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Willard McCarty (MCCARTY@VM.EPAS.UTORONTO.CA)
Tue, 17 Jan 89 23:45:37 EST


Humanist Mailing List, Vol. 2, No. 509. Tuesday, 17 Jan 1989.


(1) Date: Mon, 16 Jan 89 20:33:01 CST (64 lines)
From: Mark Olsen <mark@gide.uchicago.edu>
Subject: Chicago Linguistic Society meeting

(2) Date: Tue, 17 Jan 89 12:55:58 CST (15 lines)
From: "Kevin L. Cope" <ENCOPE@LSUVM>
Subject: SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT -- CONFERENCE READING

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Date: Mon, 16 Jan 89 20:33:01 CST
From: Mark Olsen <mark@gide.uchicago.edu>

The Chicago Linguistic Society announces its
25th Regional Meeting with Parasession on
LANGUAGE IN CONTEXT. April 27-29, 1989.

Main Session: (April 27-28, 1989)
We invite original, unpublished work on any topic of general
linguistic interest. Invited speakers:
Morris Halle -- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Barbara Partee -- University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Parasession: (April 28-29, 1989)
We invite original, unpublished work in linguistic theory
and practice relating to dimensions of situated speech. We
encourage contributions from linguists and students of
language working in such related disciplines as anthropology,
sociology, psychology and philosophy. Relevant areas of
investigation include, but are by no means limited to, discourse
analysis, deixis, speech acts, narrative structure, and
conversational analysis. Invited speakers:
John Gumperz -- University of California, Berkeley
Jane Hill -- University of Arizona
William Labov -- University of Pennsylvania
Jerry Morgan -- University of Illinois, Urbana
Michael Silverstein -- University of Chicago
Deborah Tannen -- Georgetown University


Workshop on Autolexical Syntax
An Ancillary meeting to CLS 25

Wednesday, April 26, 1989
Ida Noyes Hall, The University of Chicago

The workshop solicits both presentations within the
framework of Autolexical syntax and statements of
problems to be discussed at the workshop. Participants
will be encouraged to write up their work following
the conference and a volume of papers will be published.
Please submit five copies of a one-page anonymous abstract
of your paper or statement of the problem to be
discussed, along with a 3x5" card with your name, address,
telephone number, E-mail address, and title. You may
append a page of data and/or references if necessary.
Send hard copy (no e-mail) to the address below.
Deadline for receipt of abstracts: February 10, 1989.

Autolexical Workshop
c/o Department of Linguistics, University of Chicago
1050 East 59th Street, Chicago, IL 60637
E-mail: schiller@sapir.uchicago.edu.


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Date: Tue, 17 Jan 89 12:55:58 CST
From: "Kevin L. Cope" <ENCOPE@LSUVM>
Subject: SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT -- CONFERENCE READING

SPECIAL READING AT THE CONVENTION OF THE MISSISSIPPI PHILOLOGICAL ASSOC.

PATRICIA GARDNER KERSEY, well-known southern writer, will read from her
work at the forthcoming Mississippi Philological Association Convention.
Ms. Gardner-Kersey is the former student of HUMANIST Kevin L. Cope, and
a rising figure in southern letter. Her reading will be entitled
"SECOND DEATH." It's scheduled for 1:00 Thursday, January 26, at the
Radisson Walthall Hotel, in Jackson, Mississippi. Write to Kevin Cope
(ENCOPE@LSUVM) for more information, or to Rosalie Daniels,
English Department, JACKSON State University, Jackson, Mississippi,
U. S. A., 39217, for more information.