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THE 14TH ANNUAL MEETING---ISRAELI ASSOCIATION FOR THEORETICAL LINGUISTICS IATL 14 June 8-9 1998 BEN GURION UNIVERSITY, BEER SHEVA INVITED SPEAKERS: Nina Hyams (UCLA) Guglielmo Cinque (University of Venice) IATL 14, the 14th annual meeting of the Israeli Association for Theoretical Linguistics, will be held in Ben Gurion University, Beer Sheva, on June 8-9 1998. Submissions are invited for papers presenting high quality, previously unpublished research in all areas of theoretical linguistics. Please send 7 copies of an anonymous abstract (maximum length 2 pages) accompanied by a card with author's name, affiliation, e-mail, mailing address, and title of paper to: IATL 14 Linguistics Programme, Department of English, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem 91905 Israel. Deadline: March 1, 1998. Not more than one single-authored abstract per person, plus one co-authored abstract. Further information: msjihadMail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issuepluto.mscc.huji.ac.il
CALL FOR PAPERS S A L S A The SYMPOSIUM ABOUT LANGUAGE AND SOCIETY - AUSTIN is pleased to announce its Sixth Annual Meeting to be held APRIL 24-26, 1998 at the University of Texas at Austin. We encourage the submission of abstracts on research that addresses the relationship of language to culture and society. Desired frameworks include but are not limited to: LINGUISTIC ANTHROPOLOGY, SOCIOLINGUISTICS, ETHNOGRAPHY OF COMMUNICATION SPEECH PLAY, VERBAL ART, AND POETICS POLITICAL ECONOMY OF LANGUAGE 1998 KEYNOTE SPEAKERS John Gumperz (University of California, Berkeley) Ofelia Zepeda (University of Arizona) Robert D. King (University of Texas, Austin) Papers delivered at the conference will be published as a special edition of the Texas Linguistic Forum. Speakers will be allowed 20 minutes for presentation and 10 minutes for discussion. Papers will be selected based on the evaluation of an ANONYMOUS written abstract which may not exceed one page (using 10 pt. font or larger). Please submit: AN ABSTRACT, A CARD, AND A SHORT ABSTRACT, namely: FIRST, six (6) copies of the ABSTRACT, on 81/2 x 11 paper, to the address below AND SECOND: a 3x5 CARD with the following information: 1) The title of the paper, 2) Author's name, 3) Author's affiliation, 4) Address and phone number at which the author wishes to be notified AND THIRD: a SHORT 100 WORD ABSTRACT of the paper, on a 3.5" disk, for publication in the conference program. Discs can be either Macintosh or PC, but texts must be word-processed in A) text-only ASCII or B) Microsoft Word (Mac or PC). Please label your disk clearly. See the SALSA web page for additional guidelines: http://www.dla.utexas.edu/depts/anthro/projects/salsa Submission date for abstracts is JANUARY 16, 1998. Late submissions will not be accepted, and we cannot accept papers which are to be published elsewhere. Notification of acceptance or rejection will be sent in mid-February, 1998. Registration fees will be approximately $16 for students and $32 for non-students. Papers must be received by early May, 1998 to be included in the published proceedings. Send all correspondence to: SALSA Department of Linguistics University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX 78712 email: SALSAMail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issueccwf.cc.utexas.edu