text_combined: convergence divergence dialects european science foundation convergence divergence dialects changing europe university reading 1719 september 1998 reminder closing dates abstracts 16th march 1998 final conference european science foundation network convergence divergence dialects changing europe take place university reading england 1719 september 1998 include invited lectures gaetano berruto turin william labov pennsylvania peter trudgill lausanne well lectures members network papers event welcome everyone working area dialect convergence divergence europe diachronic synchronic perspective using qualitative quantitative methodology contributions smaller languages europe particularly welcome papers syntax prosody discourse details see previous postings see following website http www linguistics reading ac uk research seminars dialect email paul kerswill p e kerswill reading ac uk