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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b>CALL FOR PAPERS</b><span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b>The 12^th International Symposium on
Bilingualism (ISB12) will take place at the University of Alberta, Canada,
23-28 June, 2019.</b><span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The conference theme is “Bilingualism and The Next
Generation,” </span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black;background:white">which highlights the
importance of the next generation in language maintenance and survival on the
one hand, and the importance of the next generation of scholars in moving the
field forward on the other. </span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Papers that fit within that theme in
some way are particularly eagerly solicited. However, ISB12 invites papers in <i>all</i> areas of research in bilingualism
and multilingualism (whether linked to the conference theme or not), including
but not limited to: linguistics, sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics, neurolinguistics,
applied linguistics, neuropsychology, first and second and third language
acquisition, clinical linguistics, language and education, and multilingual
societies.<span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Keynote speakers include: </span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><br>
<span style="background:white">- Richard Clément</span><br>
<span style="background:white">- Erika Hoff </span><br>
<span style="background:white">- Marco Jacquemet </span><br>
<span style="background:white">- Enric Llurda </span><br>
<span style="background:white">- Roy Lyster </span><br>
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<span style="background:white">Invited theme sessions include:</span><br>
<span style="background:white">- Bilingualism in the context of World Englishes
(organizer: Suzanne Hilgendorf)</span><br>
<span style="background:white">- First language learning and the brain
(organizer: Thierry Nazzi)</span><br>
<span style="background:white">- Heritage language learning in children (organizer:
Silvina Montrul) </span><br>
<span style="background:white">- Immersion (organizer: Diane Tedick) </span><br>
<span style="background:white">- Language and thought (organizer: Bene
Benedetti)<span></span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black;background:white">There will also be a Journée
CSJ at the Campus Saint-Jean, the French-language campus of the University of
Alberta. Invited theme sessions include:<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black;background:white">-French immersion
(organizer: Laurent Cammarata)<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(26,26,26)">-Variation
and change in regional minority languages (organizers: Nanna Hilton and
Anne-José Villeneuve)</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Proposals<span></span></span></u></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Abstracts are solicited for three categories of
proposals: individual papers, posters, and theme sessions.<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span> </span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">• <b>Individual
papers</b>: <a name="OLE_LINK2"></a><a name="OLE_LINK1"><span>Papers are formal presentations on original research or original pedagogy-focused
topics</span></a> by one or more authors, lasting a total of eighteen minutes
with five additional minutes for discussion. Abstracts should be a maximum of
300 words in length.<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span> </span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">• <b>Posters</b>: Poster
sessions are for displaying original research or pedagogy that offers the
opportunity for individualized, informal discussion with others in the field. <a name="OLE_LINK4"></a><a name="OLE_LINK3"><span>Posters
are especially effective for presenting work-in-progress, fieldwork, and
results of empirical research for which data can be presented visually.</span></a>
Posters will be available throughout an entire day of the conference with
presenters in attendance for a 90-minute poster session. <a name="OLE_LINK6"></a><a name="OLE_LINK5"><span>Abstracts should be a
maximum of 300 words in length.</span></a><span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">• <b>Theme
sessions</b>: <a name="OLE_LINK8"></a><a name="OLE_LINK7"><span>Theme sessions allow for extended, interactive
discussion on a specific topic, focusing on a cluster of independent papers. Each
submission should include either three presentations and a discussant or four
presentations, for a total of four “slots”. Submissions must include an
abstract for the panel (of a maximum of 500 words in length), as well as for
each of the constituent papers (of a maximum of 300 words in length).</span></a><span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span> </span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Abstracts may be submitted in either English or
French, and presentations may also be given in either language. Apart from
this, the main working language of ISB12 will be English (we plan to offer interpretation
to and from American Sign Language, if requested).<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span> </span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The deadline for the submission of abstracts will be <u>15
October, 2018</u> at 23:59 North American Mountain time. Notification of
acceptance can be expected by 15 January, 2019.<span></span></span></p>





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