LINGUIST List 8.1145

Wed Aug 6 1997

Calls: Texas Linguistics Society

Editor for this issue: Martin Jacobsen <martylinguistlist.org>

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1. Tivoli Majors, Call for abstracts for the listserve

The 1998 Conference of the Texas Linguistics Society

Title: 	Exploring the Boundaries Between Phonetics & Phonology

		The University of Texas at Austin
			March 13-15, 1998

Keynote Speakers:

	Abigail Cohn, Cornell University
	Patricia Keating, University of California, Los Angeles
	Janet Pierrehumbert, Northwestern University

Abstracts are invited for 30 minute talks (with 10 additional minutes
for discussion) on any topic related to the relationship between
phonetics and phonology. Potential topics include, but are not
limited to:

Theoretical exploration of the interplay between phonetics and
phonology

Encoding phonetic naturalness in phonological theory or
representation

Experimental data (acoustic or perceptual) pertaining to
phonological patterns and/or sound change

Phonetic and phonological realizations of specific patterns such
as tone and intonation, coarticulation, metathesis, etc.

Matches and mismatches between phonetic and phonological patterns

*Especially encouraged* are abstracts dealing with the separation
of phonetics and phonology

Abstracts must be no more than one 8 1/"2 by 11" page, single-spaced,
and in at least 12-point font (10 point for examples), with one-inch
margins on all sides. One additional page with references and
diagrams or tableaux may be appended if necessary. All submissions
must include the following items:

	10 anonymous copies of the abstract
	
1 3x5" card with name, affiliation, address, phone number, email
address

and title of paper

Deadline for receipt of abstracts is October 17, 1997. Send abstracts
to:

TLS Abstract Committee
Calhoun 501
The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX 78712

Abstracts received after the deadline will not be considered. Fax
submissions will not be accepted. Instructions for email submissions
are available upon request. An individual may submit at most one
single and one co-authored paper. Accepted presenters will be
notified by mid-December, 1997. If presenters wish to have their
papers included in the conference proceedings, they must submit a
camera-ready copy by May 15, 1998. Proceedings will be published by
the Texas Linguistic Forum.

A poster session that will accompany the conference is currently being
organized. A call for poster abstracts will be issued soon.

Preregistration for the conference is $15.00 (US) for students, $30.00
for nonstudents.

For further information, contact
tlsuts.cc.utexas.edu
or check out our web page at http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~tls/
Tivoli Majors
University of Texas
Department of Linguistics