CALL FOR PAPERS

[Lee Abraham]

                          CALL FOR PAPERS

                The High Desert Linguistics Society
               2nd Student Conference in Linguistics
                              (HDLS-2)

                         March 26-27, 1999
                      University of New Mexico
                            Albuquerque

KEYNOTE SPEAKER:  Sandra Thompson

We invite papers from all areas of linguistics, but special
consideration will be given to the following specific areas of inquiry:

        Form and Function
        Language Change and Grammaticization
        Discourse Analysis
        Native American Linguistics
        Sign Language Linguistics
        Computational Linguistics
        Sociolinguistics & Language Planning

ABSTRACTS for 20-minutes papers may be a maximum of one
page.  At the top of the abstract (if by e-mail) or on a
separate page (if on paper), please include:

      title of paper
      author name(s) and affiliation(s)
      topic area (from the list above or whatever seems appropriate)
      e-mail address
      paper mailing address

SUBMISSION DEADLINE:

Abstracts must be received by Jan. 22, 1999.

WHERE TO SUBMIT:

Abstracts for 20-minute papers should be e-mailed in ascii, Word,
or Word Perfect form to:  <hdls at unm.edu>.

Please use "Abstract" as your subject header. If you are submitting
more than one abstract, please e-mail each separately.

If you prefer to use regular mail, send two copies of your abstract
to:

HDLS-2 Abstracts
University of New Mexico
Humanities 526
Albuquerque, NM 87131

INQUIRIES:

For more information, visit the conference web site forthcoming in
December at <http://www.unm.edu/~hdls/hdls-2/>.

e-mail inquiries:  hdls at unm.edu

The proceedings of the conference will be published.