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size=3><FONT color=#000000>1. ALT VII, Paris (September
2007)<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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size=3><FONT color=#000000><SPAN lang=EN-GB
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</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">The
2007 Elections</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
size=3><FONT color=#000000>3. Linguistic typology, the
journal<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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size=3><FONT color=#000000>4. OUP<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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size=3><FONT color=#000000>5. New webmaster<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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2007)<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
size=3><FONT color=#000000>The received opinion is that the Parisian ALT VII
Conference was an unprecedented success. It presented high quality research in
an atmosphere of the <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">utile</I> and the <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">dulce</I>, in the presence of both young and
established scholars, and in an unequalled amount of workshops, both inside the
program and before and after. It furthermore launched a typological database. We
were able to offfer some scholarships (with the help of the French Ministry of
Research<SPAN class=441104009-28122007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2> ) </FONT></SPAN>, we had two prize winners and two special
plenaries. No wonder also that the conference was attended by close to 300
linguists. ALT owes this success to all participating linguists, but also to the
Program and Organizing Committees. The former consisted of <SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">David Gil (chair), Nick Evans, Jocelyne
Fernandez-Vest, Ekkehard König, Brian Migliazza. Edith Moravcsik, and Martine
Vanhove. </SPAN>The latter consisted of <SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">Stéphane Robert (chair), Isabelle Bril,
Jocelyne Fernandez-Vest, Martine Vanhove, Natacha Vellut, Mary Noel-Giraud, and
Florent Nardol.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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size=3><FONT color=#000000>1.2. <SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">The
Panini Grammar Award<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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size=3><FONT color=#000000><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">The
2007 Grammar Award, for the best grammar written as a doctoral dissertation in
2003 to 2006, went to </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Patience Epps,
for a <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Grammar of Hup, </I>defended at the
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Virginia</st1:PlaceName></st1:place> in August 2005,
with Eve Danziger as advisor. The jury regards this work as an extraordinary
achievement, impressive in its clarity of presentation, its rich empirical
basis, its convincing argumentation, and its breadth.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
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color=#000000 size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT
size=3><FONT color=#000000>This is the first extensive description of the
language of the Hupde, a semi-nomadic people of the Maku (or Nadahup) family
settled along the Columbian/Brazilian border in <st1:place
w:st="on">Amazonia</st1:place>. The work consists of 18 chapters followed by
appendices containing an index of morphemes, lexical comparisons with forms from
genetically related and geographically neighboring languages, and six translated
and analyzed texts. Fieldwork was begun in 2001, and the grammar was completed
in 2005.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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color=#000000><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">A number of
features of the grammar were particularly appreciated by members of the jury.
Among those noted were a transparent orthography, a full chapter on the culture
of the speakers, and discussion of the Hup alienability paradox whereby human
body parts are marked as alienables but animal body parts as inalienables. The
jury found this work linguistically sophisticated:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>structures are not described in
isolation, but rather in theoretical, typological, diachronic, and areal
perspective. The language presents a number of complex theoretical issues, which
are dealt with expertly. Jury members pointed to </SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">the
clear and logical resolution of the intricate problem of consonantal allophones;
the classification of ‘bound nouns’, human nouns, body parts nouns, newly
introduced cultural items, and eventual classifiers; the analysis of the
compound verb (and the evolution of component stems from suffixes to
serialization); and the treatment of the complex aspectual system.</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> A number of
grammatical entities seem to appear at multiple levels of structure, as inner
suffixes, boundary suffixes, clitics, and particles, and in different kinds of
phrases: nominal, verbal, and clauses. The discussion of evidentiality is rich
and engages with current theoretical approaches to the phenomenon. Possessive
constructions and attributive adjectives are presented against a backdrop of
pertinent structures in Oceanic languages. Cases of unusual grammaticalization
paths and antigrammaticalization are pointed out. An interesting explanation of
the development of the applicative imperative to optative mood is proposed, and
the initial stages of an incipient noun classification system are traced. A
welcome extra was the inclusion of color
spectograms.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
