Students from any educational institution are encouraged to submit their research and share insights they have discovered in the field. Presentations will last 20 minutes with 10 minutes for discussion and questions. Notifications of acceptance will be distributed on January 19 th , 2000. E-mail submission is welcomed. The Yumi Nakamure Prize in Linguistics has been established to honor the memory of Ms Yumi Nakamura, a Linguistics student who died at UTA in January 2000.
All students presenting papers are eligible to be included in the competition for the prize.
The prize will be awarded at the Friday evening session. Originality may include a topic, a set of data, contribution to theory, or innovative application of a theory. The speaker should not only know the subject, but present it clearly to the audience so that the audience can follow the train of thought. This will also include the way the speaker answers any questions. The speaker should know their theory well, not just enough to handle the paper.