Date: Mon, 27 Oct 1997 21:39:00 -0500

From: TERRY IRONS t.irons[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MOREHEAD-ST.EDU

Subject: SALSA 98 Call for Papers



CALL FOR PAPERS



S A L S A



The SYMPOSIUM ABOUT LANGUAGE AND SOCIETY - AUSTIN is pleased to announce

its Sixth Annual Meeting to be held APRIL 24-26, 1998 at the University of

Texas at Austin. We encourage the submission of abstracts on research that

addresses the relationship of language to culture and society. Desired

frameworks include but are not limited to:

LINGUISTIC ANTHROPOLOGY, SOCIOLINGUISTICS,

ETHNOGRAPHY OF COMMUNICATION

SPEECH PLAY, VERBAL ART, AND POETICS

POLITICAL ECONOMY OF LANGUAGE



1998 KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

John Gumperz (University of California, Berkeley)

Ofelia Zepeda (University of Arizona)

Robert D. King (University of Texas, Austin)



Papers delivered at the conference will be published as a special edition

of the Texas Linguistic Forum. Speakers will be allowed 20 minutes for

presentation and 10 minutes for discussion. Papers will be selected based

on the evaluation of an ANONYMOUS written abstract which may not exceed one

page (using 10 pt. font or larger).

Please submit: AN ABSTRACT, A CARD, AND A SHORT ABSTRACT, namely:

FIRST, six (6) copies of the ABSTRACT, on 81/2 x 11 paper, to the address

below AND SECOND: a 3x5 CARD with the following information: 1) The title

of the paper, 2) Author's name, 3) Author's affiliation, 4) Address and

phone number at which the author wishes to be notified AND THIRD: a SHORT

100 WORD ABSTRACT of the paper, on a 3.5" disk, for publication in the

conference program. Discs can be either Macintosh or PC, but texts must be

word-processed in A) text-only ASCII or B) Microsoft Word (Mac or PC).

Please label your disk clearly.



See the SALSA web page for additional guidelines:

http://www.dla.utexas.edu/depts/anthro/projects/salsa



Submission date for abstracts is JANUARY 16, 1998. Late submissions will

not be accepted, and we cannot accept papers which are to be published

elsewhere. Notification of acceptance or rejection will be sent in

mid-February, 1998. Registration fees will be approximately $16 for

students and $32 for non-students. Papers must be received by early May,

1998 to be included in the published proceedings.



Send all correspondence to:

SALSA

Department of Linguistics

University of Texas at Austin

Austin, TX 78712

email: SALSA[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]ccwf.cc.utexas.edu