Call for Papers

[Timothy J. Pulju]

                        TWENTY-FOURTH ANNUAL MEETING
           LINGUISTICS ASSOCIATION OF CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES
                      YORK UNIVERSITY, TORONTO, CANADA
                           JULY 29-AUGUST 2, 1997

                              CALL FOR PAPERS

    The 24th annual meeting of the Linguistics Association of Canada and
the United States -- with four days of refereed papers and panels -- will
be hosted by Sheila Embleton of York University.  The program will include
the following special lectures:

                  Michel Paradis, McGill University
     PREREQUISITES FOR A NEUROLINGUISTIC INVESTIGATION OF BILINGUALISM

                 Igor Mel'chuk, University of Montreal
        MEANING AND TEXT: THE IMPORTANCE OF CONCEPTUAL APPARATUS,
              SEMANTIC NETWORKS, FUNCTIONALISM, AND LEXICON


    Current members of LACUS may submit 1 abstract.  Non-members may join
the association by including dues with the abstract ($35 US, $45 Can.;
students $20 U.S., $25 Can).  Suggested topics include (but are not
limited to):

                              Semantics
                           Neurolinguistics
                         Cognitive Linguistics
                  Functional Approaches in Linguistics
                Relationships between Syntax and Lexicon
              The Processes of Speaking and Understanding
                Second Language Acquisition and Teaching
                 Non-Conventional Approaches to Syntax
                   Language Use in its Social Context
                             Bilingualism


   15 copies of anonymous abstracts on one 8.5x11" page (single-spaced,
camera ready) are required. Include a 3x5" card with name, addresses,
affiliation, phone, title of paper, audio-visual equipment needed (an
overhead projector will be available for all presentations), eligibility
for prizes, and time desired: Either 15 minutes or 25 minutes (five
minutes of discussion time will be scheduled after each paper).  Proposals
for panels -- including confirmed participants -- are also welcome.

   The following prizes are awarded:

        Presidents' Predoctoral Prize ($100.00)
        Awarded to a single author who has not completed a doctorate.

        Presidents' Postdoctoral Prize ($500.00)
        Open to those who have received a doctorate within the preceding
        10 years, but who have not yet achieved tenure.

        Robert J. Di Pietro Memorial Award ($600.00)
        Awarded to a graduate student or to a non-tenured PhD whose paper
        contributes most to the advancement of research in the area of the
        acquisition or teaching of foreign (or second) languages.


   Abstracts and proposals should be submitted by January 15th, 1997, to:
        RuthBrend, LACUS Conference Chair
        3363 Burbank Dr., Ann Arbor, MI 48105, USA

   Immediately preceding the meeting there will be an eight-hour tutorial
workshop on The Neurocognitive Basis of Language, intended for linguists
with little or no prior knowledge of neuroscience, presented by
        Sydney M. Lamb of Rice University,
        Michel Paradis of McGill University, and
        Peter A. Reich of the University of Toronto.


   For further information, contact Ruth Brend (tel. 313-6652787;
fax 313-6659743; e-mail, rbrend at umich.edu).  For information on the
tutorial workshop, contact Sydney Lamb: lamb at rice.edu.