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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">(apologies for cross posting)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><br></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Please find attached the second call for papers for WLM2015. </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">We also ask those considering attending the workshop to please complete
the following survey (</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/5ZSJDXF" target="_blank">https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/5ZSJDXF</a></span>)
</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">so that
we can get an idea of numbers in order to finalise costs. Thanks for your
consideration in this matter. <span style> </span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Best regards,</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">WLM2015 Organising Committee <br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><br></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:24pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Workshop on the Languages
of Melanesia, 21-23 June 2015</span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The
Workshop on the Languages of Melanesia is hosted by the ANU and will be held at
the coastal campus at Kioloa (NSW coast) on the 21^st to 23^rd
of June.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The WLM
is an informal workshop with a focus on Papuan languages, although submissions
on all languages from Melanesia are happily welcomed. The workshop provides an
opportunity to present on exciting and exploratory work rather than published
outcomes all within an environment of lively discussion and a stunning natural
setting.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><br></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The
workshop also involves many opportunities for social interaction with fellow
scholars of all levels, including a group bushwalk at some point during the
workshop.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><br></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Please see
the website for more details as they are announced: <a href="http://www.dynamicsoflanguage.edu.au/whats-on/events/article/?id=workshop-on-the-languages-of-melanesia-21-23-june-2015">http://www.dynamicsoflanguage.edu.au/whats-on/events/article/?id=workshop-on-the-languages-of-melanesia-21-23-june-2015</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><br><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><br></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Call for
Papers:</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><br><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Abstract
submissions are welcomed on the topic of, but not restricted to:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><br></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Considering
variation in linguistic description of Melanesian Languages.</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><br><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Languages
do not exist in isolation and neither should grammatical description. We are
therefore particularly interested in talks and posters which recognises the
role variation plays in the description, modelling and understanding of
languages of the region. We conceive of variation in this sense to be both <i>macrovariation</i>,
i.e. inter-language, and <i>microvariation</i>, i.e. intra-language variation.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><br></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">We invite
abstracts of a maximum of a single page in length (including any examples and
references). Talks may be for 20 or 30 minutes, with 10 minutes discussion. We
also invite abstracts for posters. Please indicate preference when submitting
abstract.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><br></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The
deadline for submission of abstracts is the 28^th of April, please
email abstracts to: <a href="mailto:wlm2015anu@gmail.com" target="_blank">wlm2015anu@gmail.com</a>. The date for notification is </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">8^th</span>of May.<br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><br></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The
workshop will be located at the Kioloa Coastal Campus, for more information
see: <a href="http://kioloa.anu.edu.au/" target="_blank">http://kioloa.anu.edu.au/</a>.
Transport from Canberra to the workshop venue will be provided. Food and
accommodation costs will be supplemented to keep costs to a minimum. <br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><br></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Invited
speaker will be announced shortly.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Organisers:</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Nicholas
Evans</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Charlotte
van Tongeren</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Matthew J
Carroll</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Simon J
Greenhill</span></p>

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