Call for Papers

[Joanne M. Despres]

Well, I'll pass the word onto Felicia and see what she says.  How
on earth do you get a dictionary into a telephone, though?  (I
realize that you must be talking about a cell phone -- are they
combined with handheld computers nowadays?)

Joanne

On 9 Feb 2006, at 21:42, RonButters at AOL.COM wrote:

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