Conference date change: 20th Spanish in USA - NEW DATES 3/24-26/05

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This is a follow-up to the original posting of 26 January.

Please note that the dates have been changed from April to MARCH 24-26,
2005.

20th Conference on Spanish in the United States and
5th International Conference on Spanish in Contact
http://spaninus.uic.edu
Date: March 24-26, 2005
The University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
Contact: Kim Potowski, kimpotow at uic.edu
Deadline for submissions: September 30, 2004

Meeting Description:

Submissions are invited for 20-minute presentations in any area related to
Spanish in the United States or Spanish in contact with other languages,
including language maintenance and shift, language  variation, language
policy and planning, discourse analysis, language attitudes, language
acquisition, development, and attrition, heritage language education,
language in public life, and other relevant topics.

Presentations may be given in Spanish or English. Papers about Spanish use
in less commonly studied areas of the United States are especially encouraged.

Submission instructions:
Please send the following to fstayn1 at uic.edu via Rich Text Format (RTF)
attachment:

1) One page containing the following information: The meeting for which the
paper is intended (Spanish in the U.S. or Spanish in Contact), audiovisual
requests, title, and the name, academic affiliation, current address, phone
and fax numbers, and e-mail address of each author.

2) On a separate page: an anonymous one-page abstract with title. There may
be one additional page for references. Abstracts should be 1.5 or double
spaced, in 12-point type. Authors may submit a total of two abstracts, one
individual and one joint.

Please note: All submissions must be via email attachments in Rich Text
Format (RTF) by September 30th, 2004. Regular mail should be used only as a
last resort and must be postmarked by September 30, 2004:

Spanish in the US/In contact
The University of Illinois at Chicago
Department of Spanish, French, Italian & Portuguese
1727 UH, MC-315
601 S. Morgan St.
Chicago, IL 60607