conference linguistics literature 10th annual conference linguistics literature held radisson hotel conference center denton texas january 30 31 1998 conference sponsored graduate students english association university north texas unt generous support unt department english unt dean arts sciences plenary speakers donald freeman university southern california whither whether english gilles fauconnier university california san diego mark turner university maryland gradients creativity highlight speakers margaret freeman los angeles valley college cognitive poetics adequate theory literature james mccawley university chicago conversational scorekeeping interpretation narrative expository prose phyllis perrin wilcox university new mexico cultural variability interpretation metaphors metonyms asl poetry sherman wilcox university new mexico radical iconicity signed language universals plus 80 papers presentations following areas literary analysis linguistic analysis linguistics literature cognitive metaphor writing pedagogy creative readings poetry creative readings prose complete listing papers presentations available web site http www unt edu languaging registration following standard practice conference offers reduced rate early registration registration forms must returned denton via snailmail later january 20 1998 order receive reduced rate snailmail address conference linguistics literature department english university north texas denton tx 76203 wishing register may use form provided web site http www unt edu languaging may email linglit unt edu text copy registration form please direct conference questions linglit unt edu