Call for Papers

[Michael Darnell]

CALL FOR PAPERS
Deadline for submission of abstracts is February 2, 1998

DISCOURSE ACROSS LANGUAGES AND CULTURES
24TH UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MILWAUKEE LINGUISTICS SYMPOSIUM
SEPTEMBER 10-12, 1998

We are seeking papers that discuss written, spoken, or signed discourse
from a cross-linguistic and/or cross-cultural perspective.  It is part of
the purpose of this symposium to initiate a dialogue among the various
disciplines and sub-disciplines that are involved in this study and we are
seek abstracts from scholars representing any of the following fields of
study where the focus of the paper is on cross-linguistics and/or
cross-cultural comparison.

discourse analysis              text linguistics
contrastive rhetoric            rhetorical typology
translation studies             genre studies

The list of invited speakers, which we will announce shortly, will include
representatives from all these fields.

Papers will be 20 minutes long, with a 10 minute discussion period to
follow.  Please send 9 copies of an anonymous abstract and a 3x5 inch card
containing the title of the paper and your name, affiliation, mailing
address, and email address.  The abstract may be up to one typed page,
with figures and references allowed on a second page.  the typeface can be
no smaller than 10 points; allow one inch [2cm] margins on all sides of
the paper.  If your abstract is accepted, it will be included in the
meeting handbook:  we therefore prefer submission by regular mail over
submission by email or fax.

A selection of the conference papers, supplemented with some invited
contributions, will be published by John Benjamins in a volume [or set of
volumes] edited by Michael Darnell, Carol Lynn Moder, and Michael Noonan

SEND YOUR ABSTRACT TO:
'98 UWM Symposium Committee
Department of English
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Milwaukee, WI  53201-0413
USA

ABSTRACT DEADLINE:  February 2, 1998

For further information in the future, visit our website:
http://www.uwm.edu:80/Dept/English/98Symp.html
or contact
Michael Darnell
Dept. of English
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Milwaukee, WI 53201-0413  USA
phone:  414-962-1943;  fax:  414-229-2643; messages:  414-229-4511;
email:  darnell at csd.uwm.edu