LANGUAGING

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

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
Linglit@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)

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, to place in the conference program.

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

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 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@unt.edu.