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<div class=Section1><pre><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>The fifth annual High Desert Linguistics Conference will be held at the<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span></font><st1:place><st1:PlaceType>University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName><span
class=GramE>New<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Mexico</span></st1:PlaceName></st1:place>, <st1:place><st1:City>Albuquerque</st1:City>, <st1:State>NM</st1:State></st1:place>, <st1:date
Month="11" Day="1" Year="2002">November 1 - 2, 2002</st1:date>.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>(<a
href="http://www.unm.edu/~hdls/conf/2002/index.htm">http://www.unm.edu/~hdls/conf/2002/index.htm</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> We invite you to submit proposals for 20-minute talks with 10 minute<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> <span class=GramE>discussion</span> sessions in any area of linguistics from any theoretical<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> <span class=GramE>perspective</span>.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Papers in the following areas are especially welcome:<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Evolution of language, Language change & variation, <span
class=SpellE>Grammaticization</span>,<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Applied linguistics, Sociolinguistics, Researching Metaphor &<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Metonymy, Signed languages, Native American languages, and<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><span
class=GramE><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Computational linguistics.</span></font></span><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>The Call for Papers can be found at<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><a
href="http://www.unm.edu/~hdls/conf/2002/call.htm">http://www.unm.edu/~hdls/conf/2002/call.htm</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>In addition, the guidelines for abstracts can be found at<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><a
href="http://www.unm.edu/~hdls/conf/2002/abstract.htm">http://www.unm.edu/~hdls/conf/2002/abstract.htm</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>The deadline for submitting abstracts is </span></font><st1:date
Month="8" Day="2" Year="2002">August 2nd, 2002</st1:date> and the<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><span
class=GramE><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>acceptance</span></font></span> & notification date will be <st1:date
Month="8" Day="19" Year="2002">August 19th, 2002</st1:date><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>If you have any questions or need for further information please<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><span
class=GramE><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>contact</span></font></span> either Christopher Shank (<a
href="mailto:chrc@unm.edu">chrc@unm.edu</a>) or <span class=SpellE>Gabe</span> Waters at<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>(<a
href="mailto:watersg@unm.edu">watersg@unm.edu</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre>
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