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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">[WITH APOLOGIES FOR CROSS-POSTINGS]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">18th International Conference on English Historical Linguistics</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Revised deadline for abstracts: 8 December 2013<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">ICEHL18 takes place in Leuven, Belgium, 14-18 July 2014 (academic programme 14-17 July, social programme 18 July).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span lang="EN-US">Conference website:</span></b><span lang="EN-US">
<a href="http://www.arts.kuleuven.be/ling/ICEHL18/">http://www.arts.kuleuven.be/ling/ICEHL18/</a><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span lang="EN-US">Conference email: </span></b><span lang="EN-US"><a href="mailto:icehl18@arts.kuleuven.be">icehl18@arts.kuleuven.be</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Plenary Speakers<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Charles Boberg, McGill University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.mcgill.ca/linguistics/sites/mcgill.ca.linguistics/files/boberg_webpage.pdf"><span lang="EN-US">http://www.mcgill.ca/linguistics/sites/mcgill.ca.linguistics/files/boberg_webpage.pdf</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Robert Fulk, Indiana University, Bloomington
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.iub.edu/~engweb/faculty/profile_rFulk.shtml"><span lang="EN-US">http://www.iub.edu/~engweb/faculty/profile_rFulk.shtml</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Peter Grund, University of Kansas<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.english.ku.edu/people/grund-peter-j/index.shtml"><span lang="EN-US">http://www.english.ku.edu/people/grund-peter-j/index.shtml</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">María José López-Couso, University of Santiago de Compostela
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.usc-vlcg.es/MXLC.htm"><span lang="EN-US">http://www.usc-vlcg.es/MXLC.htm</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Marit Westergaard, University of Tromso
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><a href="http://ansatte.uit.no/marit.westergaard/"><span lang="EN-US">http://ansatte.uit.no/marit.westergaard/</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Presentation Formats<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Full papers will be allowed 30 minutes, including 10 minutes for discussion. Posters will be presented in a special session and remain on display during the
conference.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Submission of Abstracts<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Papers on any aspect of the history of the English language are welcome, including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, sociolinguistics,
language acquisition, language contact, language change, stylistics, metrics, English language and culture, and English language in society. Papers on any period are welcome: Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English, Late Modern English, and present-day
English.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Abstracts for papers and posters can be submitted from 1 May to
<b>8 December 2013</b> through the EasyAbs abstract submission facility at </span>
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><a href="http://linguistlist.org/confservices/ICEHL18"><span lang="EN-US">http://linguistlist.org/confservices/ICEHL18</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">.
Notifications of acceptance of all abstracts will be sent out by 15 February 2014.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Abstracts should not exceed 400 words (exclusive of references) and should clearly state research questions, approach, method, data and (expected) results.
Abstracts should also list up to five keywords.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Abstracts will not be edited for typing, spelling, or grammatical errors after submission. Therefore, abstracts should comply with the following layout requirements:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">- Abstracts must be single-spaced and fully justified. The standard font will be Calibri, size 11. The margins will be 2,54 top/bottom and 1,91 left/right
(Moderate in MS Word).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">- References will have a hanging indent of 1,27 cm.
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">- Submit the abstract as a .doc, .docx or .odt document. If it contains special characters, please send a PDF version to
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><a href="mailto:icehl18@arts.kuleuven.be"><span lang="EN-US">icehl18@arts.kuleuven.be</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Multiple Papers: One person may submit a single-authored abstract, a single-authored abstract and a co-authored one (not as first author) or two co-authored
abstracts (only one as first author). Note that keynote papers within workshops count as ordinary papers. Presentations will be 20 minutes plus 10 minutes question time.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Evaluation: Abstracts submitted to the general session and to the poster session will be evaluated by two members of the Scientific Committee. Workshop papers
receive two evaluations by Scientific Committee members and one by the workshop convenors.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Travel and Accommodation<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Information to follow. Please check the conference website for updates.
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Registration<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Registration for the conference opens on 15 February 2014.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Organizing committee<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Hubert Cuyckens<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Hendrik De Smet<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Liesbet Heyvaert<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Peter Petré<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Frauke D’hoedt<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Lauren Fonteyn<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Charlotte Maekelberghe<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Nikki van de Pol<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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