From [log in to unmask] Jul 9 14:21:08 1996 Date: Tue, 9 Jul 1996 10:20:24 -0500 (CDT) From: Lynn Alan Eubank <[log in to unmask]> To: LYNN EUBANK <[log in to unmask]> Subject: revised call Resent-From: "LYNN EUBANK" <[log in to unmask]> Resent-To: "graduate students" <[log in to unmask]> Resent-Date: Tue, 9 Jul 1996 10:37:27 CST-6 CDT 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: 30 September 1996 Notified by: 30 November 1996 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: [log in to unmask] 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 [log in to unmask] -- ____________________________________________________________________________ | Suzanne D. Green | Direct questions about the University of North Texas | 1997 Languaging Conference to: Department of English | P. O. Box 13827 | [log in to unmask] Denton, TX 76203 | [log in to unmask] 817/565-2050 | [log in to unmask] ____________________________________________________________________________ ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]