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color=#000000 size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT
size=3><FONT color=#000000>Jury members commented on the ‘exhaustive treatment
of the sense, distribution, and function of every grammatical entity, treatment
supported by extensive documentation’ and ‘the subtlety of interpretation of
native texts and native words reflecting the immersion of the author in the
daily life and culture of the Hupde’. The jury was impressed with the quality of
the linguistic analyses: the author ‘offers alternative solutions where
possible, and her argumentation is convincing. It is amazingly detailed: no
stone is left unturned. Her knowledge of linguistics and relevant concepts is
detailed. She takes into account most of the important developments in
linguistics.’ Admiration was expressed for the quality of the fieldwork: the
author ‘lived with the Hup, which was very hard, given their low status in the
area and physical and logistical difficulties involved in doing fieldwork with
them. The collection of texts of varied genres at the end of the grammar is of
high quality. She makes the language 'live' through the examples she gives
throughout the grammar.’ Her knowledge of genetically related languages and
other languages in the area was praised.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT
size=3><FONT color=#000000><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT
size=3><FONT color=#000000>One jurist summed up the sentiments expressed all
panel members, with the comment ‘This is an outstanding grammar, one of the best
I ever read.’<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman"
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size=3><FONT color=#000000><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">Thanks
are due to the Jury, consisting of Marianne Mithun (chair), and Sasha
Aikhenvald, Bernard Comrie, Grev Corbett, Östen Dahl, Lucia Golluscio, Nikolaus
Himmelmann, Jon Landaburu, Michael Noonan, Tom Payne, Ger Reesink, Keren Rice,
Anna Siewierska, and Dietmar Zaefferer</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">.<SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p><FONT
color=#000000 size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
size=3><FONT color=#000000>1.3. <SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">The
Joseph Greenberg Award<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><o:p><FONT
color=#000000 size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 0cm 10.3pt 24.5pt 38.65pt 52.8pt 66.95pt 81.1pt 95.3pt 109.45pt 123.6pt 137.75pt 151.9pt 166.1pt 180.25pt 194.4pt 208.55pt 222.7pt 236.9pt 251.05pt 265.2pt 279.35pt 293.5pt 307.7pt 321.85pt 336.0pt 350.15pt 364.3pt 378.5pt 392.65pt 406.8pt 420.95pt 435.1pt 449.3pt"><FONT
size=3><FONT color=#000000><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">The
2007 Joseph Greenberg Award for the best typological dissertation defended in
2005 and 2006, goes to </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US">Alexandr
Arkhipov, Moscow State University, for his thesis "Tipologia komitativnykh
konstruktsii" ("Typology of comitative constructions"). The advisor was
Aleksandr E. Kibrik. Arkhipov is currently `mladšij nau?nyj sotrudnik' (Research
Fellow) in the department of theoretical and applied linguistics in the
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Moscow</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">State</st1:PlaceType> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US"><o:p><FONT
color=#000000 size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US"><FONT
size=3><FONT color=#000000>Arkhipov's thesis was judged by the jury to represent
a significant typological investigation of comitative constructions in a
representative sample of languages, including data from his own fieldwork. A
particularly significant aspect of this work is a novel approach to the
definition of `comitative', since Arkhipov argues that comitative should not be
defined as a particular type of semantic role, but as a type of construction
available to express plurality of a given participant. Consequently,
considerable attention is given to a discussion of the relationship between
comitative and plurality, i.e. the competition between comitative and others
expressions of participant and situation plurality. The formal typology of
comitative constructions also reflects this definition in that it assumes that
the two NPs involved in the comitative construction may operate at NP level, at
the level of the predicative construction, or at clause level. A further
significant aspect of the thesis is the discussion of the polysemy of comitative
constructions, which may be employed to express e.g. co-predication (secondary
predication), restrictive modification, and various types of semantic roles such
as instrument, agent, experiencer, possessor, locative, temporal, or
conditional.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 0cm 10.3pt 24.5pt 38.65pt 52.8pt 66.95pt 81.1pt 95.3pt 109.45pt 123.6pt 137.75pt 151.9pt 166.1pt 180.25pt 194.4pt 208.55pt 222.7pt 236.9pt 251.05pt 265.2pt 279.35pt 293.5pt 307.7pt 321.85pt 336.0pt 350.15pt 364.3pt 378.5pt 392.65pt 406.8pt 420.95pt 435.1pt 449.3pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US"><FONT
size=3><FONT color=#000000>This again demonstrates Arkhipov's ability to see a
particular construction as part of the complete structural make-up of individual
languages. As one member of the jury said, "Once translated into English, this
thesis should constitute a major reference for forthcoming studies of comitative
and related field".<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US"><o:p><FONT
color=#000000 size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 0cm 10.3pt 24.5pt 38.65pt 52.8pt 66.95pt 81.1pt 95.3pt 109.45pt 123.6pt 137.75pt 151.9pt 166.1pt 180.25pt 194.4pt 208.55pt 222.7pt 236.9pt 251.05pt 265.2pt 279.35pt 293.5pt 307.7pt 321.85pt 336.0pt 350.15pt 364.3pt 378.5pt 392.65pt 406.8pt 420.95pt 435.1pt 449.3pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US"><BR><FONT
size=3><FONT color=#000000>The following three theses were also shortlisted for
the award and were also judged excellent by members of the review committee.
