corrected conference announcement southern illinois university edwardsville and carbondale invite submission of abstracts for the 1998 mid - american linguistics conference october 23-24 , 1998 we will continue the 33 year tradition of accepting papers on all linguistic topics . linguists in all areas of specialization are encouraged to submit abstracts . this year 's meeting will feature special interest sessions on prosody and bilingualism . it will also feature an excursion to cahokia mounds historic site . plenary speaker : professor gregory ward , northwestern university location : the conference will be in the university center on the campus of southern illinois university edwardsville . edwardsville is located at the junctions of i-270 and highway 157 about 25 miles east of downtown st . louis . guidelines for submission of papers contributed papers will be allowed a maximum of 20 minutes for presentation . published proceedings of the conference will be available if there is sufficient demand ordering information will be provided in september . instructions for the preparation of manuscripts will be sent along with notification of acceptance . please submit 4 copies of a 1 - page abstract no later than august 21 , 1998 . e - mail submissions will not be accepted . submissions faxed to meet the deadline must be followed immediately by mailed abstracts on regular paper . mail abstracts to the address given below . send abstracts and / or requests for additional information about program content to : ron schaefer , department of english , siue , edwardsville , il 62026-1431 telephone : ( 618 ) 650-2060 ; fax : ( 618 ) 650-5050 or e - mail : rschaef @ siue . edu for registration information contact : southern illinois university conferences & institutes at ( 618 ) 650-2660 . for more information , including hotel and travel accomodations , consult our web page ( still under construction ) at http : / / www . siu . edu / departments / cola / ling01 / midamerica98 . html geoffrey s . nathan department of linguistics southern illinois university at carbondale , carbondale , il , 62901 usa phone : + 618 453-3421 ( office ) fax + 618 453-6527 + 618 549-0106 ( home )