midamerica ling conf 98 the schedule for the midamerica linguistics conference , to be held at southern illinois university at edwardsville october 23 - 4 has now been set . information on the conference can be found at < http : / / www . siu . edu / departments / cola / ling01 / midamerica98 > , and the tentative schedule can be found at < http : / / www . siu . edu / departments / cola / ling01 / schedule . html > geoff nathan 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 )