Date:    Wed, 15 Apr 1998 18:13:02 -0500
<br>From:    "Rakesh Bhatt (by way of Salikoko Mufwene <s-mufwene[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]uchicago.edu>)"
<br>         <rakesh[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]UTKUX.UTCC.UTK.EDU>
<br>Subject: IAWE for Creolist and ADS
<br>
<br>CALL FOR PAPERS
<br>
<br>5TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON WORLD ENGLISHES
<br>at the university of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
<br>
<br>on
<br>
<br>November 5-7, 1998
<br>
<br>
<br>The main theme of this years conference is:  World Englishes and African
<br>Identities. In addition to this theme, we invite abstracts of 20 minute
<br>papers and 3 hr. colloquia on all aspects of World Englishes, including:
<br>
<br> African-American varieties of English/Ebonics
<br> Caribbean varieties of English
<br> Colloquia/Workshop on themes related to World Englishes
<br> Discourse Strategies
<br> English as a medium of literary creativity
<br> Evaluating and testing
<br> Impact/influence of English on the structures of indigenous languages
<br> Pedagogy involving English as an international language
<br> Power, ideology, and identity
<br> The bi-/multi-lingual creativity in English (including code-switching
<br> involving English)
<br> The politics of English in English-using countries.
<br>
<br>One (1)-page abstracts on any of the above topics or combination thereof
<br>are welcome.  The abstracts must include, on a separate 3 x 5 index card,
<br>presenters full name, affiliation, mailing address, phone number, e-mail,
<br>and fax-number (if available). Please submit seven (7) copies of the
<br>abstract by JUNE 30, 1998, to:
<br>
<br>Professor Eyamba G. Bokamba, Chair
<br>5th IAWE Conference
<br>Department of Linguistics
<br>University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
<br>707 South Mathews Av., 4088 FLB
<br>Urbana, IL 61801
<br>Tel: (217) 333-3563/244-3051
<br>Email: deptling[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]uiuc.edu
<br>
<br>Program Committee:
<br>Co-chairs:
<br>        Rakesh M. Bhatt (University of South Carolina) E-mail:
<br>        rakesh[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]utk.edu
<br>        Kimberly Brown (Portland State University) E-mail:
<br>        kim[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]nh1.nh.pdx.edu
<br>