(The order is alphabetical and does not imply a ranking):<BR>Valentin Gousev,
Moscow State University, "Tipologia spetsializirovannykh glagolnykh form
imperativa" ("Typology of dedicated verbal forms of the imperative")<BR>Olesya
Khanina, Moscow State University, "Iazykovoe oformlenie situatsii zhelania (opyt
tipologicheskogo issledovania)" (Linguistic encoding of 'wanting': a
typological approach')<BR>René Schiering, University of Konstanz, "Cliticization
and the Evolution of Morphology: a Cross-linguistic Study on Phonology in
Grammaticalization" <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US"><o:p><FONT
color=#000000 size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
color=#000000><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US">This
round saw a particularly high number of submissions (10 in total) and
submissions were generally of a very high quality, which is very good news for
typology, but which also made the review process a rather lengthy and,
admittedly, difficult exercise. </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><o:p><FONT
color=#000000 size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
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size=3><FONT color=#000000><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">Thanks
are due to the Jury: Eva Schultze-Berndt</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">
<SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">(chair), and Juliette Blevins, Joan
Bybee, Denis Creissels, Martin Haspelmath, Bernhard Hurch, Leonid Kulikov, Tania
Kuteva, Bill McGregor, Andrej Malchukov, Elena Maslova, Maria Polinsky, Elena
Skribnik, and Sergei Tatevosov</SPAN> <SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p><FONT
color=#000000 size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
size=3><FONT color=#000000>1.4. Business Meeting on Sept
27<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p><FONT
color=#000000 size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
size=3><FONT color=#000000>a. Membership</FONT></FONT><FONT size=2><FONT
color=#0000ff><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
class=441104009-28122007> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
size=2><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
class=441104009-28122007> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 0cm 10.3pt 24.5pt 38.65pt 52.8pt 66.95pt 81.1pt 95.3pt 109.45pt 123.6pt 137.75pt 151.9pt 166.1pt 180.25pt 194.4pt 208.55pt 222.7pt 236.9pt 251.05pt 265.2pt 279.35pt 293.5pt 307.7pt 321.85pt 336.0pt 350.15pt 364.3pt 378.5pt 392.65pt 406.8pt 420.95pt 435.1pt 449.3pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
size=3><FONT color=#000000>The secretary presented the current figures on
membership. According to the files kept by our publisher Mouton, the middle of
2007 saw ALT with 392 regular members and 65 student members, thus yielding a
total of 457 members. Below these figures are compared with those of 2006 and
2005.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p><FONT
color=#000000 size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 0cm 10.3pt 24.5pt 38.65pt 52.8pt 66.95pt 81.1pt 95.3pt 109.45pt 123.6pt 137.75pt 151.9pt 166.1pt 180.25pt 194.4pt 208.55pt 222.7pt 236.9pt 251.05pt 265.2pt 279.35pt 293.5pt 307.7pt 321.85pt 336.0pt 350.15pt 364.3pt 378.5pt 392.65pt 406.8pt 420.95pt 435.1pt 449.3pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
size=3><FONT color=#000000><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 4">
</SPAN>Regular<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 3">
</SPAN>Student<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 2">
</SPAN>Total<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p><FONT
color=#000000 size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 0cm 10.3pt 24.5pt 38.65pt 52.8pt 66.95pt 81.1pt 95.3pt 109.45pt 123.6pt 137.75pt 151.9pt 166.1pt 180.25pt 194.4pt 208.55pt 222.7pt 236.9pt 251.05pt 265.2pt 279.35pt 293.5pt 307.7pt 321.85pt 336.0pt 350.15pt 364.3pt 378.5pt 392.65pt 406.8pt 420.95pt 435.1pt 449.3pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
size=3><FONT color=#000000>2007<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 2">
</SPAN>392<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 5">
</SPAN>65<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 4">
</SPAN>457<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
size=3><FONT color=#000000>2006<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 2">
</SPAN>364<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 5">
</SPAN>64<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 4">
</SPAN>428<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
