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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Linguistic Society of Papua New Guinea<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Annual Conference<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Abstract submission deadline extension<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Please be notified that we have extended the deadline for submitting abstracts to our next annual LSPNG Conference, scheduled for this 25-27 September 2012, at Ukarumpa,
Eastern Highlands Province, PNG.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Old deadline for submission of abstracts: 27 April 2012<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">New deadline for submission: 11 May 2012 –
<u>please submit your abstracts to the email address below</u>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Applicants will STILL be notified of abstract acceptance by Friday, 25 May 2012.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The goal of this year’s LSPNG Conference is to provide a venue for presentation of the best current research on Austronesian and Papuan languages, linguistics and literacy
and to promote collaboration and research in these areas.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Thank you,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">LSPNG Conference organizing committee<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Ray Stegeman<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">LCORE Linguistics<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Box 1 (418) Ukarumpa EHP 444<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">PAPUA NEW GUINEA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Telephone: (675) 537-4595<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Email:
<a href="mailto:lr-linguistics@sil.org.pg">lr-linguistics@sil.org.pg</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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