The American Name Society (ANS), a professional organization devoted to the study of names and their role in society, invites précis and abstracts for papers and program suggestions for its annual meeting to be held in conjunction with the Linguistic…

The American Dialect Society, Midwest Region With the Midwest Modern Language Association 10-13 November 2005 The Pfister Milwaukee, Wisconsin Papers dealing with varieties of English and other languages spoken in the United States will be considered. Presentations may be based…

Rocky Mountain In association with RMMLA, Sept. 30–Oct. 2; Boulder, Colorado, Millennium Harvest House Hotel. March 1 is the deadline for paper proposals based on a 300-word abstract and a 50-word description to the meeting chair, Thomas E. Murray, Dept….