size=3><FONT color=#000000>2005<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 2">
</SPAN>362<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 5">
</SPAN>62<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 4">
</SPAN>424<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p><FONT
color=#000000 size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
size=3><FONT color=#000000>What we see from these figures is fluctuation and
overall gradual increase. Each year we do lose members, for a variety of reasons
(address changes, credit card problems, human error at any one link in the
communicative chain from member via ALT to at least two offices within or
associated with Mouton). Each year, after some e-mails between members, ALT and
Mouton, we also regain members. <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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color=#000000 size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 0cm 10.3pt 24.5pt 38.65pt 52.8pt 66.95pt 81.1pt 95.3pt 109.45pt 123.6pt 137.75pt 151.9pt 166.1pt 180.25pt 194.4pt 208.55pt 222.7pt 236.9pt 251.05pt 265.2pt 279.35pt 293.5pt 307.7pt 321.85pt 336.0pt 350.15pt 364.3pt 378.5pt 392.65pt 406.8pt 420.95pt 435.1pt 449.3pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
size=3><FONT color=#000000>As in previous years, most ALT members hail from
Europe and from <st1:place w:st="on">North
America</st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 0cm 10.3pt 24.5pt 38.65pt 52.8pt 66.95pt 81.1pt 95.3pt 109.45pt 123.6pt 137.75pt 151.9pt 166.1pt 180.25pt 194.4pt 208.55pt 222.7pt 236.9pt 251.05pt 265.2pt 279.35pt 293.5pt 307.7pt 321.85pt 336.0pt 350.15pt 364.3pt 378.5pt 392.65pt 406.8pt 420.95pt 435.1pt 449.3pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p><FONT
color=#000000 size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 0cm 10.3pt 24.5pt 38.65pt 52.8pt 66.95pt 81.1pt 95.3pt 109.45pt 123.6pt 137.75pt 151.9pt 166.1pt 180.25pt 194.4pt 208.55pt 222.7pt 236.9pt 251.05pt 265.2pt 279.35pt 293.5pt 307.7pt 321.85pt 336.0pt 350.15pt 364.3pt 378.5pt 392.65pt 406.8pt 420.95pt 435.1pt 449.3pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
size=3><FONT color=#000000>ALT officially allows for group members, linguists
that share a journal but otherwise have full membership privileges. This scheme
was previously operational in <st1:City w:st="on">Moscow</st1:City> and
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Tbilisi</st1:City></st1:place>. The
scheme proved to be very impractical and financially difficult to maintain, and
there <SPAN class=441104009-28122007>are </SPAN>no more group members
at the moment.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 0cm 10.3pt 24.5pt 38.65pt 52.8pt 66.95pt 81.1pt 95.3pt 109.45pt 123.6pt 137.75pt 151.9pt 166.1pt 180.25pt 194.4pt 208.55pt 222.7pt 236.9pt 251.05pt 265.2pt 279.35pt 293.5pt 307.7pt 321.85pt 336.0pt 350.15pt 364.3pt 378.5pt 392.65pt 406.8pt 420.95pt 435.1pt 449.3pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p><FONT
color=#000000 size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 0cm 10.3pt 24.5pt 38.65pt 52.8pt 66.95pt 81.1pt 95.3pt 109.45pt 123.6pt 137.75pt 151.9pt 166.1pt 180.25pt 194.4pt 208.55pt 222.7pt 236.9pt 251.05pt 265.2pt 279.35pt 293.5pt 307.7pt 321.85pt 336.0pt 350.15pt 364.3pt 378.5pt 392.65pt 406.8pt 420.95pt 435.1pt 449.3pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p><FONT
color=#000000 size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 0cm 10.3pt 24.5pt 38.65pt 52.8pt 66.95pt 81.1pt 95.3pt 109.45pt 123.6pt 137.75pt 151.9pt 166.1pt 180.25pt 194.4pt 208.55pt 222.7pt 236.9pt 251.05pt 265.2pt 279.35pt 293.5pt 307.7pt 321.85pt 336.0pt 350.15pt 364.3pt 378.5pt 392.65pt 406.8pt 420.95pt 435.1pt 449.3pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
size=3><FONT color=#000000>b. Finances<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 0cm 10.3pt 24.5pt 38.65pt 52.8pt 66.95pt 81.1pt 95.3pt 109.45pt 123.6pt 137.75pt 151.9pt 166.1pt 180.25pt 194.4pt 208.55pt 222.7pt 236.9pt 251.05pt 265.2pt 279.35pt 293.5pt 307.7pt 321.85pt 336.0pt 350.15pt 364.3pt 378.5pt 392.65pt 406.8pt 420.95pt 435.1pt 449.3pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p><FONT
color=#000000 size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 0cm 10.3pt 24.5pt 38.65pt 52.8pt 66.95pt 81.1pt 95.3pt 109.45pt 123.6pt 137.75pt 151.9pt 166.1pt 180.25pt 194.4pt 208.55pt 222.7pt 236.9pt 251.05pt 265.2pt 279.35pt 293.5pt 307.7pt 321.85pt 336.0pt 350.15pt 364.3pt 378.5pt 392.65pt 406.8pt 420.95pt 435.1pt 449.3pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
size=3><FONT color=#000000>The treasurer presented the current figures on
