Save April 15-17

[David Barnhart]

The ADS-Northeast Region is gathering with the International Linguistic
Association at SUNY-New Paltz.



Invited speakers are:

Dr. Joan Houston Hall (DARE-University of Wisconsin)



"Who Needs DARE"



Professor Dennis R. Preston (Oklahoma State University)



"Dialects and regard: What linguists don't know (or pretend not to)"



Professor Walt Wolfram (North Carolina State University)



"Taking American Dialects Public: Principles and Programs"



Professor John M. Lipski (Pennsylvania State University)



"Afro-Bolivian Spanish and Palenquero: is decreolization reversible?"





A Q&A session for exploring resources is planned for Saturday morning.  More
information shortly.



Conference Web site: www.ilaword.org

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