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Subject: ADS-L Digest - 17 Oct 1997 to 18 Oct 1997
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Topics of the day:

 1. Language & Law, Sociolinguistic Calls

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Date:  Sat, 18 Oct 1997 10:05:08 -0400
From:  "Bethany K. Dumas" <dumasb[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]UTK.EDU>
Subject: Language & Law, Sociolinguistic Calls

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Date: Wed, 15 Oct 1997 14:15:00 +0100 (BST)
From: "Max.Travers" <mtrave01[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]buckscol.ac.uk>
To: dumasb[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]utk.edu
Subject: Research Committee on Sociolinguistics

TO: Bethany Dumas
   Department of English,
   University of Tennessee.

Dear Bethany,

I got your address from ethno/CA news on the world wide web.

I am organising a session on "Language and Law" in the World Congress of
Sociology, to be held in Montreal next July.

I am interested in including papers from a range of traditions including
conversation analysis and ethnomethodology, the ethnography of
communication, critical discourse analysis and mainstream sociolinguistics.

If you know of anyone who might be interested in giving a paper, could
you ask them to send me abstracts by 31st November?

I have attached a general call for papers for the sociolinguistics sessions
which might also be of interest. Do you know of any lists we could use
to publicise these to people with sociolinguistic interests?

Thanks for your help.

Yours,
Max Travers

 CALL FOR PAPERS

 SOCIOLINGUISTICS SESSIONS - RC25
 XIV WORLD CONGRESS OF SOCIOLOGY
 JULY 26-AUGUST 1, 1998
 MONTREAL, CANADA

 The Research Committee on Sociolinguistics will have 15 2-hour sessions at
 the XIV WORLD CONGRESS OF SOCIOLOGY, sponsored by the International
 Sociological Association, from July 26-August 1, 1998, in Montreal, Canada.
 In addition to papers from across the sociolinguistic spectrum, the ISA
 special focus is on the past, present, and future state of the
 discipline. A special session of RC25 will be devoted to an overview of
 sociolinguistics: a retrospective, state of the art, and future
 directions.

 DEADLINE November 31

 Abstracts of 200-250 words are encouraged now and should be sent by
 Email to the address below. A hard copy should follow. The program
 committee will reply within a short time.

 In Montreal, RC25 will have a reception/business meeting in one of
 the conference hotels. Materials on the program, hotels, registration
 fees and so on will be available soon and mailed to those interested.

 Any topic in sociolinguistics is appropriate.

 Topics which have already been submitted include sociolinguistics and:

 Codeswitching
 Communicating across generations
 Cultural and language diffusion
 Ethnocultural factors
 Gender-related issues
 Health-care issues
 Language and Law
 Language policy
 Minority languages
 Personal identity
 Theoretical constructions
 Various interactional situations
 Work-related issues
 and others

 Each of the 15 2-hour session will have 6-8 papers. Ordinarily the length
 will be 15-20 minutes.

 Email, FAX, or mail abstracts, inquiries and suggestions to:

 Bates L. Hoffer, 1st VP, RC25/ Institute for Cross-Cultural Research/
 Trinity University #47/ 715 Stadium Drive/ San Antonio TX 78212-7200
 USA/ Tel: (210) > 736-7369 Fax: (210) 736-7578/ Email: <bighof[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]aol.com>