finances.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 0cm 10.3pt 24.5pt 38.65pt 52.8pt 66.95pt 81.1pt 95.3pt 109.45pt 123.6pt 137.75pt 151.9pt 166.1pt 180.25pt 194.4pt 208.55pt 222.7pt 236.9pt 251.05pt 265.2pt 279.35pt 293.5pt 307.7pt 321.85pt 336.0pt 350.15pt 364.3pt 378.5pt 392.65pt 406.8pt 420.95pt 435.1pt 449.3pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p><FONT
color=#000000 size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 0cm 10.3pt 24.5pt 38.65pt 52.8pt 66.95pt 81.1pt 95.3pt 109.45pt 123.6pt 137.75pt 151.9pt 166.1pt 180.25pt 194.4pt 208.55pt 222.7pt 236.9pt 251.05pt 265.2pt 279.35pt 293.5pt 307.7pt 321.85pt 336.0pt 350.15pt 364.3pt 378.5pt 392.65pt 406.8pt 420.95pt 435.1pt 449.3pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=3><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 6">
</SPAN>Action<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 6"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 2"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1"> <SPAN class=675000909-28122007>
</SPAN></SPAN>+/-<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 6"> <SPAN
class=675000909-28122007> </SPAN> </SPAN>Balance (</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">€</SPAN><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 0cm 10.3pt 24.5pt 38.65pt 52.8pt 66.95pt 81.1pt 95.3pt 109.45pt 123.6pt 137.75pt 151.9pt 166.1pt 180.25pt 194.4pt 208.55pt 222.7pt 236.9pt 251.05pt 265.2pt 279.35pt 293.5pt 307.7pt 321.85pt 336.0pt 350.15pt 364.3pt 378.5pt 392.65pt 406.8pt 420.95pt 435.1pt 449.3pt"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT
size=3><FONT color=#000000>2005<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 0cm 10.3pt 24.5pt 38.65pt 52.8pt 66.95pt 81.1pt 95.3pt 109.45pt 123.6pt 137.75pt 151.9pt 166.1pt 180.25pt 194.4pt 208.55pt 222.7pt 236.9pt 251.05pt 265.2pt 279.35pt 293.5pt 307.7pt 321.85pt 336.0pt 350.15pt 364.3pt 378.5pt 392.65pt 406.8pt 420.95pt 435.1pt 449.3pt"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT
size=3><FONT color=#000000>Sept 29<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 21">
</SPAN>+ 8.193,44<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 0cm 10.3pt 24.5pt 38.65pt 52.8pt 66.95pt 81.1pt 95.3pt 109.45pt 123.6pt 137.75pt 151.9pt 166.1pt 180.25pt 194.4pt 208.55pt 222.7pt 236.9pt 251.05pt 265.2pt 279.35pt 293.5pt 307.7pt 321.85pt 336.0pt 350.15pt 364.3pt 378.5pt 392.65pt 406.8pt 420.95pt 435.1pt 449.3pt"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=3>Dec 25<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 3"> </SPAN>Bank interest<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 2"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 3"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> <SPAN class=675000909-28122007>
</SPAN></SPAN>+237,06<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 3"> </SPAN>+
8.430,96<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 0cm 10.3pt 24.5pt 38.65pt 52.8pt 66.95pt 81.1pt 95.3pt 109.45pt 123.6pt 137.75pt 151.9pt 166.1pt 180.25pt 194.4pt 208.55pt 222.7pt 236.9pt 251.05pt 265.2pt 279.35pt 293.5pt 307.7pt 321.85pt 336.0pt 350.15pt 364.3pt 378.5pt 392.65pt 406.8pt 420.95pt 435.1pt 449.3pt"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT
size=3><FONT color=#000000>2006<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 0cm 10.3pt 24.5pt 38.65pt 52.8pt 66.95pt 81.1pt 95.3pt 109.45pt 123.6pt 137.75pt 151.9pt 166.1pt 180.25pt 194.4pt 208.55pt 222.7pt 236.9pt 251.05pt 265.2pt 279.35pt 293.5pt 307.7pt 321.85pt 336.0pt 350.15pt 364.3pt 378.5pt 392.65pt 406.8pt 420.95pt 435.1pt 449.3pt"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=3>Feb 18<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 3"> </SPAN>Legal help<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 6"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> <SPAN class=675000909-28122007>
</SPAN> </SPAN>-95,00<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 3">
</SPAN>+ 8.335,96<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 0cm 10.3pt 24.5pt 38.65pt 52.8pt 66.95pt 81.1pt 95.3pt 109.45pt 123.6pt 137.75pt 151.9pt 166.1pt 180.25pt 194.4pt 208.55pt 222.7pt 236.9pt 251.05pt 265.2pt 279.35pt 293.5pt 307.7pt 321.85pt 336.0pt 350.15pt 364.3pt 378.5pt 392.65pt 406.8pt 420.95pt 435.1pt 449.3pt"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=3>Feb 20<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 3"> </SPAN>Bank interest<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 6"> <SPAN
class=675000909-28122007> </SPAN> <SPAN class=675000909-28122007>
</SPAN></SPAN>+19,68<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 3"> </SPAN>+
