text_combined: chinese dialectology yuen ren society promotion chinese dialect fieldwork annual conference saturday 6 march 1999 submissions accepted conference held saturday 6 march 1999 rutgers university new jersey society welcomes presentations nonformalist character aspect hann chinese dialectology including original field reports comparativehistorical studies linguistic geography contact sociolinguistics taxonomy presentations aspect chinese dialects social context welcome please note society favors presentations include abundant evidence form either dialect data explicit documentation appropriate papers may delivered english mandarin chinese submit paper please send detailed abstract one addresses deadline submitting abstracts 31 december 1998 expect accept ten papers yuen ren society devoted practice descriptive dialect fieldwork especially welcomes reports littleknown dialects david prager branner r vanness simmons c yuen ren society c east asian languages cultures 440 riverside drive 73 330 scott hall new york ny 100276831 usa rutgers university new brunswick nj 089011164 usa fax 212 8655507 fax 732 9327926 email yuen ren society bigfoot com rsimmon rci rutgers edu charmii bigfoot com