Northeast Regional

[David Barnhart]

Yes, Virginia, there is a ADS-Northeast Regional meeting in New Paltz (in
conjunction with the International Linguistic Association).  There will be
people from a dozen countries talking about "Dialect(s)."



April 15-17th at SUNY-New Paltz in the Lecture Center and the Humanities
Building. (Thursday afternoon through Saturday afternoon).  There's a
banquet planned for Friday evening.  You can find more details at
<ilaword.org>



Come an hear:



Joan Hall (DARE at U. of Wisconsin)

Dennis  Preston (Oklahoma State U.)

Walt Wolfram (North Carolina State U.)

and John Lipski (Pennsylvania State U.).



Sunday Bonus Session:



Eric Roth will speak at the archives of the Huguenot Street Museum about the
language use and ethnicity in New Paltz (1678-1834).



David K. Barnhart, Co-Chair

Barnhart at highlands.com

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