Call for papers: GURT 2001

[Scott McGinnis]

With thanks to Rick Jackson of the ILR...


CALL FOR PAPERS


Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics (GURT) 2001


"Linguistics, Language, and the Real World: Discourse and Beyond"
Conference Chairs: James E. Alatis and Deborah Tannen


March 8 - 10, 2001
Georgetown University
Washington, D.C.

Plenary Speakers:
Wallace Chafe
Alessandro Duranti
Frederick Erickson
Shirley Brice Heath
William Labov
Robin Lakoff
Susan Philips
Deborah Schiffrin
Ron Scollon
Bernard Spolsky
Deborah Tannen
G. Richard Tucker


We invite papers related to the conference theme, including but not limited
to such topics as family discourse, public discourse, narrative, political
discourse, and language policy and planning.


Individual papers will be 15 minutes long.  To propose an individual paper,
send four copies of a one-page abstract.  In the upper left-hand corner of
one copy, place the submitter's name, address, telephone, e-mail address,
and institutional affiliation.  In the upper right-hand corner, write the
topic area of the paper. The other three copies should contain no
identifying information.


ALL PROPOSALS MUST BE RECEIVED BY MONDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2000. Send papers to:
Georgetown University Round Table 2001, 519-B Intercultural Center,
Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. 20057-1045.  E-mail inquiries should
be directed to gurt at gusun.georgetown.edu.