Old and Middle English Language and Literature section of the M/MLA

Call for Papers:

Old and Middle English Language and Literature section of the M/MLA
(November 12-15, 2009, St. Louis, MO)

"Language Matters in Old and Middle English Texts"

Papers dealing with any aspect of language in medieval English texts
are invited; focused on perceptions of language in medieval texts;
development of English; competing and contacting vernaculars in
medieval England; linguistic approaches to medieval texts; and other
papers involving language, broadly construed.

Please submit an abstract of no more than 250 words by April 15, 2009 to

Damian Fleming
Indiana University- Purdue University, Fort Wayne
English and Linguistics
flemingd@ipfw.edu


Accepted presenters will be required to be become members of the
M/MLA and pre-register for the convention by June 1, 2009.
Additional information about the M/MLA and the convention can be
found here: http://www.uiowa.edu/~mmla/