8<SPAN class=441104009-28122007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2> .</FONT></SPAN>355,64<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 0cm 10.3pt 24.5pt 38.65pt 52.8pt 66.95pt 81.1pt 95.3pt 109.45pt 123.6pt 137.75pt 151.9pt 166.1pt 180.25pt 194.4pt 208.55pt 222.7pt 236.9pt 251.05pt 265.2pt 279.35pt 293.5pt 307.7pt 321.85pt 336.0pt 350.15pt 364.3pt 378.5pt 392.65pt 406.8pt 420.95pt 435.1pt 449.3pt"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=3>Apr 4<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 3"> </SPAN>Memberships
fees <SPAN class=675000909-28122007> </SPAN><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 3"> <SPAN class=675000909-28122007>
</SPAN></SPAN>+3,206,00<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 3">
</SPAN>+11.561,64<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 0cm 10.3pt 24.5pt 38.65pt 52.8pt 66.95pt 81.1pt 95.3pt 109.45pt 123.6pt 137.75pt 151.9pt 166.1pt 180.25pt 194.4pt 208.55pt 222.7pt 236.9pt 251.05pt 265.2pt 279.35pt 293.5pt 307.7pt 321.85pt 336.0pt 350.15pt 364.3pt 378.5pt 392.65pt 406.8pt 420.95pt 435.1pt 449.3pt"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=3>Apr 21<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 3"> </SPAN>Banking costs<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 3"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> <SPAN class=675000909-28122007>
</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 2"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>-20,00<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 3"> <SPAN class=675000909-28122007>
</SPAN></SPAN>+11.541,64<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 0cm 10.3pt 24.5pt 38.65pt 52.8pt 66.95pt 81.1pt 95.3pt 109.45pt 123.6pt 137.75pt 151.9pt 166.1pt 180.25pt 194.4pt 208.55pt 222.7pt 236.9pt 251.05pt 265.2pt 279.35pt 293.5pt 307.7pt 321.85pt 336.0pt 350.15pt 364.3pt 378.5pt 392.65pt 406.8pt 420.95pt 435.1pt 449.3pt"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT
size=3><FONT color=#000000>July 8<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 3"> </SPAN>Support SW2 <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Lancaster</st1:City></st1:place><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>-1.000,00<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 3">
</SPAN>+10.541,64<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 0cm 10.3pt 24.5pt 38.65pt 52.8pt 66.95pt 81.1pt 95.3pt 109.45pt 123.6pt 137.75pt 151.9pt 166.1pt 180.25pt 194.4pt 208.55pt 222.7pt 236.9pt 251.05pt 265.2pt 279.35pt 293.5pt 307.7pt 321.85pt 336.0pt 350.15pt 364.3pt 378.5pt 392.65pt 406.8pt 420.95pt 435.1pt 449.3pt"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=3>Aug 8<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 4"> </SPAN>Banking
costs<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 5"> <SPAN
class=675000909-28122007> </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>-20,00<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 3">
</SPAN>+10.521,64<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 0cm 10.3pt 24.5pt 38.65pt 52.8pt 66.95pt 81.1pt 95.3pt 109.45pt 123.6pt 137.75pt 151.9pt 166.1pt 180.25pt 194.4pt 208.55pt 222.7pt 236.9pt 251.05pt 265.2pt 279.35pt 293.5pt 307.7pt 321.85pt 336.0pt 350.15pt 364.3pt 378.5pt 392.65pt 406.8pt 420.95pt 435.1pt 449.3pt"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=3>Aug 24<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 3"> </SPAN>Legal costs<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 7"> <SPAN
class=675000909-28122007> </SPAN> </SPAN>-134,07<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 3">
</SPAN>+10.387,57<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 0cm 10.3pt 24.5pt 38.65pt 52.8pt 66.95pt 81.1pt 95.3pt 109.45pt 123.6pt 137.75pt 151.9pt 166.1pt 180.25pt 194.4pt 208.55pt 222.7pt 236.9pt 251.05pt 265.2pt 279.35pt 293.5pt 307.7pt 321.85pt 336.0pt 350.15pt 364.3pt 378.5pt 392.65pt 406.8pt 420.95pt 435.1pt 449.3pt"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=3>Dec 25<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 3"> </SPAN>Bank interest<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 5"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> <SPAN class=675000909-28122007>
</SPAN></SPAN>+264,00<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 3">
</SPAN>+10.651,57<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 0cm 10.3pt 24.5pt 38.65pt 52.8pt 66.95pt 81.1pt 95.3pt 109.45pt 123.6pt 137.75pt 151.9pt 166.1pt 180.25pt 194.4pt 208.55pt 222.7pt 236.9pt 251.05pt 265.2pt 279.35pt 293.5pt 307.7pt 321.85pt 336.0pt 350.15pt 364.3pt 378.5pt 392.65pt 406.8pt 420.95pt 435.1pt 449.3pt"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT
