call csdl 4 call abstracts fourth conference conceptual structure discourse language csdl 4 october 1012 1998 emory university atlanta georgia invited speakers theme sessions functional cognitive approaches study first language acquisition nancy budwig clark university michael tomasello max planck inst evolutionary anthropology third speaker tba grammatical constructions form function joan bybee university new mexico talmy givon university oregon brian macwhinney carnegie mellon university special poster session discourse computer mediated communication held conference sponsored georgia institute technology georgia tech preconference symposium held friday evening october 9 primate communication following invited speakers discuss research conducting yerkes regional primate research center emory university harold gouzoules dario maestripieri susan savage rumbaugh submit invite papers consider functional principles linguistic organization interaction language cognition priority given papers examine cognitive discourse functions linguistic phenomena specific areas inquiry conference include limited lexical grammatical meaning conversational practice form function discourse analysis conceptual structure iconicity language metaphor cognitive phenomenon language change grammaticalization language acquisition social interaction grammar sentence processing also invite abstracts special poster session discourse computer mediated communication cmc specific areas inquiry session include limited cmc force linguistic cognitive change specialized lexical typographic registers cmc emergent communication norms cmc discourse analysis cmc discourse styles virtual classroom virtual communities continuities cmc discourse genres gender differences cmc cmc nonlinear thinking abstracts 20 minutes papers specialtopic poster session may maximum one page top abstract email separate page paper please include title paper author name affiliation topic area list whatever seems appropriate email address paper mailing address submission deadline abstracts must received march 16 1998 submit strongly prefer email submissions abstracts 20 minute papers main session emailed ascii form csdl 4 learnlink emory edu abstracts poster session discourse cmc emailed ascii form wendy cc gatech edu please use abstract subject header submitting one abstract please email separately prefer use regular mail send four copies abstract main conference poster session session discourse cmc csdl 4 abstracts poster session abstracts program linguistics c wendy newstetter callaway center 312s edutech institute emory university georgia inst technology atlanta ga 30322 usa atlanta ga 303320280 usa inquiries information visit conference web site forthcoming february http www emory edu college linguistics csdl email inquiries csdl 4 learnlink emory edu chair organizing committee alan cienki email lanac emory edu phone 404727 2689