nwav e 27 initial call papers nwav e 27 new ways analyzing variation english languages nwav e 27 held oct 1 4 1998 athens ga georgia center continuing education university georgia plenary speakers include william labov salikoko mufwene program include workshops separate papers according standard practice meeting also poster session two days preceding nwav e 27 september 29 30 stateof theart conference african american vernacular english hosted professor sonja lanehart called sociocultural historical contexts african american vernacular english meeting feature invited presentations 14 leading scholars field abstracts abstracts invited areas language variation studies synchronic diachronic 20 minute presentations posters abstracts refereed anonymously abstract deadline june 15 1998 notification expected august 1 international participants require certification participation earlier date apply travel funding contact organizers soon possible abstracts submitted two parts first part include full title abstract text 500 words including bibliography e fit single page appropriate format author name appear text abstract title second part give full title submission author name address email fax phone numbers please indicate whether wish abstract considered presentation poster either abstracts may submitted email preferred ascii message containing parts abstract attachments please alternatively authors may send fully formatted hard copy abstract six copies abstract one copy separate identification page plus diskette containing text file organizers via regular mail send email abstracts nwave27 linguistics uga edu send regular mail abstracts bill kretzschmar nwav e 27 linguistics program university georgia athens ga 306026205 mail service requires building name street name add park hall baldwin street address web site nwav e 27 established http www linguistics uga edu nwave27 additional information posted becomes available