<div dir="ltr">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:times;color:rgb(62,0,63)">Special Session: Dene (Athabaskan)
Languages in Story, Poem, and Song<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:times;color:rgb(62,0,63)">Organizers: Olga Lovick, First
Nations University of Canada, and Siri Tuttle, University of Alaska Fairbanks<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:times;color:rgb(62,0,63)"><span> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:times;color:rgb(62,0,63)">Call for Abstracts:<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:times;color:rgb(62,0,63)">We invite abstracts for a special
session at SSILA 2018: Dene (Athabaskan) Languages in Story, Poem, and Song<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:times;color:rgb(62,0,63)">We wish to focus on ways in which
language is used in Dene verbal art, both traditional and modern. Some of the
interfaces that interest us include, but are not limited to:<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:times;color:rgb(62,0,63)"><span> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:40.5pt"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:times;color:rgb(62,0,63)">Narrative structure and syntax<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:40.5pt"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:times;color:rgb(62,0,63)">Musical and linguistic rhythm<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:40.5pt"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:times;color:rgb(62,0,63)">Variation and consistency in
narratives<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:40.5pt"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:times;color:rgb(62,0,63)">Translation of songs<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:40.5pt"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:times;color:rgb(62,0,63)">Language learning and story, poetry
and song<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:times;color:rgb(62,0,63)"><span> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:times;color:rgb(62,0,63)">We welcome your 500-word abstract on
any of these, or related topics. Please send in PDF form to: <span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:times;color:rgb(62,0,63)"><a href="mailto:sgtuttle@alaska.edu">sgtuttle@alaska.edu</a> <span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:times;color:rgb(62,0,63)"><a href="mailto:olga@lithophile.com">olga@lithophile.com</a><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:times;color:rgb(62,0,63)"><span> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:times;color:rgb(62,0,63)">Abstracts will not be reviewed
anonymously, so please include your name and affiliation.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:times;color:rgb(62,0,63)"><span> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:times;color:rgb(62,0,63)">Deadline: May 20, 2017<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:times;color:rgb(62,0,63)"><span> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:times;color:rgb(62,0,63)">Selected abstracts will be included
in our Special Session proposal to SSILA.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:times"> </span></p>
<div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Siri G. Tuttle<div>Professor of Linguistics </div><div>Alaska Native Language Center </div><div>Director, Alaska Native Language Archive </div><div>907-474-5708</div><div><a href="mailto:sgtuttle@alaska.edu" target="_blank">sgtuttle@alaska.edu</a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
</div>