Date:  Fri, 15 Apr 1994 17:15:25 -0500

From:  Natalie Maynor <maynor[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]RA.MSSTATE.EDU>

Subject: Call for Papers -- APLA



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                CALL FOR PAPERS





The Atlantic Provinces Linguistic Association (APLA) will hold its

18th Annual Meeting at the Saint John Campus of the University of

New Brunswick-Saint John, on



OCTOBER 28-29, 1994.



The theme of the conference is:

MICRO-PARAMETRIC SYNTAX

(DIALECT VARIATION IN SYNTAX)



The conference program has three sections:

1. a section on the conference theme

2. a section open to linguistic topics of each scholar's choice

3. a section for students' papers in linguistics



The key-note speakers: Richard S. KAYNE (CUNY)

            Monique LEMIEUX     (UQAM)



Contributions, in English or French, to any of the sections are

welcome. Abstracts, no longer than one (1) page, should be sent to

the Organizing Committee before August 15, 1994. Undergraduate and

graduate students are encouraged to participate. We will offer

limited financial assistance towards the cost of travel or

accommodation.



Conference participants must be members of ALPA/APLA. Non-members

who wish to participate may join by paying the membership fee

(CAN$15) as well as the conference registration fee (CAN$25) on

arrival at the conference, or by sending payment to the APLA/ALPA

Treasurer with the attached form.



Conference participants can have their papers published in the

conference proceedings if they provide a camera-ready copy on paper

or disc. In addition, papers on the conference theme may be

submitted to an editorial committee with a view to refereed

publication by John Benjamins in a separate volume.





The Organizing Committee      Address: Virginia Motapanyane

                  University of New Brunswick

Virginia Motapanyane        P.O.Box 5050

David Jory             Saint John, NB

Suzanne Pons-Ridler         Canada E2L 4L5

Louis Belanger           e-mail: MOTA[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]UNBSJ.CA







MEMBERSHIP FORM: ATLANTIC PROVINCES LINGUISTIC ASSOCIATION/

ASSOCIATION DE LINGUISTIQUE DES PROVINCES ATLANTIQUES



The Atlantic Provinces Linguistic Association was founded in 1977

to promote the study of languages and linguistics in Eastern

Canada. The Association hosts an annual conference each fall at a

centre of higher education in the area and publishes the

papers presented. Topics cover many areas of linguistics. In

addition, the Association publishes a (refereed) journal annually.



We welcome inquiries converning the Association and its conference.

We hope you will join by completing the form below. Membership

entitles you to a copy of the proceedings from the annual meeting,

the newsletter, and the journal all for the annual subscription of

$15 per annum. We consider this to be one of the best bargains in

the scholarly world.



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Name........................................................



Address.....................................................





Annual dues    $15     $10 for students



Send to:  Dr. A. Steinbergs / e-mail: astein[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]kean.ucs.mun.ca

      Treasurer, APLA

      Department of Linguistics

      Memorial University of Newfoundland

      St.John's, Newfoundland

      Canada A1B 3X9



Inquiries concerning the 1994 conference may be addressed to:

      Dr. Virginia Motapanyane / e-mail: mota[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]unbsj.ca

      APLA 18 Organizing Committee

      Department of Humanities and Languages

      University of New Brunswick

      Saint John, New Brunswick

      Canada E2L 4L5



Inquiries concerning the journal, Linguistica Atlantica, may be

addressed to:

      Dr. Jim Black / e-mail: jblack[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]kean.ucs.mun.ca

       Editor, Linguistica Atlantica

      Department of Linguistics

      Memorial University of Newfoundland

      St. John's, Newfoundland

      Canada A1B 3X9



Manuscripts may also be submitted to the editor at the above

address.