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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>Preliminary Announcement</span></b><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>Linguistics Society of Papua New Guinea’s Annual Conference</span></b><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>Tuesday 12-14 September, 2017</span></b><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>The Linguistics Society of PNG is pleased to announce its annual conference to be held at the University of Goroka (UoG), Goroka, Eastern Highlands Province, from Tuesday 12th to Thursday 14th of September 2017.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>The conference aims to bring together researchers working in two broad areas:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>1. Language documentation</span></b><span lang=EN-US>, and<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>2. Language development</span></b><span lang=EN-US>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>Language Documentation</span></b><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Intending participants are invited to present papers on innovative work in the area of Austronesian and Papuan (as well as general) linguistics, and literacy/literature. Papers on current initiatives in collecting Oral Literature and documenting unwritten Languages (as part of the ongoing efforts to preserve the cultural and linguistic heritage of PNG) are also welcome. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>Language Development</span></b><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Papers are also invited in the area of Language development which encompasses a broad range of topics, including (but not limited to) language education, ELT, language policy, pidgins and creoles, language policy, literature, language/literacy education, and applied linguistics, with new fields emerging on the borders between disciplines and sub-fields.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>Abstracts</span></b><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>The deadline for the submission of abstracts is Tuesday, 31st January 2017<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Authors will be notified of abstract acceptance by Tuesday, 31st March 2017<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>Program</span></b><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>The conference program will be available at the Language and Linguistics in Melanesia (LLM) website <a href="http://www.langlxmelanesia.com/">www.langlxmelanesia.com </a>after the acceptance of abstracts.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>Important dates:</span></b><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Deadline for abstract submission: 31st January 2017<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Notification of acceptance: 31st March 2017<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Registration: 11th September 2017<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Conference: 12-14th September 2017<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>Conference fees:</span></b><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Registration (11thSeptember 2017) PKG150 /Students’ Registration fee - PGK50.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Registration includes conference pack (including a book of paper outlines), and morning/afternoon teas.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Conference dinner 14th September 2017 PKG50<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Further details and conference registration forms will be available in early January 2017 at <a href="http://www.langlxmelanesia.com/">www.langlxmelanesia.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>All other enquiries should be directed to: Dr. Jane Awi - <a href="mailto:awij@uog.ac.pg">awij@uog.ac.pg</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Miss Anne-Marie Wanamp - <a href="mailto:wanampa@uog.ac.pg">wanampa@uog.ac.pg</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Mr. Philip Tama - <a href="mailto:tamap@uog.ac.pg">tamap@uog.ac.pg</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0cm'><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU>Prof. Don Niles, PhD, OL<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU>Acting Director & Senior Ethnomusicologist<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU>Institute of Papua New Guinea Studies<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU>Box 1432<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU>Boroko 111<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU>PAPUA NEW GUINEA<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU>Vice President<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU>International Council for Traditional Music<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU>tel.: +675 325-4644<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU>fax: +675 325-0531<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU>email: dniles.ipngs@gmail.com<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>