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<span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Proposal Submission Deadline: <span tabindex="0" class=""><span class="">15 October 2016</span></span></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Notification of Acceptance: <span tabindex="0" class=""><span class="">15 November 2016</span></span></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The
Association for Linguistic Typology (ALT) invites proposals for
workshops to be held in conjunction with ACT 2017. We solicit proposals
on any topic of interest
to the ALT community including focussed workshops on issues of regional
interest, particular linguistic phenomenon and developments in
methodology. Workshops will be held at the Australian National
University on <span tabindex="0" class=""><span class="">December 15, 2017</span></span>, the day following ALT 2017.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Proposals will be reviewed by the ALT 2017 Abstract Review Committee.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Accepted workshops will be announced with the general ALT 2017 call on <span tabindex="0" class=""><span class="">15 December 2016</span></span>.
Workshop organizers should anticipate approximately one-third of
their workshop slots to be filled by abstracts solicited through the
open call. Abstracts solicited through the open call will undergo a
blind review by both the workshop organizers and members of the Abstract
Review Committee.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Proposals for workshops should contain:</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span>-<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">A title and brief (1-2 pages) description of the workshop topic and content.</span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The
desired workshop length (full day or half day), the desired format and
length of presentations, and an estimated number of the workshop
presenters,
both for the selected participants and for those solicited through the
open call.</span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The
names, affiliations and emails of the organizer(s), with a short
statement of their research interests and areas of expertise.</span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The names and affiliations of confirmed or tentative workshop presenters.</span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">A description of special requirements for technical needs.</span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">A brief (one paragraph) description of the workshop for the open call.</span></p>
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<pre><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Notification of acceptance of workshop proposals will occur no later than 15 November 2015.</span></pre>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Submit your proposal here:
</span><a href="http://www.dynamicsoflanguage.edu.au/alt-conference-2017/program/workshops" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">www.dynamicsoflanguage.edu.au/<wbr>alt-conference-2017/program/<wbr>workshops</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
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<pre><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">For inquiries, send email to the ALT 2017 organizers at: <a href="mailto:alt12.2017@gmail.com" target="_blank">alt12.2017@gmail.com</a></span></pre>
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