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<div><font face="Verdana" size="2">Thank you,</font></div>
<div><font face="Verdana" size="2">Lauren Mason</font></div>
<div><font face="Verdana" size="2">CLIC Committee</font></div>
<div><font face="Verdana" size="2">University of California, Los Angeles</font></div>
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<p align="center"><font size="6"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 21px"><b><font face="Century Gothic"><span class="st0" id="st" style="BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%" name="st">CALL</span> <span class="st0" id="st" style="BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%" name="st">
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<font face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><br></font></span><font size="6"><font face="Century Gothic"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 21px"><b>12th Annual <br></b></span></font></font><b><font face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12px">
Conference on Language, Interaction and Culture<br></span></font></b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"><font face="Century Gothic"><br></font></span><font face="Century Gothic"><font size="4"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px"><b>
Thursday, May 25 – Saturday, May 27, 2006<span></span> <br></b>University of California, Los Angeles<br> <br>Presented by<br> <br>The Center <span class="st0" id="st" style="BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%" name="st">
for</span> Language, Interaction and Culture Graduate Student Association <br></span></font></font><font face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"><br></span></font><font size="4"><font face="Century Gothic">
<span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">at the University of California, Los Angeles<br></span></font></font><font face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"><br></span></font><font size="4"><font face="Century Gothic">
<span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">and<br></span></font></font><font face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"><br></span></font><font size="4"><font face="Century Gothic"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">The Language, Interaction and Social Organization Graduate Student Association
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<p align="center"><font size="5"><font face="Century Gothic"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 17px"><b>Mary Bucholtz</b></span></font></font><font face="Century Gothic"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"> <br></span><font size="4"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">
University of California, Santa Barbara </span></font></font><font face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"> </span></font>
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University of Chicago <span></span> </span></font></font><font face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"></span></font>
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<p align="center"><font size="5"><font face="Century Gothic"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 17px"><b>Geoff Raymond</b></span></font></font><font face="Century Gothic"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"> <br></span><font size="4"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">
University of California, Santa Barbara </span></font></font><font face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"> </span></font>
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<span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">New York University </span></font></font><font face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"></span></font>
<p><font face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"><br></span></font><font size="4"><font face="Century Gothic"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">Submissions should address topics at the intersection of language, interaction, and culture and would preferably be based on recorded, naturally-occurring interaction. We welcome abstracts from graduate students and faculty. Speakers will have 20 minutes
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for</span> discussion. A subset of <span class="st0" id="st" style="BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%" name="st">papers</span> presented at the conference will be published in the conference proceedings,
<i>Crossroads in Language, Interaction, and Culture</i>. <br> <br>Abstracts are due no later than <b>Friday, March 3, 2006</b> by electronic submission only.<br>Please see<font color="#800080"> </font>submission guidelines below and the CLIC GSA webpage at
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<p align="center"><font size="4"><font face="Century Gothic"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px"><b>SUBMISSION GUIDELINES </b></span></font></font><font face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"></span></font>
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<span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">This year <b>we are only accepting</b> <b>submissions electronically </b>through our website. Please go to<font color="#800080"> </font></span></font></font><font color="#0000ff"><font size="2">
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<br>When accessing the submissions webpage, be prepared to provide the following information: <br></font><font face="Wingdings">§ </font><font face="Century Gothic">Name(s) of author(s) <br></font><font face="Wingdings">
§ </font><font face="Century Gothic">Affiliation(s) of author(s)<span></span> <br></font><font face="Wingdings">§ </font><font face="Century Gothic">The preferred address, phone number, and email address <span class="st0" id="st" style="BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%" name="st">
for</span> notification<br></font><font face="Wingdings">§ </font><font face="Century Gothic">The title of the paper <br></font><font face="Wingdings">§ </font><font face="Century Gothic">A note indicating your equipment requirements
<br></font><font face="Wingdings">§ </font><font face="Century Gothic">An abstract of no more than 500 words<br></font><font face="Wingdings">§ </font><font face="Century Gothic">Any additional comments <br> <br>In your abstract, clearly state the main point or argument of the paper. Briefly discuss the problem or research question in reference to previous research and the work's relevance to developments in your field. You may include a short example to support your main point or argument. Be sure to state your conclusions, however tentative.
<br> <br>Please write your abstract in language accessible to a wide audience. Abstracts will be anonymously reviewed by scholars from a variety of fields including (but not limited to) anthropology, applied linguistics and sociology.
<span class="st0" id="st" style="BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%" name="st">Papers</span> will be accepted based on reviewers' evaluations of these anonymous abstracts.<br> <br><b>Deadline <span class="st0" id="st" style="BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%" name="st">
for</span> the receipt of abstracts is Friday, March 3, 2006</b><font color="#800080">.</font> <b>Late submissions will not be accepted.</b> Notification of selection decisions will be sent via email in March 2006.<br>
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