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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:16.8pt;background:
white'><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>5th International Conference on
Modern Greek Dialects & Linguistic Theory</span></b><span lang=EN-US
style='color:black'><br>
<br>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:16.8pt;background:
white'><span style='color:black'>Universiteit Gent / Ghent University (Belgium),
</span><span lang=NL style='color:black'>20-22 September 2012</span><span
style='color:black'><br>
Contact: </span><span lang=NL style='color:black'><a
href="http://dev.org/null" target="_blank"><span lang=NL-BE style='color:#336699'>mgdlt5@ugent.be</span></a></span><span
style='color:black'> <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>

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style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.8pt;background:white'><span
lang=EN-US style='color:black'>The Greek Section of the Department of Linguistics
at Ghent University is pleased to announce the 5<sup>th</sup> International
Conference on Modern Greek Dialects & Linguistic Theory (MGDLT5), which
will be held 20-22 September 2012 at the Royal Academy of Dutch Language &
Literature (</span><span lang=NL style='color:black'><a
href="http://www.kantl.be/index.php?pag=74" target="_blank"><span lang=EN-US
style='color:#336699'>KANTL</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='color:
black'>), Koningstraat 18, Ghent. MGDLT5 continues the series that began in
Patras (Greece), 2000, and had its latest instantiation in Chios (Greece),
2009. As opposed to the Romance languages and their dialects, the Modern Greek
dialects are much less well-known among general linguists, yet these dialects
exhibit a bewildering variety of phenomena due to the fact that many of them
have developed in relative isolation or in contact-situations with other
dialects and/or other languages. The aim of MGDLT is to highlight the
importance of the Modern Greek dialects for general linguists, whether they are
interested in phonetics & phonology, morphology & word-formation,
syntax & semantics, pragmatics & discourse analysis, psycho- or
sociolinguistics, historical-comparative or contact linguistics. The Modern
Greek dialects offer a plethora of interesting or even intriguing data which
can be used to test prevailing hypothesis about language structure and language
use, or which can be analyzed in different ways, using different methods and
theories developed in modern linguistics. The organizing committee invites
linguists, both senior and junior, to submit a one-page abstract dealing with
any aspect of Modern Greek dialectology relevant for linguistic theory to </span><span
lang=NL style='color:black'><a href="http://dev.org/null" target="_blank"><span
lang=EN-US style='color:#336699'>mgdlt5@ugent.be</span></a></span><span
lang=EN-US style='color:black'> (Times New Roman, 12 pt.; please use a
Unicode-based font for Greek text), by January 31, 2012. Notification of
acceptance will be given by the end of February 2012.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:8.4pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
6.0pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:16.8pt;background:white'><b><span lang=NL
style='color:black'>Invited Speakers:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:0cm;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:16.8pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;
background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Wingdings;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>§<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>  </span></span></span><![endif]><span
lang=EN-US style='color:black'>Geoffrey Horrocks (University of Cambridge)<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:0cm;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:16.8pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;
background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Wingdings;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>§<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>  </span></span></span><![endif]><span
lang=EN-US style='color:black'>Adam Ledgeway (University of Cambridge)<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:0cm;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:16.8pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;
background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Wingdings;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>§<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>  </span></span></span><![endif]><span
lang=EN-US style='color:black'>Peter Trudgill (University of Agder)<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:8.4pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
6.0pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:16.8pt;background:white'><b><span lang=EN-US
style='color:black'>Permanent Scientific & Organizing Committee<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.8pt;background:white'><span
lang=EN-US style='color:black'>Mark Janse (UGent)<br>
Brian D. Joseph (Ohio State University)<br>
Angela Ralli (University of Patras)<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.8pt;background:white'><span
lang=EN-US style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:8.4pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
6.0pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:16.8pt;background:white'><b><span lang=EN-US
style='color:black'>Local Organizing Committee:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.8pt;background:white'><span
lang=EN-US style='color:black'>Mark Janse (UGent), Chair<br>
Metin Bağrıaçık (UGent / University of Patras)<br>
Klaas Bentein (UGent)<br>
Jorie Soltic (UGent)<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#17365D'>=====================<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#17365D'>Best wishes,<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#17365D'>Mark Janse<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#17365D'><img border=0 width=300
height=113 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CC932A.1184FF20"
alt=logo></span><span lang=EN-US style='color:#17365D'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#595959'>      Prof.
Dr. Mark Janse<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:10.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:
exactly'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;color:gray'>      Research
Professor in Ancient & Asia Minor Greek<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:10.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;color:gray'>      Department of Linguistics<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:10.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;color:gray'>      Blandijnberg 2<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:10.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;color:gray'>      9000 Gent<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:10.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:
exactly'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;color:gray'>      Belgium<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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exactly'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;color:gray'>      </span><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;color:gray'>Visiting address: Sint-Hubertusstraat 2B </span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;color:gray'>(</span><span style='color:#17365D'><a
href="http://maps.google.be/maps?hl=nl&q=sint-hubertusstraat+2+gent&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&resnum=1&ct=title"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt'>map</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:9.0pt;color:gray'>)</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
color:gray'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:10.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;color:gray'>      T: +329 264 98 80<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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style='font-size:9.0pt;color:gray'>      F: +329 264 94 51<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:10.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;color:gray'>      M: +32 486 288 138<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:10.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;color:gray'>      W: <a
href="http://ugent.academia.edu/MarkJanse/About">ugent.academia.edu/MarkJanse</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>

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