malc final call papers call papers mid america linguistics conference october 2425 1997 university missouri columbia proposals papers area linguistics considered general session papers also considered special session history linguistics presentation time papers limited 20 minutes 10 minutes discussion deadline receipt abstracts august 25 1997 authors asked submit three copies anonymous abstract abstracts must one page length also include 3x5 card paper title name author affliation address phone number email address e mail submissions accepted please send abstracts address tom stroik department english 107 tate hall university missouri columbia columbia mo 65211