the Linguistic Society of America,
invites you to attend a conference, "The Language-Gender
Interface: Theories and Methods for Research and Teaching."
This will be held at the Ohio State University campus in
Columbus, as part of the 1993 Linguistic Institute. We have
just been informed that many airlines are presently offering
FARE SPECIALS; YOU MAY WANT TO BOOK AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THE
following gives you an overview of some of the critical
conference information. Official forms for registration,
housing, banquets, workshop preregistration, and directions
will be sent soon by e-mail and regular mail. In all, we
recommend that you come in no later than Thursday, July 15
and stay through the full day of Sunday, July 18 to cover
all the exciting work presented.

DATES: The conference will begin with registration and an
informal reception on Thursday evening; papers begin
promptly at 9 am on Friday, July 16, and run throughout
Friday and Saturday in a single session (no parallel
sessions). (It was difficult to limit ourselves to only
twenty-four papers to accommodate our desire to foster a
communal discussion, but we believe we have selected some
very fine current work that covers a broad spectrum of
linguistically focused work on gender issues.) We also are
planning a banquet and an open COSWL meeting on Friday
evening, and a plenary talk and party on Saturday evening.
Workshops will take place on Sunday morning, and we will
close with a final wrap-up assessment early on Sunday
afternoon.
PLENARY: We are trying to complete final arrangements to
bring Deborah Cameron over from England as a our speaker for
Saturday night. Her works include _Feminism_and_Linguistic
Theory_, now in its second edition, _The_Feminist_Critique_
of_Language:_A_Reader, and Women_in_their_Speech_Communities
(with Jennifer Coates). There is a possibility that
Jennifer Coates may also be available. Sally McConnell-
Ginet and Penelope Eckert will present a plenary talk to the
INSTITUTE ON TUESDAY, JULY 20; YOU MAY WISH TO STAY IN
COLUMBUS TO HEAR THEM. WE ALSO PLAN TO HAVE THEM
provide commentary at the conference itself.

WORKSHOPS: Present plans for workshops include sessions on
language and gender syllabi, pedagogical issues, research
methods in language and gender, how to write LSA abstracts,
and career issues for women (plus more); all workshops will
be included in the registration price, except for the cost
of photocopying of any materials. Preregistration materials
will be sent out soon for them.
 There will also be a day of papers and workshops on
Sunday, July 18, in a separate but related session on
lesbian language(s) and perhaps on gay language. The
organizers of those parasessions may piggyback information
with our mailings to you later.

HOUSING is available through the OSU dormitories. (Sorry, no
motels are available on those dates; there is a "streetrod"
convention which had everything booked since early last
summer.) We recommend the airconditioned rooms.

North Dorms (air conditioned, private bathrooms; closer to
conference site)
 single double (per person)
daily rate $26.00/night $16.25/night
weekly rate $136.00/week $85.00/week (2 wk. min.)

South Dorms (no air conditioning; fans only; shared baths)
 single double (per person)
daily rate $18.00/night $9.50/night
weekly rate $94.50/week $49.00/week (2 wk.min.)

The housing form may be taken from the OSU Linguistic
Institute booklet, or will be sent to you in the mail along
with official registration information.

REGISTRATION will cost $40 for faculty and employed persons,
$20 FOR STUDENTS AND UNEMPLOYED PERSONS, WITH A $5 SURCHARGE FOR
registrations after June 21 and $5 off for all who are
registered as Linguistic Institute participants. This
amount includes all breaks, the conference program
(abstracts and addresses), receptions, and workshop costs
except extra photocopying charges. Banquet fees will be
extra (about $10-15).

WORKERS: We are looking for help at the conference itself,
with registration and other tasks. If you would like to
help, please contact Vicky at the numbers below.

If you have other questions, please contact Vicky Bergvall:
by phone: (906) 482-1636 or (906) 487-3260
by fax: (906) 487-3347
by e-mail: vbergvalmtus5.bitnet OR
VBERGVALMTUS5.CTS.MTU.EDU (NOTE E-MAIL ADDRESS CHANGES)
by mail: Dept. of Humanities, Michigan Technological
University, 1400 Townsend Drive, Houghton, MI 49931-1295.

OR CONTACT KATE REMLINGER AT KAREMLINMTU.EDU. (NOTE THAT
THIS IS THE ONLY ADDRESS THROUGH WHICH KATE RECEIVES EMAIL.)

Thanks! We are looking forward to seeing you in Columbus.
 Vicky Bergvall for the conference organizing committee
(Janet Bing, Alice Freed, Kate Remlinger, and Christy Block)
and for the 1993 COSWL committee (Dawn Bates & Victoria
Bergvall, co-chairs; Craige Roberts, Lynne Murphy, Bonnie
McElhinney, Alice Freed, Janet Bing, and Ann Peters)