spanish association of applied linguistics 17th aesla conference university of alcala , madrid , spain 15-17 april , 1999 call for papers 1 - the university of alcala will host the 17th aesla ( spanish association of applied linguistics ) conference . the conference topic is " 1999 : applied linguistics at the end of the century " . it will consist of nine theme sections , which are listed below . there is an organizer for each section . 2 - deadlines . hard copies of communication proposals should be submitted before 15 december , 1998 . authors are expected to provide three copies of the full text of their contributions . the author 's name , address , phone number , fax number , e-mail , and professional information should appear only in one of the copies . please omit all this information from the other two copies . the full text , including bibliographical references , notes , figures , and appendixes , should not exceed 2 . 500 words . authors should ascribe their contributions to a theme section and submit them to the corresponding section organizer . submissions will be refereed . all submittors will be notified of the committee 's decision before the end of february 1999 . a style sheet for publication in book format will then be provided to all participants . submitters should be members of aesla . to become a member , contact the following address : secretaria de aesla universitat jaume i department de filologia anglesa i romanica campus de la carretera de borriol apartat de correus 224 12080 castellon , spain . e - mail : aesla @ fil . uji . es 3 - conference events 3 . 1 . the conference will feature at least four plenary lectures : - susan basnett ( univ . warwick ) - robert ilson ( univ . london ) - jeremy smith ( univ . glasgow ) - jane willis ( univ . birmingham ) 3 . 2 . the conference shall host several workshops and round tables , which will be simultaneous with other conference events . 3 . 3 . communications . presentation of communications will be restricted to twenty minutes plus ten minutes ' discussion . 3 . 4 . posters . abstracts of approximately 150 words should be submitted to the corresponding theme section organizer . as in the case of communications , authors should include their personal and professional data ( author 's name , address , phone number , fax number , and e-mail . ) . 4 - registration the registration form will be provided , together with hotel and excursion reservation information , in october . registration before march , 15th , 1999 members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 . 000 pts . non - members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 . 000 pts . students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . 000 pts . registration after march , 15th , 1999 : members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 . 000 pts . non - memers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 . 000 ptas students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . 000 pts . 5 - theme section organizers ( plus submittal address ) : language acquisition & learning rosa maria manchon ruiz universidad de murcia departamento de filologia inglesa plaza de la universidad 30071 - murcia tel : ( 34 ) - 968-363187 fax : ( 34 ) - 968 - 363185 / 363417 e - mail : manchon @ fcu . um . es syllabus design & language teaching aquilino sanchez perez universidad de murcia departamento de filologia inglesa plaza de la universidad 30071 - murcia tel : ( 34 ) - 968 - 363191 fax : ( 34 ) - 968 - 363185 e - mail : asanchez @ fcu . um . es language for specific purposes guadalupe aguado de cea universidad politecnica de madrid facultad de informatica campus de montegancedo boadilla del monte 28660 - madrid tel : ( 34 ) - 91 - 715 84 11 fax : ( 34 ) - 91 - 336 74 12 e - mail : lupe @ fi . upm . es language psychology , child language and psycholinguistics mercedes belinchon carmona universidad autonoma de madrid departamento de psicologia basica facultad de psicologia 28049 - madrid tel : 34 - 91-3975201 fax : 34 - 91-3975215 e - mail : mercedes . belinchon @ uam . es sociolinguistics isabel molina martos universidad de alcala departamento de filologia edificio de san jose de caracciolos c / trinidad 5 28801 - alcala de henares , madrid . tel : 34-91 - 8854430 fax : 34-91 - 8854413 e - mail : fimm @ filo . alcala . es pragmatics , discourse analysis & communication juana marin arrese uned departamento de filologias extranjeras facultad de filologia c / senda del rey s / n 28040 madrid tel . 34-91 - 3986842 fax : : 34-91 - 3986830 e - mail : jmarin @ sr . uned . es corpus linguistics & computational linguistics maria antonia martin antonin universidad de barcelona departamento de filologia romanica seccion de linguistica general gran via 585 08007 - barcelona tel . : 34-93 - 4035671 fax : 34-93 - 3189822 e - mail : amarti @ lingua . fil . ub . es lexicology & lexicography jesus m . sanchez garcia universidad de cordoba departamento de filologia francesa e inglesa facultad de filosofia y letras plaza del cardenal salazar , 3 14071 - cordoba tel : 34 - - 957 - 218135 fax : 34 - - 957 - 218789 e - mail : ff1sagaj @ lucano . uco . es interpreting & translation pamela faber universidad de granada departamento de traduccion e interpretacion facultad de traduccion e interpretacion c / puentezuelas 55 18002 - granada tel : 34-958 - 246261 fax . : 34-958 - 244104 e - mail : pfaber @ redestb . es 6 - for any enquiries concerning the conference , contact : xvii congreso de aesla facultad de filosofia y letras departamento de filologia moderna san jose de caracciolos c / trinidad , 5 28801 alcala de henares ( madrid ) tel . : 91 - 885 5347 fax : 91 - 885 4445 e-mail : congreso . aesla @ alcala . es 7 - information about alcala alcala is located 30 kms . away from madrid . it is cervantes 's birth place . the university was founded in 1499 by cardinal cisneros , so 1999 will be the 500th anniversary of the foundation of our university . the university of alcala interest in language studies has given rise to the organization of several international conferences on literature , language and linguistics . for more information on the area and on the university of alcala visit the following webpage : http : / / www . alcala . es