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The fifty most recent issues of LINGUIST List on all subjects.

With the exception of obituaries, the All topic is reserved for messages from LINGUIST to its subscribers.

Publishers' announcements of new books of interest to linguists.

Announcements from organizers of conferences, workshops, or journals asking for submissions of papers or abstracts. These include the relevant information about the conference or workshop, submission guidelines, deadline for submisions, and, if possible, an address or URL for more information.

A conference posting may include all the information about a conference, including location, schedule, papers being presented, keynote speakers, URL of the conference, and even a registration form which could be printed out by a LINGUIST subscriber.

Readers may submit a question, hypothesis, or issue for debate and discussion by fellow linguists. These must be linguistically relevant and professional in tone, as well as free from political content, personal attacks, or heated rhetoric. Discussions may be ended at the discretion of the moderators; a "last call" notice is always given.

We post dissertation abstracts where the abstract is confined to no more than 4000 characters. This is the equivalent of about 500 words.

FYIs inform the list of new information or resources. Some examples are: a notice of available research grants, a new university linguistics program, a new web site, new resources available (i.e., corpora, references), or new experiments. Calls for Papers for books and working papers series are also posted as FYIs.

Internship postings are from institutions and organizations who are seeking a linguist as an intern.

Jobs postings are from institutions and organizations who are seeking a linguist for a specific job. Due to the large amount of mail which we receive, LINGUIST does not deal with job-seeking postings.

These are announcements of linguistics in the news. Examples: an upcoming guest appearance of a linguist on a TV or radio program; an article in a magazine or newspaper, or a film that deals with some linguistic issue.

This topic is reserved for questions submitted by professional linguists (as opposed to the general public), usually designed to gather information which would aid the sender in his/her research.

These are reviews written by LINGUIST readers, about books that have been announced on LINGUIST. Reviewers are chosen by the Review Editors.

These are announcements of new software of interest to linguists.

After an appropriate amount of time, the sender of a Query submits a summary of the responses received from the list. This is an overview of responses rather than merely a collection of messages reprinted verbatim.

This topic is for announcements of any opportunity for students which is aimed at supporting their efforts to gain a degree, including graduate assistantships. Post-docs are not included in this topic.

Publishers' announcements of journals and their tables of contents.