Call for papers: American Dialect Society -- DEADLINE FOR ABSTRAC TS 15 MARCH

[Scott McGinnis]

FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS

The American Dialect Society is now accepting proposals for papers to be
delivered at its annual conjoint meeting with the Rocky Mountain Modern
Language Association.

The Convention will be held in Vancouver, BC Canada and will run from
October
11 - 13, 2001.

Papers dealing with any aspect of the dialects of English or other
languages
spoken in the United States will be considered and those dealing with
Canadian dialects, language contact in Canada, and dialect contact along
the
US/Canada border are especially welcome.

Please send a 150 word abstract by regular mail or e-mail to the address
listed below no later than March 15, 2001.

Glenn A. Martinez
Department of Modern Languages
The University of Texas at Brownsville
80 Fort Brown
Brownsville, TX 78520

gamartinez1 at utb1.utb.edu