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<span style="font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Arabic-L: Tue 27 Aug 2013</span><br style="font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson <</span><a href="mailto:dilworth_parkinson@byu.edu" style="font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif" target="_blank">dilworth_parkinson@byu.edu</a><span style="font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">></span><br style="font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
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<span style="font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">1)</span><br style="font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Date: </span><span style="font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">27 Aug 2013</span><br style="font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<span style="font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">From: </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">Youssef Haddad <</span><a href="mailto:yah@ufl.edu" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px" target="_blank">yah@ufl.edu</a><font face="arial, sans-serif">></font><br style="font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<span style="font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Subject: </span><font face="arial, sans-serif">ALS 28 Final Call</font><br style="font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<br style="font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">Full Title: 28th Annual Symposium on Arabic Linguistics</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">Short Title: ALS28</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">Date: </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><span>13-Mar-2014 - 15-Mar-2014</span></span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">Location: Gainesville, FL, USA</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">Contact Person: ALS28 Organizers</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">Meeting Email: </span><a href="mailto:als28.organizers@gmail.com" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px" target="_blank">als28.organizers@gmail.com</a><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">Web Site: </span><a href="http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/yah/ALS28.xhtml" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px" target="_blank">http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/yah/ALS28.xhtml</a><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">Subject Language(s): Arabic, Standard (arb)</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">Call Deadline: </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><span>01-Nov-2013</span></span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">Meeting Description:</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">The Arabic Linguistics Society together with the University of Florida’s Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Department of Linguistics, and Smathers Libraries are pleased to announce the 28th Annual Symposium on Arabic Linguistics to be held at The University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><span>March 13-15, 2014</span></span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">Keynote Speakers:</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">Naima Boussofara - The University of Kansas</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">Lina Choueiri - American University of Beirut</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">Niloofar Haeri - Johns Hopkins University</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">Janet Watson - University of Salford, Manchester</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">Fees:</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">Arabic Linguistics Society membership: $35 for students and $50 for non-students (required of all presenters who are not members of the Society)</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">Registration Fees:</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">Through </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><span>February 13, 2014</span></span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">: $35 for students and $60 for non-students</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">After </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><span>February 13, 2014</span></span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">: $45 for students and $70 for non-students</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">To register on line, please go to </span><a href="http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/yah/ALS28.xhtml" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px" target="_blank">http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/yah/ALS28.xhtml</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"> and go to Registration.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">For further inquiries regarding the Arabic Linguistics Society, please contact the ALS Executive Director Mushira Eid at </span><a href="mailto:mushira.eid@utah.edu" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px" target="_blank">mushira.eid@utah.edu</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"> .</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">The event is co-sponsored by the Arabic Linguistics Society and University of Florida.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">We thank the following UF constituencies for their generous support:</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">The Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">The Office of Research</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">The International Center</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">The Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">The Linguistics Department</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">George A. Smathers Libraries</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">Final Call for Papers:</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">Papers are invited on topics that deal with theoretical and applied issues in Arabic Linguistics. Research in the following areas of Arabic linguistics is encouraged: linguistic analysis (phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics), sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics, discourse analysis, historical linguistics, corpus linguistics, and computational linguistics.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">Persons interested in presenting papers are requested to prepare an abstract, following the guidelines at this link: </span><a href="http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/yah/ALS.Docs/GuidelinesForWritingAbstracts.pdf" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px" target="_blank">http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/yah/ALS.Docs/GuidelinesForWritingAbstracts.pdf</a><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">When your abstract is ready, please click </span><a href="http://linguistlist.org//confservices/customhome.cfm?Emeetingid=5502JA4458BE425840A050441" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px" target="_blank">http://linguistlist.org//confservices/customhome.cfm?Emeetingid=5502JA4458BE425840A050441</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"> then follow the instructions to upload a .pdf file of your abstract. You will receive an email afterwards indicating that your abstract has been successfully submitted. Please note that, unlike in previous years, abstracts submitted by e-mail will not be accepted. You will be asked to provide this information with your submission. Should you face any problem submitting your abstract via the above link, please contact the ALS organizers </span><a href="mailto:als28.organizers@gmail.com" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px" target="_blank">als28.organizers@gmail.com</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">Deadline for receipt of abstracts: </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><span>Midnight (EDT) November 1, 2013</span></span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">Twenty minutes will be allowed for each presentation followed by 10 minutes for questions and discussion.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">For further inquiries regarding the Arabic Linguistics Society, please contact the ALS Executive Director Mushira Eid at </span><a href="mailto:mushira.eid@utah.edu" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px" target="_blank">mushira.eid@utah.edu</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">Selected papers from the symposium may be considered for publication.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">
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