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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
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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]
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University of North Texas | 1997 Languaging Conference to:
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