7.57, Calls: Berkeley Women and Lang Conf (deadline extension)

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LINGUIST List:  Vol-7-57. Fri Jan 12 1996. ISSN: 1068-4875. Lines:  115
 
Subject: 7.57, Calls: Berkeley Women and Lang Conf (deadline extension)
 
Moderators: Anthony Rodrigues Aristar: Texas A&M U. <aristar at tam2000.tamu.edu>
            Helen Dry: Eastern Michigan U. <hdry at emunix.emich.edu>
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Date:  Fri, 12 Jan 1996 10:18:44 PST
From:  nwarner at uclink.berkeley.edu (Natasha Lynn Warner)
Subject:  deadline extension Berkeley Women and Language Conference
 
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Date:  Fri, 12 Jan 1996 10:18:44 PST
From:  nwarner at uclink.berkeley.edu (Natasha Lynn Warner)
Subject:  deadline extension Berkeley Women and Language Conference
 
 
The deadline for receipt of abstracts for the Berkeley Women and
Language Conference has been extended to January 17 (from January 10)
because of delays caused by the storms on the East Coast.  If you were
thinking of submitting an abstract, but have not done so yet, please
send your abstract by some form of next-day mail so that we receive it
by the 17th.  E-mail submissions will also be accepted, but hard copy
is preferred.  Faxed submissions are discouraged, but if you must fax
your abstract, please fax only one copy each of the short and the long
abstract, not six copies of the long abstract.  A repeat of the call
for papers follows.
 
*CALL FOR PAPERS*
1996 Berkeley Women and Language Conference
Gender and Belief Systems
April 19-21, 1996, Berkeley Conference Center, Berkeley, CA
 
The topic of the Fourth Berkeley Women and Language Conference is
Gender and Belief Systems. This includes such issues as expression of
spirituality; how language reflects beliefs about gender; beliefs
about the language of particular groups; and the interaction of
language and gender with religions, political, social, cultural or
intellectual systems.
 
Beliefs of many types are often taken for granted both in studies of
language structure and in those of gender. Belief commonly serves as a
starting point, but is not investigated in its own right. This topic
encourages works exploring the foundations of
ideological/epistemological constructs.
 
We especially encourage innovative approaches to subfields of
linguistics not traditionally associated with gender studies, such as
phonetics, phonology, syntax, and semantics, in addition to
sociolinguistic, pragmatic, and discourse analyses. Papers from
various fields such as religious studies, anthropology, education,
psychology, ethnic studies, legal studies, language and literature are
encouraged. However, all papers should involve both language and
gender.
 
Invited speakers include:
 
Niko Besnier, Dept. of Anthropology, Yale University
Suzanne Fleischman, Dept. of French, UC Berkeley
Nancy Henley, Dept. of Psychology, UCLA
Janet Holmes, Dept. of Linguistics, Victoria Univ. of Wellington
Cheris Kramarae, Dept. of Women's Studies, Univ. of Ill. at
Urbana-Champaign
Robin Lakoff, Dept. of Linguistics, UC Berkeley
John McWhorter, Dept. of Linguistics and African-American Studies, UC
Berkeley
Barrie Thorne, Dept. of Sociology and Women's Studies, UC Berkeley
and presenting a special panel:
	A Retrospective on progress in the field since the 1983
	publication of "Language, Gender and Society"
	with Nancy Henley, Cheris Kramarae, and Barrie Thorne
 
 
 
As a condition of participation, all speakers are expected to submit
their conference papers for publication in the Proceedings of the 1996
Berkeley Women and Language Conference. (We may also publish selected
papers with a major publisher.) Speakers will be allowed 20 minutes
for presentation and 5 minutes for questions. To submit an abstract,
send six copies of an anonymous 500-word proposal (one page,
unreduced) to the address below, along with one copy of a 150-word
abbreviation of this proposal for publication in the conference
program. The deadline for abstracts is January 10, 1996. We ask that
you make your abstract as specific as possible, including a statement
of your topic or problem, your approach, and your
conclusions. Abstracts should be accompanied by a single 3 x 5 card
with: (1) the title of the paper, (2) the author's name, (3) the
author's affiliation (department and university), and (4) the phone,
e-mail, and street address at which the author wishes to receive
notification in early February,1996, of acceptance or
rejection. Please address all correspondence to: Berkeley Women and
Language Group, 2337 Dwinelle Hall, University of California,
Berkeley, CA, 94720 (telephone: 510-642-2757; e-mail:
bwlg at garnet.berkeley.edu; fax: 510- 643-5688). BWLG Web site:
http://trill.berkeley.edu/users/sutton/BWLG.html
 
Registration Fees: Before March 30, 1996: $20 for students, $30 for non-
students after March 30, 1996: $30 for students, $40 for non-students
Wheelchair accessible.
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