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Date:         Fri, 20 Nov 1992 12:10:39 -0500
From:         "Hedy M. McGarrell" <hmcgarre@SPARTAN.AC.BROCKU.CA>
Subject:      Conference on Dialectology

James Arthurs, University of Victoria, asked me to post the following:

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                  Dear Colleague in Linguistics:

                       As Chair of the Organising  Committee  for  METHODS  8,
                  International Conference  on  Dialectology, 1993, I write to
                  ask your help.

                       Would you please be so kind as to bring to  the  atten-
                  tion   of  your  colleagues  and/or  members  -  whether  by
                  retransmission via E-mail, via newsletter or other  means  -
                  the following announcement and description?

                       We should be most grateful for your assistance in  this
                  and, of course, most happy to see you at the conference.

                       Kind regards,

                       James Arthurs.

        ____________________________




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                   8                 METHODS VIII:                 8
                 8       International Conference on Dialectology    8
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                E                  AUGUST 3 - 7, 1993                 E
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                H        University of Victoria, VICTORIA, B.C.       H
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                8                  FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT                 8
                 8                         &                         8
                   8                CALL FOR PAPERS.               8
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                   8   Submissions are invited for papers on any   8
                 8     aspect of dialectology or methods: papers     8
                8      must last no more than 30 minutes (incl'g      8
                8      discussion & questions).                       8
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                E      Abstracts will be accepted until Jan.15/93     E
                T          Notice of acceptance:  March 15/93         T
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                O       For further information, please contact:      O
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                S        METHODS 93, Department of Linguistics,       S
                8    P.O. Box 3045, VICTORIA B.C., CANADA  V8W 3P4    8
                 8                                                   8
                   8    Tel: (604)721-7424   Fax: (604)721-7423    8
                      8      E-mail:  linguist@uvvm.bitnet      8
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               METHODS VIII will be the eighth in a series of interna-
               tional conferences on dialectology.

               METHODS conferences are held every  three  years,  each
               time  in  a different centre, and have become the means
               of bringing together a variety of established  scholars
               and  students  from  many parts of the world -- Europe,
               Asia, North America -- and of accommodating their wide
               range of interests.

               Last time, we met in Bamberg, Germany. In August  1993,
               the site will once again be the University of Victoria,
               on Vancouver Island, in British Columbia, Canada.

               From the start, the main focus of the  conferences  has
               been  on  methods in dialectology -- their development,
               application and assessment. As one would  expect,  many
               of  the  papers  presented tend therefore to be project
               reports.  However,  the  focus  need  not  be  seen  as
               exclusively  methodological  and  so we welcome submis-
               sions on any aspect of dialectology.

               In general, the programme will consist of a  series  of
               30-minute  papers,  a small number of special presenta-
               tions (selected from the submissions we  receive),  one
               or more panel discussions and a business meeting.

               We plan to have also a manufacturers' demonstration and
               display area during at least part of the conference.

               One afternoon will be set aside as free time.

               Programme planning is under way and further  conference
               information, including details of registration fees and
               accomodation, etc., will be  made  available  in  later
               notices  or  in  response  to  individual  requests for
               information by post.

               Abstracts will be accepted for presentations in English
               or French: other languages cannot be accommodated.

               Abstracts, of no more than one page in  length,  should
               be  printed  on paper (four copies, without identifica-
               tion but accompanied by a sheet containing the title of
               the  submission,  your  name and affiliation -- Univer-
               sity, Company, etc. -- and your address)  and/or  on  a
               diskette as word-processor files (WordPerfect or Micro-
               Soft WORD, either Macintosh or MS-Dos)  containing  the
               same information as specified above.

               Use of E-mail for  routine  contact  and  requests  for
               information. etc. is HIGHLY ENCOURAGED, subject only to
               the condition that  suitably-formatted  ASCII  text  be
               used.

               Supplementary E-mail addresses:
                           (Internet)jarthurs@sol.UVic.CA
                           (Bitnet)jarthurs@uvsol.bitnet.

               For other communications,  telephone  and  Fax  numbers
               are:
                                 Tel: (604)721-7424
                                 Fax: (604)721-7423.





                        Let there be METHODS in your madness!


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Hedy McGarrell, Department of Applied Language Studies, Brock University
                    hmcgarre@spartan.ac.BrockU.ca
                       416-688-5550  ext. 3374