size=3><FONT color=#000000>2007<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 0cm 10.3pt 24.5pt 38.65pt 52.8pt 66.95pt 81.1pt 95.3pt 109.45pt 123.6pt 137.75pt 151.9pt 166.1pt 180.25pt 194.4pt 208.55pt 222.7pt 236.9pt 251.05pt 265.2pt 279.35pt 293.5pt 307.7pt 321.85pt 336.0pt 350.15pt 364.3pt 378.5pt 392.65pt 406.8pt 420.95pt 435.1pt 449.3pt"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT
size=3><FONT color=#000000>Mar 20 <SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 3"> </SPAN>Membership fees<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 4">
</SPAN>+4.088,00<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 3">
</SPAN>+14.739,57<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 0cm 10.3pt 24.5pt 38.65pt 52.8pt 66.95pt 81.1pt 95.3pt 109.45pt 123.6pt 137.75pt 151.9pt 166.1pt 180.25pt 194.4pt 208.55pt 222.7pt 236.9pt 251.05pt 265.2pt 279.35pt 293.5pt 307.7pt 321.85pt 336.0pt 350.15pt 364.3pt 378.5pt 392.65pt 406.8pt 420.95pt 435.1pt 449.3pt"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=3>Mar 27 <SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 2"> </SPAN>Legal help<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 6"> <SPAN
class=675000909-28122007> </SPAN> </SPAN><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>-95,00<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 3">
</SPAN>+14.644,57<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 0cm 10.3pt 24.5pt 38.65pt 52.8pt 66.95pt 81.1pt 95.3pt 109.45pt 123.6pt 137.75pt 151.9pt 166.1pt 180.25pt 194.4pt 208.55pt 222.7pt 236.9pt 251.05pt 265.2pt 279.35pt 293.5pt 307.7pt 321.85pt 336.0pt 350.15pt 364.3pt 378.5pt 392.65pt 406.8pt 420.95pt 435.1pt 449.3pt"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=3>Apr 30<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 3"> </SPAN>Banking costs<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 6"> <SPAN
class=675000909-28122007> </SPAN> </SPAN>-50,00<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 3">
</SPAN>+14.594,57<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><o:p><FONT
color=#000000 size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
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size=3><FONT color=#000000>The organization of the Paris Meeting might amount to
7.000 Euro, on the ALT budget, but the organizing committee has found additional
funds and will be able to reimburse ALT for an estimated 4<SPAN
class=441104009-28122007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2> . </FONT></SPAN>000 Euro.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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color=#000000 size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
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lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT
size=3><FONT color=#000000>Annually recurring items are the bank interests
(credit), a percentage of the membership fees (credit), a fee to a Flemish legal
aid organization, and the costs of keeping a checking account and a savings
account.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><o:p><FONT
color=#000000 size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=3><SPAN class=675000909-28122007>c</SPAN>. Future ALT
meetings<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="COLOR: fuchsia; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><o:p><FONT
size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000 size=3>ALT VIII will be held at the University of California,
Berkeley, July 24-27, 2009, during the LSA Linguistics Institute (</FONT><A
title=http://www.lsadc.org/info/inst-future.cfm
href="http://www.lsadc.org/info/inst-future.cfm"><FONT
size=3>http://www.lsadc.org/info/inst-future.cfm</FONT></A><FONT color=#000000
size=3>), and close in time to the International Cognitive Linguistics
Conference (ICLC 11) (</FONT><A
title=http://www.cognitivelinguistics.org/events.shtml
href="http://www.cognitivelinguistics.org/events.shtml"><FONT
size=3>http://www.cognitivelinguistics.org/events.shtml</FONT></A><FONT
size=3><FONT color=#000000>). The local organizers are Larry Hyman and Johanna
Nichols.<SPAN style="COLOR: red"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="COLOR: fuchsia; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><o:p><FONT
size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT
size=3><FONT color=#000000>Anticipating on a call for proposals for hosting the
ALT Conference in 2011, we received expresssions of interest from or for
<st1:City w:st="on">Oxford</st1:City>, <st1:City w:st="on">Moscow</st1:City> and
<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Australia</st1:place></st1:country-region>.
