Fw: Call for abstracts

[Ken Ehrensal]

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From: "Susan Burt" <smburt at ILSTU.EDU>
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Sent: Monday, January 15, 2007 1:51 PM
Subject: Call for abstracts


> Please forgive any cross-posting!
>
> Call for Papers
>
>
> Language Variation and Change in the United States
>
> The American Dialect Society, Midwest Region
> With the Midwest Modern Language Association
>
> 8-11November 2007
>
> We welcome papers dealing with varieties of English and other languages 
> spoken in the United States. Presentations may be based in traditional 
> dialectology or in other areas of language variation and change, including 
> sociolinguistics, historical linguistics, anthropological linguistics, 
> folk linguistics, language and gender/sexuality, language attitudes, 
> linguistics in the schools, critical discourse analysis, or narratology.
>
> April 1, 2007 is the deadline for abstracts. See below for abstract 
> specifications.
>
> Send abstracts to:
>
> Susan M. Burt
> smburt at ilstu.edu
> American Dialect Society, Midwest Secretary
> Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois
> 1-309-438-7840
>
> Abstract specifications: Email submissions only; send abstract as an 
> attachment in Word. Abstract should be no more than 250 words, excluding 
> title and references. Include word count at the end of the abstract and 
> omit any identifying information (name, affiliation, etc). Include contact 
> information, affiliation, and abstract title in the body of your email.
>
> Membership to ADS is recommended. Membership is $50 and includes a year's 
> subscription to the society's journal, American Speech, and a copy of the 
> Publication of the American Dialect Society (PADS, an annual hardbound 
> supplement). Membership information is available at 
> www.americandialect.org.
>
> Membership to MMLA is required. Membership is $35 for full and associate 
> professors, $30 for assistant professors and schoolteachers, $20 for 
> adjunct and part-time faculty, and $15 for students, retired, and 
> unemployed. Information on membership is available at the website below or 
> by writing to MMLA, 302 English-Philosophy Bldg, U of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 
> 52242-1408, tel: 1-319-335-0331.
>
> For more information about ADS at MMLA, see the MMLA website, 
> www.uiowa.edu/~mmla, go to “Call for Papers,” scroll down to “Associated 
> Organizations,” then to “American Dialect Society.”
>