lasso call papers lasso xxvii 27th annual meeting linguistic association southwest meeting jointly wecol western conference linguistics october 911 1998 arizona state university tempe arizona invited speaker jane h hill u arizona presidential address robert king u texas austin proposals papers area linguistics considered 1998 meeting arizona state university submissions regarding languages southwest particularly encouraged also especially solicit graduate student papers may submitted following meeting consideration helmut esau prize 250 cash award made annually lasso presentation time papers limited twenty minutes plus ten minutes discussion deadline receipt abstracts june 15 1998 notification acceptance papers sent august 1 1998 one abstract single author second co author accepted individual abstracts must longer one page maximum 250 words summarize main points paper explain relevant aspects data methodology argumentation employed keep use special font items e g phonetic symbols diacritic marks branching diagrams logical notation bare minimum abstracts accepted papers published exactly received booklet distribution meeting beginning abstract place paper title end emailed abstract separate page mailed abstract repeat title along name affiliation mailing address telephone number email address strongly preferred abstracts submitted email send gajill unix1 sncc lsu edu absence email abstract contains special symbols send one hard copy abstract diskette labeled operating system word processing program jill brody department geography anthropology louisiana state university baton rouge la 708034105 usa tel 504388 6171 lasso presenters encouraged submit polished papers considered publication _ southwest journal linguistics _ presentation papers lasso annual meetings privilege membership lasso 1998 dues must paid june 15 order abstract considered annual dues individuals us 15 00 us 7 50 students retired persons employed pay dues additional information contact garland bills executive director lasso department linguistics university new mexico albuquerque nm 871311196 usa tel 505277 7416 fax 505277 6355 e mail gbills unm edu