Date: Tue, 2 Jul 1996 17:14:07 -0500
From: Cukor-Avila Patricia pcavila[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]JOVE.ACS.UNT.EDU
Subject: Call for Papers - NWAVE 25 in Las Vegas
NWAVE will celebrate its Silver Anniversary in the Silver State. The
Sahara Hotel in Las Vegas will be the site of NWAVE 25, October 17-20, which
will include its usual fare of papers, plenary sessions, and workshops.
Tentative plenary speakers include Jean Aitchison, Allan Bell, and
William Labov. There will be workshops on probability theory, computer
mapping, fiels methods, and statistics.
CALL FOR PAPERS
Send a one page abstract by July 12, 1996. All abstracts will be
refereed anonymously, so don't put your name on the abstract. Inlcude
your name, affiliation, mailing address, email address, and title on a
separate sheet of paper. You can send abstracts in any of the following
ways:
Mail: Dr. Jan Tillery
NWAVE Coordinator
UNLV College of Liberal Arts
4505 Maryland Parkway
Box 455001
Las Vegas, NV 89154-5001
FAX: Dr. Jan Tillery
NWAVE Coordinator
(702) 895-4097
EMAIL: gbailey[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]ccmail.nevada.edu
ACCOMMODATIONS
The Sahara Hotel, one of the best-known hotel/casinos in Las Vegas, has
reserved a block of rooms for NWAVE participants. All NWAVE sessions and
activities will be at the Sahara. Rooms are $85 a night single/double
occupancy October 18-19 and $42 October 17. The Sahara offers a wide
range of dining options at very reasonable prices, has a very nice pool,
and is in easy walking distance of many of the other casinos on the
strip. If you want to come a few days early to vacation a bit, the
Sahara has agreed to provide the $42 rate for October 13-16 as well.
Reservation information can be obtained from any of the addresses listed
above. The phone number for the Sahara is (702) 737-2111. Room
reservations must be made by September 13, 1996 to obtain the conference
rate.
REGISTRATION
Early registration (by September 16, 1996) is $55 for non-students, $35
for students. On-site registration is $65 for non-students, $45 for
students. Workshops are $25 each.
Please send checks, made out to NWAVE 25, to the address above. A
subscription to Language Variation and Change is included in the
registration.