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<div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.44;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Dear all, </span></p><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.44;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0)">We are thrilled to announce the third edition of the</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> Truly Global /L+/ summer/winter school on language acquisition</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0)">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.44;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.44;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0)">WHEN</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0)">: </span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0)">24-28  August 2026</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> (Online) at two different time zones: </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.44;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0)">1. Asia/Africa/Europe-friendly, 2. Africa/Europe/The Americas-friendly.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.44;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Participants from all time zones are welcome to join the session that best fits their schedule.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.44;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.44;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0)">WEBSITE</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0)">: </span><a href="https://www.lplusschool.org/home" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(0,0,0)" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://www.lplusschool.org/home</span></a><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;fo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aseline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0)">TUITION</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0)">: Participation in the /L+/ school is </span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0)">free of charge</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0)">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.44;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.44;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0)">WHO CAN PARTICIPATE</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0)">: The school is aimed at students and researchers who are interested in expanding their knowledge on child language development, in monolingual or multilingual contexts. Students at all levels (BA – PhD) and early career researchers from all regions, but </span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0)">particularly Sub-Saharan Africa, South and Southeast Asia, and South and Central America</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0)">, are encouraged to participate. There are no prerequisites in terms of specific knowledge or skills.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.44;text-align:justify;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 11pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.44;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 11pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0)">TOPICS: </span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0)">The topics for this year’s practical sessions and lectures are:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="4">Practical sessions</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="4"><br></font></span></p><ol style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:decimal;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Conducting field research</span></p></li></ol><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-left:36pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Confirmed lecturers: Camilla Scaff (University of Zürich, Switzerland); Paul Omane (University of Paris, France)</span></p><ol style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" start="2"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:decimal;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Research methods (naturalistic and experimental)</span></p></li></ol><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-left:36pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Confirmed lecturers: Jekaterina Mazara (University of Zürich, Switzerland); Eon-Suk Ko (Chosun University, South Korea)</span></p><ol style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" start="3"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:decimal;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Data collection (naturalistic and experimental; free tools for programming an experiment (PsychoPy))</span></p></li></ol><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-left:36pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Confirmed lecturers: Martin Zettersten (University of California, USA)</span></p><ol style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" start="4"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:decimal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Data processing and preprocessing</span></p></li></ol><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-left:36pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Confirmed lecturers: Joseph Coffey (Ecole Normale Supérieure de Paris, France); Jens Roeser (Nottingham Trent University, UK); Shanley Allen (University of Kaiserslautern, Germany); </span></p><ol style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" start="5"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:decimal;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Statistical data analysis</span></p></li></ol><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-left:36pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Confirmed lecturers: tbd</span></p><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.44;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:11pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="4">Lectures</font></span></p><ol style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:decimal;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Behavioral /quantitative methods on language acquisition</span></p></li></ol><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-left:36pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Confirmed lecturers: Marisa Casillas (University of Chicago, USA); Katherine Twomey (University of Manchester, UK)</span></p><ol style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" start="2"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:decimal;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Multilingualism</span></p></li></ol><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-left:36pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Confirmed lecturers: Virginia Marchman (Stanford University, USA)</span></p><ol style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" start="3"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:decimal;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Cross-linguistic studies</span></p></li></ol><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-left:36pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Confirmed lecturers: Sabine Stoll (University of Zürich, Switzerland); Thierry Nazzi (University of Paris, France)</span></p><ol style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" start="4"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:decimal;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Atypical development</span></p></li></ol><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-left:36pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Confirmed lecturers: Frenette Southwood (Stellenbosch University, South Africa)</span></p><ol style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" start="5"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:decimal;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Multimodality</span></p></li></ol><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-left:36pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Confirmed lecturers: Aylin Küntay (Koç University, Turkey)</span></p></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.44;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0)">On each day of the school, we will have one practical session of 2 hours per time zone. The two practical sessions will be different from each other, and students are welcome to attend both. Lectures and networking sessions will be scheduled around practical sessions in both time zones (stay tuned for the final schedule!). Each lecture will be followed by live discussion sessions with experts in the field. </span></p><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.44;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0)">STRUCTURE: </span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0)">The activities will develop in an online format; lectures and practical sessions will be taught live through video conference.</span></p><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.44;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0)">We are also working on providing local hubs in a few cities, where participants can go and attend the online events together. </span></p><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.44;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0)">APPLY: </span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0)">You can apply for participation with a brief motivation statement (100 words) by following </span><a href="https://www.lplusschool.org/registration" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(0,0,0)" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">this link</span></a><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> by July 3rd 2026. </span></p><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0)">QUESTIONS?</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.44;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0)">CONTACT:</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> </span><a href="mailto:language2.summerschool.dpss@unipd.it" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(0,0,0)" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">language1.summerschool.dpss@unipd.it</span></a><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.44;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.44;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0)">We are looking forward to your registration! </span></p><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.44;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Best wishes, </span></p><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0)">The Organization Team</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0)">------------------------------------------------------------</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Alejandra Raisman (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM, México)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Alejandra Sadaniowski (Universidad Católica de las Misiones, Argentina)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Alma Luz Rodriguez Lazaro (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM, México)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Ana Estrada</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Bhuvana Narasimhan (University of Colorado Boulder)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Caroline Rowland (Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, The Netherlands)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Elisa Gottardi </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Eva Huber (University of Cologne, Germany)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Fei Ting Woon (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Felix Kpogo</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Grace Ennim (University of Potsdam, Germany)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Ivan Bondoc (University of Toronto, Canada)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Janina Vargas (Universidad del País Vasco, Spain)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Lara Hamburger (University of Potsdam, Germany)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Lara Lanús Granada</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Lawrence Mwangi Nduati (Aga Khan University, Kenya)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Leonardo Piot (University of Potsdam, Germany)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Leticia Schiavon Kolberg (University of Grenoble Alpes, France)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Line Kippe (University of Douala, Cameroon)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Magdalena Krysztofiak (University of Warsaw, Poland)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Maria Montefinese (Harrisburg University of Science and Technology, United States; University of Padova, Italy)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Michelle White (University of Oslo, Norway; Stellenbosch University, South Africa)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Nancy Estévez Pérez (Cuban Neurosciences Center)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Naomi Havron (University of Haifa, Israel)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Natalie Boll-Avetisyan (University of Potsdam, Germany)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Nurtimhar Shahaji (Western Mindanao State University)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Rida Ahmed (University of Groningen, The Netherlands)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Rodolphe Prosper Maah (University of Douala, Cameroon)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Rowena Garcia (Leibniz-Centre General Linguistics (ZAS Berlin), University of the Philippines Manila)
Sarah Rossi (IUSS Pavia, Italy)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Silvia Benavides-Varela (University of Padova, Italy)</span></p></div>

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