<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p><FONT
color=#000000 size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=3><SPAN class=675000909-28122007>d</SPAN>. This
meeting<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p><FONT
color=#000000 size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
size=3><FONT color=#000000>Members expressed a preference for having all of the
workshops before or after the conference, not
inside.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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color=#000000 size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=3><SPAN class=675000909-28122007>e</SPAN>. The 200<SPAN
class=675000909-28122007>7</SPAN> Elections<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p><FONT
color=#000000 size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
size=3><FONT color=#000000>The Nominating Committee, consisting of <SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">Edith Moravcsik (chair), Maria Polinsky, Kees
Hengeveld, and Jae-Jung Song, </SPAN>proposed a slate for the offices to be
renewed. All the nominees had accepted. The business meeting took note of the
slates and the election was to start immediately after the
Conference.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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color=#000000 size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
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color=#000000 size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
size=3><FONT color=#000000>2. The 2007
Elections<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p><FONT
color=#000000 size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
size=3><FONT color=#000000>114 members cast their vote and the slates were
overwhelmingly accepted. This means that the following people have now received
their mandate.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p><FONT
color=#000000 size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT
size=3><FONT color=#000000>President: Anna
Siewierska<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT
size=3><FONT color=#000000>Secretary-Treasurer: Jean-Christophe
Verstraete<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT
size=3><FONT color=#000000>Members of the Executive Committee: Nick Evans,
Greville Corbett, Martin Haspelmath, and John
Hawkins<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT
size=3><FONT color=#000000>Editor in chief: Frans
Plank<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT
size=3><FONT color=#000000>Members of the editorial board: Guglielmo Cinque,
Maria Koptjevskaja-Tamm, and Joan Bybee<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><o:p><FONT
color=#000000 size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT
size=3><FONT color=#000000>Thanks are due to the outgoing
officers:<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><o:p><FONT
color=#000000 size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
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size=3><FONT color=#000000>President: Nick
Evans<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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size=3><FONT color=#000000>Secretary-Treasure: Johan van der
Auwera<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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size=3><FONT color=#000000>Members of the Executive Committee: Zygmund
Frayzyngier, Marianne Mithun, and Doris
Payne<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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size=3><FONT color=#000000>Members of the editoral board: Dan Slobin, Peter
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
size=3><FONT color=#000000>3. Linguistic typology, the
journal<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p><FONT
color=#000000 size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US"><FONT
size=3><FONT color=#000000>Prospective contributors to LT please notice that
from volume 12, 2008, LT is adopting the recommendations for a unified style
sheet for linguistics relating to bibliographic referencing. LT's
Instructions for Contributors have been modified accordingly, and a few further
points of detail have been changed, too. The current version of the
Instructions is attached, and will also be available on LT's page with Mouton de
Gruyter, itself in need of a little updating
(http://www.degruyter.de/journals/lintyp/).<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US"><o:p><FONT
color=#000000 size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US"><FONT
size=3><FONT color=#000000>In future there will also be an electronic platform,
provided by Mouton de Gruyter, for supporting material too extensive to include
in the print version of LT (databases, sample information,
etc.).<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US"><o:p><FONT
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size=3><FONT color=#000000>As usual we include a listing of recent publications
and another (sorely incomplete) instalment of The Grammar Watch for the benefit
of prospective book reviewers.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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size=3><FONT color=#000000>A happy -- and instructive and entertaining, as well
as productive -- new year to our readers and
contributors!<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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size=3><FONT color=#000000>From Frans Plank, on behalf of the Editorial Board of
LT.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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size=3><FONT color=#000000>All ALT members<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>will be able to receive 30% discount on all OUP's linguistics titles for
three months only. This offer is available exclusively online until 21st
February 2008.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>After 21st
February 2008 the discount will revert to
20%.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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href="http://www.oup.co.uk/sale/websocalt7/"><FONT
size=3>http://www.oup.co.uk/sale/websocalt7/</FONT></A><FONT size=3><FONT
color=#000000><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>for
details.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"><FONT size=3><FONT color=#000000>Nick
Evans[President]<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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w:st="on">Melbourne</st1:PlaceName></SPAN></st1:place><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>tel +61 3 8344 8988<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
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color=#000000>Australia<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-ansi-language: FR"><FONT size=3><FONT
color=#000000>E-mail:<SPAN
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</SPAN><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>n.evans@linguistics.unimelb.edu.au<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"><FONT size=3><FONT color=#000000>Frans Plank
[Editor-in-chief, Linguistic Typology]<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=DE
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-ansi-language: DE"><FONT size=3><FONT
color=#000000>Sprachwissenschaft<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-ansi-language: DE"><FONT size=3><FONT
color=#000000>Universität Konstanz<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-ansi-language: DE"><FONT size=3><FONT
color=#000000>D-78457 Konstanz<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>tel + 49 7531 88 26 56<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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