<p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><br><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><font face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 16px;" mce_style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 16px;"> </span></font><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: center; " mce_style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: center;">FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS</span></div>
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font-family:"Courier New";mso-ansi-language:EN-US" mce_style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Courier New"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; "><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; " mce_style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large; " mce_style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium; " mce_style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: 'courier new', courier; " mce_style="font-family: 'courier new', courier;">International Conference<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; "><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; " mce_style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large; " mce_style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium; " mce_style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium; " mce_style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: 'courier new', courier; " mce_style="font-family: 'courier new', courier;">Language Variation and Change (LVC) in Postcolonial Contexts<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; "><span style="font-size: medium; " mce_style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://www.lvc2013.unisa.it/" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; color: rgb(0, 0, 204); background-color: white; " mce_style="line-height: 115%; color: #0000cc; background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium; " mce_style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: 'courier new', courier; " mce_style="font-family: 'courier new', courier;">www.lvc2013.unisa.it</span></span></span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; " mce_style="line-height: 115%; color: #1f497d; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Courier New";mso-ansi-language:EN-US" mce_style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Courier New"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br>
The International Conference on Language Variation and Change in Postcolonial
Contexts will be held on 18<sup>th</sup>-19<sup>th</sup>
April 2013 at the University of Salerno, Italy.<br>
Submissions are invited for oral presentations on the topics described below.
Contributions should focus on results from completed as well as ongoing research,
with an emphasis on current approaches, methods, and perspectives, whether
descriptive, theoretical, sociolinguistic or corpus-based.<br>
<br>MOTIVATION AND AIMS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Courier New";mso-ansi-language:EN-US" mce_style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Courier New"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The LVC2013 conference aims:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; text-align: left; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; " mce_style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New';">-to create a space for
the discussion of new and ongoing research and projects on post-colonial
language variation.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; " mce_style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; text-align: left; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-ansi-language:
EN-US" mce_style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: "Courier New"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">-to encourage interactions between researchers with different research
perspectives and methodologies.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; " mce_style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Courier New";mso-ansi-language:EN-US" mce_style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Courier New"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br>
TOPICS<br>
<br>
We invite the submission of papers on original and unpublished studies on language variation and change, including, but not
limited to:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Courier New";mso-ansi-language:EN-US" mce_style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Courier New"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">-language contact issues and
their impact on language change<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Courier New";mso-ansi-language:EN-US" mce_style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Courier New"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">-all aspects of language
variation and change in New Varieties of English<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Courier New";mso-ansi-language:EN-US" mce_style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Courier New"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">- synchronic/diachronic analyses/perspectives in the domain of LVC<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Courier New";mso-ansi-language:EN-US" mce_style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Courier New"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">-specific issues related to
the annotation of corpora for LVC research<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Courier New";mso-ansi-language:EN-US" mce_style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Courier New"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">-interdisciplinary studies covering
different registers and genres in postcolonial contexts<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Courier New";mso-ansi-language:EN-US" mce_style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Courier New"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">INVITED SPEAKERS (Confirmed
so far)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Courier New";mso-ansi-language:EN-US" mce_style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Courier New"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Jack Chambers (University of
Toronto)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Courier New";mso-ansi-language:EN-US" mce_style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Courier New"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Gerhard Leitner (Freie
Universität Berlin)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Courier New";mso-ansi-language:EN-US" mce_style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Courier New"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Joybrato Mukherjee
(University of Giessen)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Courier New";mso-ansi-language:EN-US" mce_style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Courier New"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Courier New";mso-ansi-language:EN-US" mce_style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Courier New"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Courier New";mso-ansi-language:EN-US" mce_style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Courier New"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">SUBMISSIONS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height: 12.75pt; background-color: white; text-align: left; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-ansi-language:EN-US" mce_style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: "Courier New"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Oral
presentations will
be in the form of 20 minute papers with 5 minutes for questions. Reviewing of abstracts will be
double-blind. Therefore, the abstract must not include the authors' names and
affiliations. Abstracts of no more than 300 words can be submitted until 1<sup>st</sup>
December 2012 and sent as a word
attachment to both <a href="mailto:lvc2013@unisa.it">lvc2013@unisa.it</a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Courier New";mso-ansi-language:EN-US" mce_style="font-family: "Courier New"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-ansi-language:
EN-US" mce_style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: "Courier New"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">and</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Courier New";mso-ansi-language:
EN-US" mce_style="font-family: "Courier New"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span><span style="font-family:"Courier New"" mce_style="font-family: "Courier New";"><a href="mailto:rcalabrese@unisa.it"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US" mce_style="font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">rcalabrese@unisa.it</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-ansi-language:EN-US" mce_style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: "Courier New"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 3.75pt; text-align: left; "><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:"Courier New";mso-ansi-language:EN-US" mce_style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: "Courier New"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Abstract checklist:</span></strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-ansi-language:
EN-US" mce_style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: "Courier New"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 3.75pt; text-align: left; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:
"Courier New";mso-ansi-language:EN-US" mce_style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: "Courier New"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">• Title in bold on all copies<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 3.75pt; text-align: left; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:
"Courier New";mso-ansi-language:EN-US" mce_style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: "Courier New"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">• Name, affiliation, address, tel. and
e-mail address on separate first page of the electronic copy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 3.75pt; text-align: left; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:
"Courier New";mso-ansi-language:EN-US" mce_style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: "Courier New"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">• Text: 300 words maximum<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 3.75pt; text-align: left; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:
"Courier New";mso-ansi-language:EN-US" mce_style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: "Courier New"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">• Format: Single spaced, Times New Roman
12, justified<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Courier New";mso-ansi-language:EN-US" mce_style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Courier New"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br>
IMPORTANT DATES<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Courier New";mso-ansi-language:EN-US" mce_style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Courier New"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Deadline for paper
submission: 1<sup>st</sup> December 2012<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Courier New";mso-ansi-language:EN-US" mce_style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Courier New"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Notification of acceptance:
15<sup>th</sup> January 2013<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Courier New";mso-ansi-language:EN-US" mce_style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Courier New"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Registration: from 1<sup>st</sup>
September 2012 to 16<sup>th</sup> January
2013<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Courier New";mso-ansi-language:EN-US" mce_style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Courier New"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Conference: 18<sup>th</sup>-19<sup>th
</sup>April 2013<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Courier New";mso-ansi-language:EN-US" mce_style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Courier New"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; "><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:
115%;font-family:"Courier New";mso-ansi-language:EN-US" mce_style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Courier New"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Rita Calabrese </span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Courier New";
mso-ansi-language:EN-US" mce_style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Courier New"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">(University of Salerno)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; "><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:
115%;font-family:"Courier New";mso-ansi-language:EN-US" mce_style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Courier New"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Mikaela Cordisco </span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Courier New";
mso-ansi-language:EN-US" mce_style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Courier New"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">(University of Salerno)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; "><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:
115%;font-family:"Courier New";mso-ansi-language:EN-US" mce_style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Courier New"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Rachele De Felice </span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Courier New";
mso-ansi-language:EN-US" mce_style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Courier New"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">(University of Nottingham)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; "><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:
115%;font-family:"Courier New";mso-ansi-language:EN-US" mce_style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Courier New"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Roberta Facchinetti </span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Courier New";
mso-ansi-language:EN-US" mce_style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Courier New"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">(University of Verona)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; "><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:
115%;font-family:"Courier New";mso-ansi-language:EN-US" mce_style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Courier New"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Siria Guzzo </span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Courier New";
mso-ansi-language:EN-US" mce_style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Courier New"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">(University of Salerno)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; "><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:
115%;font-family:"Courier New";mso-ansi-language:EN-US" mce_style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Courier New"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Oriana Palusci </span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Courier New";
mso-ansi-language:EN-US" mce_style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Courier New"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">(University of Naples ‘<i>L’Orientale’</i>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; "><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:
115%;font-family:"Courier New";mso-ansi-language:EN-US" mce_style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Courier New"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Katherine E. Russo </span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Courier New";
mso-ansi-language:EN-US" mce_style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Courier New"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">(University of Naples ‘<i>L’Orientale’</i>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Courier New";mso-ansi-language:EN-US" mce_style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Courier New"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Courier New";mso-ansi-language:EN-US" mce_style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Courier New"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; "><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:
115%;font-family:"Courier New";mso-ansi-language:EN-US" mce_style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Courier New"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Paola Attolino </span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Courier New";
mso-ansi-language:EN-US" mce_style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Courier New"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">(University of Salerno)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; "><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Courier New"" mce_style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Courier New";">Linda Barone </span></i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Courier New"" mce_style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Courier New";">(University of Salerno)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; "><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Courier New"" mce_style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Courier New";">Maria Grazia De Meo </span></i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Courier New"" mce_style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Courier New";">(University
of Salerno)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; "><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Courier New"" mce_style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Courier New";">Ljubica Leone </span></i><span style="font-size:
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