Call for Papers

[RonButters at AOL.COM]

I have two dictionaries in my TELEPHONE that I carry around with me. Somebody
ought to do a paper on THAT! Not sure I want to go to Philadelphia in the
middle of winter, though.

In a message dated 2/9/06 11:46:30 AM, jdespres at MERRIAM-WEBSTER.COM writes:


> Call for Papers
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> MLA 2006 Convention, Philadelphia
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> Lexicography Discussion Group
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> Text and Hypertext: Dictionaries and their Readers/Users
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> Increasingly, dictionaries appear in multiple forms, printed and
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> web-based, that elicit different responses from their readers. Papers
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> addressing the changes in the needs and expectations of
> dictionary users
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> and the differing requirements of multiple media welcome.
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> Abstracts due by March 15, 2006, to Felicia Jean Steele
> (steele at tcnj.edu).
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> Newcomers to the Modern Language Association welcome,
> although all
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> participants in convention sessions must be MLA members by 7
> April 2006.
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