NOTE CHANGES:
	1. ABSTRACT DEADLINE EXTENDED TO JAN. 1, 1998
	2. $35 REDUCED STUDENT PREREGISTRATION FEE NOW OFFERED

This conference will highlight recent research on language
change, ethnicity, and  policy in multilingual communities of
Africa.

Keynote Speakers

Dr. Salikoko Mufwene, Chair, Linguistics, University of Chicago
Dr. Cynthia Marivate, CEO, Pan South African Language Board

Call for Papers

Papers are invited in all areas relating to Africa, including:
  o discourse
  o endangered languages
  o historical linguistics
  o language and gender
  o language policy
  o morphology
  o phonetics

The deadline for abstracts has been extended to January 1, 1998. 
NOTE CHANGE OF DEADLINE. 
Please send title and abstract (not exceeding 150 words), along 
with address, telephone, fax, and e-mail on a separate card to:
ACAL, Council on African Studies, P.O. Box 208206, New Haven, CT
06520-8206; telephone: (203) 432.3436, fax: (203) 432.5963;
e-mail: (203) 432.3436.

conference details

The conference will be held at Luce Hall, 34 Hillhouse Avenue, New Haven,
on the Yale University campus. Registration and reception will be held on
Thursday, March 26, 1998. The conference will conclude at midday on
Sunday, March 29, 1998.

Rooms are being set aside at the Holiday Inn at Yale, 30 Whalley Avenue,
New Haven; telephone: (203) 777.6221, fax: (203) 772.1089. When making
your reservation, please indicate that you are attending ACAL. Conference
rate: $79, plus tax, per room, per night. The deadline for room
reservations is March 6. Other hotels near the university include:

  o The Colony Inn Hotel, 1157 Chapel Street: (203) 776.1234. Yale rate:
    $82, plus tax.
  o Duncan Hotel, 1151 Chapel Street: (203) 787.1273. $60, plus tax.
  o New Haven Hotel, 229 George Street: (203) 498.3100. Yale rate: $109,
    plus tax.
  o For information about possible student crash space, contact Jeremy Ball.
    E-mail:
    

Please see below for transportation and directions to Yale University.

name
affiliation
address
city/state/zip code                     country
telephone                       fax
e-mail

o $55 pre-conference registration fee
o $35 reduced preregistration fee for students
o $10 Saturday night banquet (March 29)
o $65 on-site registration fee

     Enclosed is my check for $______________  (please make check payable
     to yale university and mail to the council on african studies.)


Multilingualism: Issues of Contact & Identity

  o  phonology
  o  pidgins and creoles
  o  pragmatics
  o  semantics
  o  sociolinguistics
  o  syntax


ACAL
Conference Registration

March 26-29, 1998
Luce Hall, Yale University

Pre-Registration Deadline: March 1, 1998


Mask: Bayiri (female spirit of growth and renewal). Bwa, Burkina Faso.
Courtesy of the Museum for African Art, New York. Collection of Thomas G.
B. Wheelock. Photograph by Jerry L. Thompson.

Council on African Studies
P.O. Box 208206
New Haven, CT 06520-8206


Directions to Yale University

By Air: Yale Travel Services offers discounts on US Air and United
Airlines--mention that you are attending ACAL. Tweed-New Haven Airport is
the closest airport to Yale ($10 taxi fare, approx.). Bradley
International Airport is located outside Hartford, one hour from New
Haven. New York Area airports: Kennedy, LaGuardia, and Newark are 2-3
hours from Yale. Connecticut Limo serves all three airports (Bradley,
$20-$25 one-way; New York airports, $35 one-way, approx.), and Red Dot
Shuttle serves Kennedy and LaGuardia, only. Call for reservations.

By Car: From I-95, connect to I-91 North in New Haven; take Exit 3 onto
Trumbull Street. Continue through 3 traffic lights. Turn right onto
Hillhouse Avenue. Luce Hall is located at 34 Hillhouse Avenue.

Parking on campus, $4/day; vouchers will be available at gistration.


From I-91 South, take Exit 3 and follow preceding directions to Luce Hall.
From the Merritt and Wilbur Cross Parkways (Route 15): Take Exit 61, go
south on Whitney Avenue. After approximately five miles, turn right on
Trumbull Street. Take first right onto Hillhouse Avenue. Luce Hall is
located at 34 Hillhouse Avenue.

By Train: Amtrak and Metro North offer frequent service to New Haven's
Union Station. Taxi costs about $6 to Yale.
telephone numbers
Amtrak: (800) 872.7245
Connecticut Limo: (800) 468.7287
Metro North: (800) 638.7646
Red Dot Shuttle: (800) 673.3368
Yale Travel Services: (800) 858.YALE

Council on African Studies
P.O. Box 208206
New Haven, CT 06520-8206
Telephone: (203) 432.3436
Fax: (203) 432.5963