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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><img width="357" height="214" style="width:3.7187in;height:2.2291in" id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image001.png@01D31C32.659C7010"><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:16.0pt">Conference Dates: March 2-4, 2018<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Unicode MS",sans-serif;color:black;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial Unicode MS",sans-serif;color:red;background:white">Call for Papers (Submission Deadline: November 3, 2017)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Unicode MS",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">This
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Unicode MS",sans-serif;background:white">spring<span style="color:black">, the Center for Languages of the Central Asian Region (CeLCAR) will be hosting the 3rd Conference of Central Asian Language and
Linguistics (ConCALL-3) at Indiana University March 2-4, 2018.</span><span style="color:#1F497D"><br>
<br>
</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Unicode MS",sans-serif;color:black">Keynote Speakers for the conference include leading names in Turkic and Iranian linguistics, as well as second language acquisition and heritage language learning:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">ˇ<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span>Jason Rothman, Professor of Literacy and Multilingualism, University of Reading, UK<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">ˇ<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span>Vera Gribanova, Assistant Professor of Linguistics, Stanford University<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">ˇ<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span>Pollet Samvelian, Professor of Linguistics, Université Sorbonne Nouvelle<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">ˇ<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span>Mehmet Yavas, Professor of Linguistics, Florida International University<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We also expect to have additional guest speakers in Mongolic and Tibetan languages and linguistics.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Unicode MS",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;background:white"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Unicode MS",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">We are now accepting submissions for 20-minute paper presentations (with 10 minute post-presentation questions and discussion) on topics related to
Central Asian languages and linguistics, including both the Altaic and Eastern Indo-European languages spoken in the region (among others), a diverse range of languages such as Azerbaijani, Dari, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Mongolian, Pashto, Persian, Tajiki, Tibetan,
Turkish, Turkmen, Tuvan, Uyghur, Uzbek, and more.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Unicode MS",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Unicode MS",sans-serif;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Presenters will have the opportunity to submit to the published proceedings of the conference.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Unicode MS",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;background:white"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Unicode MS",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Submissions can include, but are not limited to:</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Unicode MS",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
<span style="background:white">- Formal linguistics (phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics, as well as their interfaces)</span><br>
<span style="background:white">- Acquisition (first and second language acquisition)</span><br>
<span style="background:white">- Language education/pedagogy, as related to Central Asian languages</span><br>
<br>
<span style="background:white">Each abstract will be anonymously reviewed by a panel of scholars on a basis of interest, originality, timeliness, and relevance to the field, as well as reviewing the methodology and data collection methods and overall clarity
and organization of ideas. </span><br>
<br>
<span style="background:white">Submission</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Unicode MS",sans-serif;background:white">s<span style="color:black"> should consist of an anonymous titled abstract of no more than 500 words (not including
examples and references) submitted via EasyAbs (<a href="http://linguistlist.org/easyabs/ConCALL3">http://linguistlist.org/easyabs/ConCALL3</a>) by Friday, November 3, 2017.</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Unicode MS",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
<br>
<span style="background:white">Questions regarding submissions may be directed to Amber Kennedy Kent at <a href="mailto:akkent@indiana.edu">akkent@indiana.edu</a>.</span><br>
<br>
<span style="background:white">Questions regarding the conference may be directed to Dr. Öner Özçelik (Director, CeLCAR) at <a href="mailto:oozcelik@indiana.edu">oozcelik@indiana.edu</a>.</span><br>
<br>
<span style="background:white">For more information, please visit our conference website at
<a href="http://www.iub.edu/~concall">http://www.iub.edu/~concall</a>.</span><br>
<br>
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Unicode MS",sans-serif;color:#5B9BD5;background:white">Proposal Submission Deadline:</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Unicode MS",sans-serif;color:#5B9BD5;background:white">
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Unicode MS",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Friday, November 3, 2017</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Unicode MS",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Unicode MS",sans-serif;color:#5B9BD5;background:white">Acceptance Notification:</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Unicode MS",sans-serif;color:#5B9BD5;background:white">
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Unicode MS",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Friday, December 22, 2017</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Unicode MS",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Unicode MS",sans-serif;color:#5B9BD5;background:white">Early Registration Deadline:</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Unicode MS",sans-serif;color:#5B9BD5;background:white">
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Unicode MS",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Friday, January 26, 2018</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Unicode MS",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Unicode MS",sans-serif;color:#5B9BD5;background:white">Conference Date:</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Unicode MS",sans-serif;color:#5B9BD5;background:white">
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Unicode MS",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Friday, Saturday, and Sunday March 2-4, 2018</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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