LACUS 99

[Sydney M Lamb]

(Apologies to those who have already rec'd this message on another list.)


          LINGUISTICS ASSOCIATION OF CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES

                       THE TWENTY-SIXTH LACUS FORUM

                              To Be Held at
                        THE UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA
                        EDMONTON, ALBERTA, CANADA

                         AUGUST 3rd - 7th, 1999

Featured lecturers:
                  Joan Bybee, Univesity of New Mexico
                    Wallace Chafe, UC Santa Barbara

Conference Theme:
                             THE LEXICON

While abstracts are especially invited on any topics relating to the
lexicon including those listed below, abstracts on other linguistic
topics and interdisciplinary topics involving language will also
be considered:

        Lexical Semantics
        The Mental Lexicon
        Relationships of Lexicon and Syntax
        Relationships between Lexical and Conceptual Information
        Relationships between Lexical and Morphological Information
        Relationships between Lexical and Phonological Information
        The Cortical Representation of Lexical Information
        Diachronic Lexicology: The Lexicon through Time
        Conceptual Categories and Lexical Categories
        Cognitive Treatments of Lexical Information
        Lexical Functions
        Lexicalization
        Idiomaticity

Abstracts should be anonymous (no indication of the author) and should:
  l -  Have an informative but brief title
  2 -  Clearly state the problem to be addressed or the research
       questions raised by prior studies.
  3 -   State the main point(s) or argument(s) of the proposed
       presentation, with relevant data if possible.  If the paper is
       empirically based, state specific hypotheses and at least an
       outline  of results obtained.
  4 -  Show relevance to other work or to linguistic research.
  5 -  Give references to literature cited in the abstract.

Submit abstracts via e-mail with 3 camera-ready copies simultaneously sent
via snail mail to the addresses below. Those without e-mail available
should send 16 hard copies via snail mail.  Each author should also send
by snail mail a 3x5" card bearing name, addresses (especially e-mail)
affiliation, phone, title of paper, audio-visual equipment required (an
overhead projector will regularly be available), eligibility for prizes,
time desired (normally 15 or 25 minutes plus discussion time), and
identification of one or more topics under which the paper falls (from
above list, or specify if another).

Proposals for panels jor special sessions -- identifying proposed
participants -- are also welcome. Please contact Ruth Brend or Syd Lamb
right away with your ideas (see addresses below).

The  annual Presidents' Predoctoral Prize ($100) and Postdoctoral Prize
($500 -- for young untenured scholars) will be awarded to the best
papers in each category (only single-authored presentations considered).

Limited funds to assist scholars coming from countries with weak currencies
may be available.  For information contact the Conference Committee Chair.

Submit abstracts & proposals to:  Ruth Brend, Chair, LACUS Conference
Committee, 3361 Burbank Dr., Ann Arbor, MI 48105, USA (tel. 734-6652787;
fax 734-6652787; e-mail, rbrend at umich.edu).

Deadline for receipt of abstracts: January 15, 1999.

The University of Alberta, the second largest English speaking university
in Canada, is located in Edmonton, a cosmopolitan and ethnically diverse
city of almost a million people located just a few hours drive from the
magnificent Canadian Rockies (about 4 hours to Jasper and about 5 hours to
Banff -- the drive is easy and breathtakingly beautiful). Quite reasonable
hotel accommodations will be available at the edge of campus, within easy
walking distance to the conference rooms. Accommodations will also be
available on campus. Restaurants can be found both on and at the periphery
of campus, while downtown Edmonton is accessible via the subway.

Further information will be sent to all LACUS members and to nonmember
authors of accepted abstracts in March.

Conference Committee:
        Ruth Brend, Michigan State University (Emerita), Chair
        Angela Della Volpe, California State University, Fullerton
        Sydney Lamb, Rice University
        Gary Prideaux, University of Alberta
        Lois Stanford, University of Alberta

Address questions about the conference to:
                Ruth Brend <rbrend at umich.edu>
                Syd Lamb <lamb at rice.edu>

Address questions about Alberta to:
                Gary Prideaux <gary.prideaux at ualberta.ca>,
                Lois Stanford <lstanfor at maildrop.srv.ualberta.ca>