lagb autumn meeting linguistics association great britain autumn meeting 1998 university luton first circular call papers 1998 autumn meeting held thursday 10 saturday 12 september university luton park square campus local organiser vlad zegarac vladimir zegarac luton ac uk conference immediately follows relevance theory workshop takes place university luton 8th 10th september information contact nicolle mdx ac uk luton largest town county bedfordshire situated 30 miles north london edge chilterns luton surrounded pleasant countryside famous walks icknield way within easy reach town public parks picnics boating minigolf late 19th century town become centre hat lace manufatcure century luton chiefly known connections motor vehicle industry home vauxhall motors park square campus located town centre close many pubs restaurants arndale shopping centre former luton college higher education granted university status 1993 underwent significant expansion 30 milion investment programme provided new teaching learning residential facilities 15 000 students part expansion new faculty humanities including department linguistics accommodation university halls residence within 5 7 minutes walking distance park square bilding talks take place bedrooms single bedroom part flat consists bathroom kitchen five bedrooms travel university luton hub national international travel networks junction 10 m1 london luton airport ten minutes away car taks five minutes walk rail station thaneslink rail network direct trains london kings cross gatwick airport london heathrow airport 40 minutes away car london gatwick hour half luton either car train events henry sweet lecture 1998 thursday evening delivered dan sperber cnrs crea ecole politechnique paris workshop experimental pragmatics organised billy clark middlesex university language tutorial roshani pamir language eastern iranian group indo european given john payne university manchester wine party thursday evening following dan sperber lecture enquiries lagb meeting sent meetings secretary address full details programme booking form included second circular sent june call papers members potential guests invited offer papers meeting abstracts also accepted nonmembers lagb welcomes submissions linguistics linguisticsrelated topic abstracts must arrive 5 june 1998 sent format outlined following address professor r hudson department phonetics linguistics university college london gower street london wc1e 6bt papers programme selected anonymously president knows name authors abstracts must presented follows submit seven anonymous copies abstract plus one name affiliation e cameraready complete abstract containing title name must longer one a4 page 21cm x 29 5cm 8 27 x 11 69 margins least 2 5cm 1 sides may use single spacing type must smaller 12 point type uniformly black make additions black use best quality printer since paper accepted abstract photocopied inserted directly collection abstracts sent participants 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