LINGUIST List 7.1571

Wed Nov 6 1996

Calls: Creole Language Workshop, NACCL9 Reminder

Editor for this issue: Susan Robinson <robinsonemunix.emich.edu>

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1. kelly a meehan, CREOLE LANGUAGE WORKSHOP
2. Hua LIN, NACCL9 Reminder+

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	 	ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PROPOSALS


			THE LINGUISTICS PROGRAM

		AT FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY

 ANNOUNCES

		THE THIRD ANNUAL CREOLE LANGUAGE WORKSHOP

 		 This year's theme is:

	'EMPOWERING CREOLES: DEVELOPING PEDAGOGICAL MATERIALS
			 IN AND ON CREOLES'
 	 Keynote Speaker: Dr Loreto Todd

			 March 19 - 23, 1997
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	The Annual Creole Language Workshops continue to provide an
opportunity for public school educators and administrators, university
faculty and students, creolists, and members of the community to come
together to exchange views and address issues and concerns of creole
languge use in an urban setting, with particular emphasis on the
educational system. The THIRD ANNUAL CREOLE LANGUAGE WORKSHOP will
include the keynote address, to be delivered by Dr. Loreto Todd,
lectures by invited speakers, panel discussions and several workshops
on a variety of creole languages.

	A call for additional papers is being solicited. Individuals
or panel proposals are being accepted on the theme, 'Empowering
Creoles: Developing Pedagogical Materials In and On Creoles'. Please
send a 1-page abstract to:

			Dr. Tometro Hopkins
		Coordinator, Creole Language Workshops
			Linguistics Program
			Department of English
 	 Florida International University
			 University Park
			 Miami, FL 33199

			 Phone: (305) 348-3096
			 Fax: (305) 348-3878
			 e-mail: hopkinstservax.fiu.edu

**NOTE: The deadline for submission of abstracts has been extended to
December 20, 1996. Abstract submissions by e-mail will be accepted!
Notification of acceptance will be sent in early January. For
information and inquiries, call or send to above address.

Dear Netters,

This is just a reminder that the abstract deadline for
the Ninth North American Conference on Chinese Linguistics is
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 * Nov. 15, 1996*
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which is drawing close!

Please look out for the Registration Forms, updated accommodation
information, etc. that are coming out very soon on our WEB page:
http://castle.uvic.ca/ling/naclconf.html

Attached below is the original Call for Papers for the conference,
in case you have misplaced your original one. Email
submissions are accepted, although snail mail ones are appreciated.
Thank you.
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The Ninth North American Conference on Chinese Linguistics
 will be held May 2-4, 1997
at the University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

 CALL FOR PAPERS
 (Please Post)

Deadline for abstract submission: Nov. 15, 1996
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Abstracts are invited for 20-minute talks on all
aspects of Chinese linguistics using any theoretical
framework. The abstract should be typed on one page
of 8.5" by 11" letter-sized paper using a size 12
font (for English). A second page may be used only
if references and/or brief examples are included.
Abstracts will be anonymously reviewed. Notification
of acceptance along with a preliminary program will
be sent through email or snail mail (where email is
not available) by February 15, 1997. Registration
fee is $60 Canadian Dollars ($45 US) before April 1,
1997, and $70 ($52 US) after. Languages for the
conference are English and Mandarin Chinese.

Send three copies of your abstract, one with the
author's name and affiliation, and a 3.5" by 5" index
card with the title of your paper, your name, affiliation,
address, email, fax, and phone number to:

Dr. Hua Lin
Chair, NACCL-9 Organizing Committee
Department of Linguistics
University of Victoria
P.O. Box 3045, Victoria, BC
Canada V8W 3P4
Phone:(604)721-6643; or (250)721-6643 in 1997
Fax:(604)721-7423; or (250)721-7423 in 1997
Email:naccl97uvvm.uvic.ca

Please check the following Web site often to get updated
information about the conference and about travel around
the Garden City of Victoria:

http://castle.uvic.ca/ling/naclconf.html