LASSO Call

[Garland D. Bills]

                              CALL FOR PAPERS
                                 LASSO XXV

                        25th Annual Meeting of the
                  Linguistic Association of the Southwest

                            October 11-13, 1996
                        Louisiana State University
                          Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Invited Speaker: Barbara Johnstone (Texas A&M University)
                 "Profiles of Texas Speech: Discourse Issues"

     Proposals for papers in any area of linguistics will be
considered. Submissions for the 1995 meeting in Baton Rouge are
particularly encouraged in the areas of discourse analysis,
languages and variation in Louisiana, and Mayan linguistics.
Papers by graduate students are especially solicited and may be
considered for the Helmut Esau Prize, a $250 cash award made
annually by LASSO.

     Presentation time for papers will be limited to twenty
minutes plus ten minutes for discussion.

     **The deadline for receipt of abstracts is June 15, 1996.**
Notification of acceptance of papers will be sent out by August
1, 1996.

     Only one abstract as single author and a second as co-author
will be accepted from any individual.

     Abstracts must be no longer than one page ( c. 250 words)
and should summarize the main points of the paper and explain
relevant aspects of the data, methodology, and argumentation
employed; abstracts of accepted papers will be published exactly
as received in a booklet for distribution at the meeting. At the
beginning of your abstract place the paper title, and at the end
of the abstract (or on a separate page) repeat the title along
with your name, affiliation, mailing address, telephone number,
and e-mail address.

     It is preferred that abstracts be submitted by e-mail to:
               ditmg at ttacs1.ttu.edu
In the absence of e-mail, or if your abstract contains any
special symbols, send one hard copy of the abstract (preferably
with a diskette, labeled for operating system and word processing
program) to:
               Mary Jane Hurst
               Department of English
               Texas Tech University
               Lubbock, TX  79409-3091
                 Tel. (806) 742-2501

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Presentation of papers at the LASSO annual meetings is a
privilege of membership in LASSO; 1995 dues must be paid by June
15 in order for your abstract to be considered. Annual membership
dues for individuals are US$15.00 (or US$7.50 for students,
retired persons, and those not employed). To pay dues or for
additional information, contact:
               Garland D. Bills
               Executive Director, LASSO
               Department of Linguistics
               University of New Mexico
               Albuquerque, NM  87131-1196  USA
                 Tel. (505) 277-7416
                 Fax  (505) 277-6355
                 E-mail: gbills at .unm.edu