Laura Janda, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC

   "The Czech Case System: Meanings and Uses and How to Teach Them"

Masako Ueda Fidler, Brown University, Providence, RI

   "Political Speech in Czech: A Comparative Descriptive Analysis Using

Czech, American English, and Japanese"

Karen Gammelgaard, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

   "Language and Thematics in Topol's Andel"

Adela Rechziegel, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

   "Everyday Czech at the Edge of Two Millennia"

Milan Fryscak, New York University, New York, NY

   "Changes in the Lexicon of Contemporary Czech During the Past Decade"

Julie Svabova, Technical University, Ostrava

   "Teaching/Learning of Languages at Technical University"