CFP: Ninth Annual Conference on Linguistics and Literature

[Suzanne D. Green]

CALL FOR PAPERS:                                      PLEASE POST

LANGUAGING: THE NINTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON LINGUISTICS AND LITERATURE
Sponsored by the Department of English and the Graduate Students in
English (GSEA) at the University of North Texas

7-8 February 1997 
Radisson Hotel and Conference Center, Denton, Texas

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:   
Mark Turner, University of Maryland 
Author of Death is the Mother of Beauty (1987), Reading Minds (1991),
and The Literary Mind (forthcoming) 

George Lakoff, University of California, Berkeley
Author of Metaphors We Live By (with Mark Johnson, 1980),
Women, Fire and Dangerous Things (1987), and Moral Politics (1996) 

SPECIAL FEATURE: "Languaging" with Lakoff and Turner, co-authors of 
More than Cool Reason (1989).  Collaborative Address.  Luncheon hosted 
by Haj Ross.

Although we especially encourage submissions dealing with
cognitive linguistics, conceptual metaphor, and linguistic analysis 
of literature, we welcome abstracts dealing with any aspect of 
linguistics or literature, including:

Literary Analysis                 Linguistic Analysis                     
Composition Theory                ESL/EFL
Critical Theory                   Theoretical Linguistics           
Composition/ESL Pedagogy          1st/2nd Language Acquisition
Minority Literature               Women's Studies  
Film Theory/Popular Culture   
Creative Writing                                  

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: 15 October 1996
Notified by: 30 November 1996

Conference proceedings will be published.

Creative submissions of poetry, fiction or essays are also welcome,
as are proposals for complete symposia.  Instructions for paper
abstracts, symposia proposals, and creative submissions appear
below. Submissions from graduate students are encouraged.
E-mailed or Faxed proposals are accepted.   For more information,
please contact:
   
Languaging: the Ninth Annual Conference on Linguistics and Literature
University of North Texas
Department of English
P. O. Box 13827
Denton, TX 76203
E-mail: LINGLIT at UNT.EDU
Fax: 817/565-4355
                                                               
INSTRUCTIONS FOR PAPER ABSTRACTS AND CREATIVE
SUBMISSIONS:

Abstracts for papers should be no longer than 250 words (approximately 
1 page) and should EXCLUDE name and affiliation. Please do not send 
full text of critical papers.  Creative submissions should include
the full text of the piece, and should also EXCLUDE name and
affiliation.  On a separate page, please send the following
information:

      Name                          Affiliation
      Paper title                   Postal address
      E-mail address                Phone number
      FAX                           Audiovisual needs
      Status (graduate student, faculty)

INSTRUCTIONS FOR SYMPOSIA PROPOSALS:

Proposals for symposia must include:

-an overall abstract (2 page maximum) outlining the nature of the
 symposium as a whole
-a short abstract for the overall symposium (250 word
 maximum), to place in the program 
-a short abstract (250 word maximum) from each presenter, 
 for the conference program

As above, these abstracts should be submitted anonymously. On a
separate page, please send the following information: 

      Symposium title                     Symposium paper title
      Name of organizer(s)                Name of paper presenter 
      Affiliation of organizer(s)         Affiliation of presenter
      Postal address of organizer(s)      Postal address of presenter
      Phone number of organizer(s)        Phone number of presenter
      E-mail address of organizer(s)      E-mail address of presenter
      FAX number of organizers            FAX number of presenter
      Audiovisual needs

WHEN SUBMITTING PAPERS:

         Include all of your personal data on a separate page, as
abstracts will be reviewed anonymously by selected faculty members.
         Submit 3 copies of abstracts, creative pieces, or symposia
proposals. Include a WordPerfect 6.x compatible or ASCII disk copy of
your work identified with your name, affiliation and paper title when 
submitting by regular mail.  If your abstract includes symbols that are 
difficult to transcribe, a disk copy is especially important.
         Limit your abstract to 250 words (c. 1 page).  Abstracts of
accepted papers will be included in the conference program. 
However, because our staff is strictly volunteer, we can not
promise to include abstracts which are longer than the 250 word
limit.

Direct questions to Suzanne Green or David Caudle at LINGLIT at UNT.EDU



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Suzanne D. Green                       | Direct questions about the 
University of North Texas              | 1997 Languaging Conference to:
Department of English                  |
P. O. Box 13827                        | Linglit at unt.edu
Denton, TX 76203                       | sdgreen at jove.acs.unt.edu
817/565-2050                           | djcaudle at jove.acs.unt.edu
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