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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black">9</span></b><b><sup><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">th</span></sup></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black"> Lancaster University International
Postgraduate Conference in Linguistics and Language Teaching</span></b><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black"><br>
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</span><b><span style="color:black">First Call for Papers </span></b><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black">9th LAEL conference, 14 July 2014, Lancaster, UK.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">We are pleased to announce the 9</span><sup><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">th</span></sup><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"> Lancaster University International Postgraduate
Conference in Linguistics and Language Teaching which will take place at Lancaster University on Monday, 14 July 2014.</span><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">This one-day conference is designed to give linguistics postgraduates from various areas in linguistics and language teaching/assessment an opportunity to present and discuss their research in an informal
and intellectually stimulating setting. The conference is organized by postgraduate students under the auspices of the Department of Linguistic and English Language, Lancaster University.</span><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">We invite postgraduate students to submit abstracts for oral and poster presentations on any area of linguistics, theoretical or applied.</span><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Abstracts should be no more than 300 words (excluding title, keywords, and references) and should be submitted as a word or PDF attachment to the conference email address (</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black"><a href="https://exchange.lancs.ac.uk/owa/redir.aspx?C=s07B2o4RoUaKuZtSyJt9TM2zT5EM3NAIIV1Bc3MI_AyOXBgcDY90ViiqlHmqmPELJQY_qC3dSfI.&URL=mailto%3alancspgc2014%40gmail.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">lancspgc2014@gmail.com</span></a></span><span style="color:black">).
In your email (not the abstract) please include your name, affiliation and email address.
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The abstract should not include the author’s name or any other identifying information.</span><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">The deadline is 17 March 2014. No late submissions will be accepted. All submissions will be blind peer-reviewed. Note that we can ONLY accept abstracts from postgraduate students. We are unable to consider abstracts
from authors whose doctoral awards have already been made. </span><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Accepted abstracts will be allotted 20 minutes for presentation and 10 minutes for discussion. There will be a dedicated poster session on the day of the conference.</span><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">Keynote speakers</span></b><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">Professor <b>Jonathan Culpeper</b> </span>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black"><a href="http://www.ling.lancs.ac.uk/profiles/jonathan-culpeper"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">http://www.ling.lancs.ac.uk/profiles/jonathan-culpeper</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"><br>
Dr <b>Luke Harding </b></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black"><a href="http://www.ling.lancs.ac.uk/profiles/luke-harding"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">http://www.ling.lancs.ac.uk/profiles/luke-harding</span></a></span><b><span style="color:black">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">Abstracts must be received by:
<b>Monday 17 March 2014</b></span><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">Notification of acceptance:
<b>Wednesday 30 April 2014</b></span><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">Early bird pre-registration deadline:
<b>Friday 23 May 2014</b></span><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">Late registration deadline:
<b>Monday 16 June 2014</b></span><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Conference: <b>Monday 14 July 2014</b></span><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">Early bird registration: 18£</span><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">Late registration: 25£</span><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">For any further inquiry please contact us in the following email:
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black"><a href="https://exchange.lancs.ac.uk/owa/redir.aspx?C=s07B2o4RoUaKuZtSyJt9TM2zT5EM3NAIIV1Bc3MI_AyOXBgcDY90ViiqlHmqmPELJQY_qC3dSfI.&URL=mailto%3alancspgc2014%40gmail.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">lancspgc2014@gmail.com</span></a></span><span style="color:black">,
visit the conference website </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black"><a href="http://www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/events/laelpgconference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">http://www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/events/laelpgconference</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><br>
</span><span style="color:black">or the Facebook page of the event: </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/LancsPGconferenceLinguistics"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">https://www.facebook.com/LancsPGconferenceLinguistics</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">We are looking forward to seeing you in Lancaster!</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">LAEL 2014 Postgraduate Conference Organizing Committee</span></b><span style="color:black"><br>
Carolina Perez<br>
David Pask-Hughes<br>
Hilda Hidalgo<br>
Margarita Calderón</span><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">Web: </span><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black"><a href="http://www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/events/laelpgconference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">http://www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/events/laelpgconference</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Twitter: </span><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#888888"><a href="http://twitter.com/LAELPostgradCon"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">http://twitter.com/LAELPostgradCon</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">
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Email: </span><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#888888"><a href="https://exchange.lancs.ac.uk/owa/redir.aspx?C=2wiXuSKtmUia8ELCOkmjH78fcLzZ49AI5En6gGNxQsPZwqJ_Q4AUmxh0Nk7cTpranlK2CGtJUno.&URL=mailto%3alancspg2013%40gmail.com" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">lancspg2014@gmail.com</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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