spanish united states conference preliminary announcement call papers 17th conference spanish united states florida international university miami florida march 11 12 13 1999 keynote speakers announced fall 1998 abstracts twentyminute papers invited following general topics related spanish united states language policy planning language variation discourse analysis language maintenance shift language attitudes testing heritage language education language public life persons interested presenting paper conference requested submit five copies onepage abstract paper abstract accompanied separate page stating title paper name affiliation institutional address telephone numbers including fax email address wish receive notification concerning acceptance paper please identify abstract abstracts must received october 19 1998 queries abstracts addressed dr ana roca conference chair department modern languages deuxieme maison 498a florida international university university park miami fl 33199 305348 2046 rocaa fiu edu please post share hotel information full information posted fall 1998 linguist list made definite arrangements david william hotel biltmore hotel coral gables conference participants stay david william hotel negotiated rate 99 night privileges biltmore hotel luxury hotel historic building hotels management coorporation biltmore four five blocks away walk take hotel shuttle conference held biltmore florida international university wish make early reservations call david william hotel 305445 7821 mention fiu spanish u conference march 1113 1999 agreed upon rate space limited note queries answered soon possible august 16 1998 conference registration form posted soon also mailed early fall 1998 start new academic year