9.1744, Calls: All Topics/Student, Shenandoah Language Society

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LINGUIST List:  Vol-9-1744. Wed Dec 9 1998. ISSN: 1068-4875.

Subject: 9.1744, Calls: All Topics/Student, Shenandoah Language Society

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1)
Date:  Tue, 08 Dec 1998 11:07:19 -0700
From:  Jordan Lachler <lachler at unm.edu>
Subject:  High Desert Linguistics Society/Students

2)
Date:  Tue, 08 Dec 1998 12:41:51 -0700
From:  paul baltes <paul_baltes at byu.edu>
Subject:  Shenandoah Language and Linguistics Society

-------------------------------- Message 1 -------------------------------

Date:  Tue, 08 Dec 1998 11:07:19 -0700
From:  Jordan Lachler <lachler at unm.edu>
Subject:  High Desert Linguistics Society/Students


                      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:  Dr. Sandra Thompson, UCSB

We invite student papers from all areas of linguistics, but
we especially encourage papers in 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

PROCEEDINGS

The proceedings of the conference will be published in
the summer of 1999.

INQUIRIES:

For more information, visit the conference web site at
<http://www.unm.edu/~hdls/hdls-2/, available soon.

e-mail inquiries:  hdls at unm.edu


-------------------------------- Message 2 -------------------------------

Date:  Tue, 08 Dec 1998 12:41:51 -0700
From:  paul baltes <paul_baltes at byu.edu>
Subject:  Shenandoah Language and Linguistics Society


The Shenandoah Language and Linguistics Society Symposium is issuing a
call for papers for their upcoming symposium to be held at the
Southern Virginia College Campus in Buena Vista, Virginia.  The
conference will be held on March 25-26, 1999.

Topics
The conference welcomes papers treating a variety of topics in
language and linguistics.  This includes not only papers treating
topics within linguistic disciplines such as phonology, morphology,
syntax, semantics, pragmatics, sociolinguistics, historical
linguistics, and applied linguistics, but also interdisciplinary
presentations that involve language analysis.

Speakers

The Keynote Speaker is Professor William Eggington, Professor of
English Language and Linguistics at Brigham Young University.
Professor Eggington specializes in Language-in-Education Policy and
general language planning.  His most recent book is entitled The
Sociopolitics of English Language Teaching.  His keynote address is
entitled "Linguistic Predictors of Academic Achievement."

The Featured Speaker will be Professor Terry Blodgett, Professor of
German at Southern Utah University.  He is currently preparing a
four-volume book entitled Israel: The Migrations. Professor Blodgett
will be speaking on "The Four Sound Shifts Which Reveal Israel's Four
Migrations."

Submissions
Mail your abstracts (see accompanying submission form) to Professor
Dallin D. Oaks, Department of Arts and Humanities, Southern Virginia
College.  Buena Vista, Virginia 24416.  Submissions may be faxed to
(540) 261-8451.  Please do not send any submissions by electronic
mail.

The deadline for receiving abstracts will be January 25, 1999.

For further information contact Professor Dallin D. Oaks at  (540)
261-4117. Or e-mail
him at doaks at southernvirginia.edu


                        Submission Form


1)  Name (As you wish to appear in the program):


2)  University or Institutional Affiliation:


3)  Title of Presentation:


4)  Address at Which You Can Be Reached (Please include Phone Numbers as
well as an e-mail address if you have one):


5) Please indicate with a check mark the general area of language
analysis or linguistics that most closely corresponds to the topic of
your presentation:

phonetics or phonology                           _____
historical linguistics                                  _____
morphology                                            _____
psycholinguistics or language acquisition  _____
syntax                                                    _____
language pedagogy                                 _____
semantics or pragmatics                          _____
language and literary analysis                   _____
discourse analysis                                   _____
names and naming                                   _____
language varieties                                    _____
language and computers                          _____
other (Please specify)                              _____

6) Please indicate the length of time you would like for your
presentation.  Priority in selection will go to the standard
presentation time of 20 minutes (with an additional 5 minutes for
questions).

          20-minute presentation   _____
          40-minute presentation   _____
          60-minute presentation   _____


7) Attach a 250 word abstract that describes the presentation you would
like to make.


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