LINGUIST List 15.721

Sat Feb 28 2004

Calls: Applied Ling/USA

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    Message 1: American Name Society at Linguistic Society of America

    Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 21:23:43 -0500 (EST)
    From: lawson <lawsonfredonia.edu>
    Subject: American Name Society at Linguistic Society of America


    American Name Society at Linguistic Society of America Short Title: ANS at LSA

    Date: 06-Jan-2005 - 09-Jan-2005 Location: San Francisco, United States of America Contact: Ed Lawson Contact Email: lawsonfredonia.edu Meeting URL: http://www.wtsn.binghamton.edu/ANS/

    Linguistic Sub-field: Applied Linguistics ,General Linguistics ,Phonetics ,Psycholinguistics ,Sociolinguistics ,Lexicography

    Subject Language: English

    Call Deadline: 01-Sep-2005

    Meeting Description:

    The American Name Society was founded in 1951 for the study of onomastics, the science of names. It is interdisciplinary and its members are drawn from many disciplines including linguistics, geography, literature, history, and anthropology as well as representatives from government agencies, industry, professional writers, and private individuals. Major areas of onomastics are: personal, place, and literary names, commercial (including) brand names. At the January, 2004 meeting held in Boston, there were 23 papers presented by speakers from the United States and seven other countries. Speakers included Stanley Lieberson (Harvard University), Aaron Demsky (Bar-Ilan University), Patrick Hanks (Dictionary of American Family Names), Ken Tucker (Carleton University), and Ronald R. Butters (Duke University). The American Name Society (ANS)invites abstracts for papers and programs for ANS sessions to be held in conjunction with the Linguistic Society of America, the American Dialect Society, and other organizations in San Francisco, 6-9 January 2005. The preferred mode of transmission of abstracts or proposals is by email or email attachment sent to: lawsonfredonia.edu

    Abstracts sent by postal mail are acceptable and should be addressed to: Edwin D. Lawson, 23 Westerly Drive, Fredonia, NY 14063.

    Abstracts on any area of onomastics are appropriate. Abstracts of 15-200 words should be sent as soon as convenient but not later than 1 September, 2004. Proposals for panel discussions, nominations for distinguished speakers or other types of proposal are due by August 1. All abstracts will be evaluated anonymously and senders will be notified by 15 September or as soon as possible after that date.

    Membership in the American Name Society is a requirement for acceptance of a paper.

    If a paper is accepted for ANS, the abstract will be published in the LSA meeting handbook as well as the ANS program. For further information on ANS, go to http://www.wtsn.binghamton.edu/ANS/