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							November 1994,  
Volume 3




			  TEXT & DISCOURSE		



		    	    Edited by
		Arthur C. Graesser, Roger Kreuz, & Shane Swamer
		 	The University of Memphis
			  Rosalind Horowitz
		     University of Texas at San Antonio






Text & Discourse is an interdisciplinary newsletter that reports on 
journals, conferences, and research activities.  The newsletter 
contains three sections.  The first section announces upcoming 
conferences devoted to text and discourse.  It contains a brief 
description of the topic of each conference, its date and location, 
and the names and addresses of the conference organizers.  The 
second section announces journals, along with the names and 
addresses of the editors.  The third section announces relevant 
societies.




UPCOMING CONFERENCES


The Seventh Annual Winter Text Conference, 
January 28 - February 4, 1995
The Winter Text Conference facilitates the interchange of ideas 
among researchers in a variety of disciplines relating to text, 
particularly psychology, education, linguistics, and computational 
modeling.  The Winter Text Conference is sponsored by the 
Institute for Behavioral Research of the University of Georgia.  
The conference will be held in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.  Those 
interested should contact Bruce K. Britton, Institute for Behavioral 
Research, University of Georgia, 30602, (706) 542-3094, 
ibr@uga.cc.uga.edu

American Educational Research Association, April 
18-22, 1995
This conference will be held in San Francisco.  Those interested 
should contact Robert Egbert, Chair, Program Committee, 
University of Nebraska Teachers College, Lincoln, NE 68588-
0355; Phone: (402) 472-3153; Fax: (402) 472-8317.

Fifth Annual Meeting of the Society for Text and 
Discourse, July 22-23, 1995
The Society for Text and Discourse (STD) focuses on research in 
discourse processing and text analysis.  Researchers investigate 
the representations, structures, and processes that are involved in 
the comprehension and production of connected discourse.  The 
conference will be held in Albuquerque, New Mexico in 
conjunction with the Summer Linguistics Institute.  Those 
interested should contact Susan R. Goldman, Box 45 Peabody, 
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37203, Phone: (615) 322-
8135, Email: goldmans@ctrvax.vanderbilt.edu.

The IGEL Conference, August 1996
The International Society for the Empirical Study of Literature, or 
IGEL, has provided an international forum for the research and 
ideas of scholars from such diverse fields as cognitive 
psychology, discourse processing, literary criticism, linguistics, 
and cultural sociology.  Contributors are encouraged to present 
empirical and theoretical papers concerning literary reading 
processes.  The next conference will be held in Banff, Canada.  
Those interested should contact Steven Totosy de Zeptenek, 
Department of Comparative Literature, University of Alberta, 
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2E5; Phone: (403) 492-4776.

58th Linguistic Institute, June 26 - August 4
The 58th Linguistic Institute will be held at the University of 
New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico.  The institute will 
focus on cross-linguistic perspectives on grammar, discourse, 
acquisition, and processing.  For more information contact the 
Linguistic Institute, Department of Linguistics, Humanities Bldg. 
526, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA 87131-
1196; (505) 277-6353; FAX: (505) 277-6355.




JOURNALS


Cognition and Instruction (Erlbaum).  Isabel L. Beck or Leona 
Schauble, 647 Learning Research and Development Center, 
University of Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA.

Discourse & Society (SAGE).  Teun A. Van Dijk, Department of 
General Literary Studies, University of Amsterdam, Spuistraat 
210, 1012 VT Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Discourse Processes (Ablex).  Roy O. Freedle, Educational 
Testing Service, Princeton, NJ 08540, USA. Or Arthur C. 
Graesser, Department of Psychology, University of Memphis, 
Memphis, TN 38152, USA.

Journal of The Learning Sciences (Erlbaum).  Janet L. Kolodner, 
College of Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, 
GA 30332-0280, USA.

Journal of Memory and Language (Academic Press).  Gregory L. 
Murphy, Beckman Institute, 405 North Mathews Avenue, 
Urbana, Illinois, 61801, USA.

Journal of Narrative and Life History (Erlbaum).  Alyssa 
McCabe, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, MA 
02138, USA.

Journal of Pragmatics (Elsevier North-Holland).  Jacob L. Mey, 
The Rasmus Rask Institute of Linguistics, Odense University, 
Campusvej 55, Odense M, Denmark.

Language and Cognitive Processes (Erlbaum).  Lorraine K. Tyler, 
Department of Psychology, Birbeck College, University of 
London, Malet Street, London WC1e 7HX, United Kingdom.

Metaphor and Symbolic Activity (Erlbaum).  Howard R. Pollio, 
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996-0900, USA.

Mind & Language (Basil Blackwell).  Martin Davies, Philosophy 
Department, Birbeck College, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HX, 
United Kingdom.

Poetics (Elsevier North-Holland).  Cees J. van Rees, Department 
of Language and Literature, Tilburg University, P.O. Box 90153, 
5000 LE Tilburg, the Netherlands.

Pragmatics & Cognition (John Benjamins).  Marcelo Dascal, Tel 
Aviv University, Department of Philosophy, 69978 Tel Aviv, 
Israel.

Text (De Gruyter).  Teun A. van Dijk, Department of General 
Literary Studies, University of Amsterdam, Spuistraat 210, 1012 
VT Amsterdam, the Netherlands.  Email:  Teun@alf.uva.nl.

Written Communication (SAGE).  Roger D. Cherry, Department 
of English, 164 W. 17th Avenue, Ohio State University, 
Columbus, OH 43210-1370, USA.



SOCIETIES

Society for Text and Discourse
Contact Charles R. Fletcher, secretary-treasurer, University of 
Minnesota, 75 East River Road, Minneapolis, MN 55455, 
Email:  Randy@text.psych.umn.edu.  The president is Morton 
Gernsbacher, Department of Psychology, University of 
Wisconsin-Madison, 1202 W Johnson Street, Madison, 
Wisconsin 53706-1611, USA.

International Society for the Empirical Study of 
Literature (IGEL)
Contact Steven Totosy de Zeptenek, Department of Comparative 
Literature, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada 
T6G 2E5; Phone: (403) 492-4776.

Society for the Scientific Study of Reading
Contact Ann Pace, Conference Coordinator, University of 
Missouri at Kansas City, 5100 Rockhill Road, ED 223
Kansas City, MO 64110; Email: beemand@smtpgate.umkc.edu.

Special Interest Groups (SIGs) of the American 
Educational Research Association (AERA)

(1)  Text, Technology, and Learning Strategies
Contact Susan R. Goldman, Box 45 Peabody, Vanderbilt 
University, Nashville, TN 37203, Phone: (615) 322-8135, 
Email: goldmans@ctrvax.vanderbilt.edu.

(2)  Basic Research in Reading and Literacy
Contact Wayne Slater, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, 
University of Maryland at College Park, College Park, Maryland 
20742-1175; Phone: (301) 405-3324; Fax: (301) 314-9055; 
Email:  ws22@umail.umd.edu

If you have any information for the newsletter, please contact:

Art Graesser
Department of Psychology
The University of Memphis
Memphis, TN 38152
Phone: (901) 678-2742
Fax: (901) 678-2579
Email: graesserac@cc.memphis.edu


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 Charles R. Fletcher              e-mail: randy@text3.psych.umn.edu
 Department of Psychology                 (NeXTmail OK)
 University of Minnesota
 75 East River Rd                 phone:  (612) 625=6096 
 Minneapolis MN  55455-0344       fax:    (612) 626=2079

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