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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dear colleagues, please see the announcement below, re ALS 2017 –
<b>CALL FOR PAPERS<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11.0pt">This year’s Australian Linguistic Society 2017, coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the Society, welcomes submissions for oral presentations and poster presentations on any topic within the
fields of general linguistics and sociolinguistics. Oral presentations are 20 min presentation + 10 min question time. Poster presentations allow authors to display and explain their A0-sized poster during a dedicated poster session.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11.0pt">The conference will be hosted by The University of Sydney (Camperdown) 4-7 December 2017. To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Australian Linguistic Society, a reception will be hosted in
the evening of the 4th December.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">KEY DATES: <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Abstract submissions due <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">31 July 23.00 GMT <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Acceptances notified<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">September<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11.0pt">The following workshops have been accepted for ALS 2017. Submission for workshops should be made directly to the workshop organizers as listed below. Authors who have not been accepted for a workshop
are welcome to submit their abstract for the general sessions via Easychair before 31 July. Please contact the workshop organizers for any information on workshops submissions and schedule.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Organisers<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">TAM marking in languages of Australia and the Pacific<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">J Bednall, A Krajinović & P Caudal
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="mailto:james.bednall@anu.edu.au">james.bednall@anu.edu.au</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Emotion metaphors in Australian languages: the role of the body<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">M Ponsonnet<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="mailto:maia.ponsonnet@sydney.edu.au">maia.ponsonnet@sydney.edu.au</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The language of poetry and song<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">C Bracknell, S Morey & M Turpin<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="mailto:myfany.turpin@sydney.edu.au">myfany.turpin@sydney.edu.au</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11.0pt">Talking the talkley: Popularising linguistics
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">L Gawne<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11.0pt">Lexical development in Australian language revival and maintenance</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">J Giacon<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="mailto:john.giacon@anu.edu.au">john.giacon@anu.edu.au</a><u><o:p></o:p></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">ABSTRACT SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS FOR ALS 2017<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11.0pt">All abstracts (workshops, talks and posters) - are due 31 July 2017 and will be anonymously reviewed. Papers rejected for a workshop will also be considered for the main ALS program.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Preparing your abstract:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11.0pt">Document format: Word (.doc or .docx) or pdf<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11.0pt">Page Limits: 1 page of text (including title of paper) + 1 page of references, diagrams, figures, tables, example sentences; max of 500 words.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11.0pt">Font size: Font must be 12 point Times New Roman<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11.0pt">Margins: 2cm margins on all margins<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11.0pt">The abstract must be anonymous. It should not include author names, affiliation, or other identifying information. Be careful that your name and email are not
automatically embedded by your word processor.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Submitting an abstract to the main ALS program:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11.0pt">Submissions to the ALS conference are done online via EasyChair. You must have an easychair account to submit an abstract. To create an easychair account go to
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="https://easychair.org/help/article.cgi?art=account_creation"><span lang="EN-AU">https://easychair.org/help/article.cgi?art=account_creation</span></a></span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11.0pt">The conference submission link is
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="https://easychair.org/conferences/conference_dir.cgi?a=14393400"><span lang="EN-AU">https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=als2017</span></a></span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11.0pt">Once you are logged in select the ‘New submission’ tab. You will be asked to enter your author details, title, abstract and keywords in the text boxes. The system will ask you to select your preferred
presentation type i.e. oral presentation or poster. We strongly encourage a poster submission if your dataset lends itself well to graphical presentation, in-depth personal discussion, or is a dataset of modest size. Posters will have a session on Day 2 of
the conference. The system will also ask you to enter all author and institution information into an online form<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11.0pt">Please <b>do not</b> submit your abstract via email. If you require help, please email
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:11.0pt">linguistics.als2017@sydney.edu.au<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="FR" style="font-size:11.0pt">FURTHER INFORMATION:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11.0pt">Further information about ALS 2017 including accommodation options will soon be added to the conference website:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="http://sydney.edu.au/arts/conference/alaa_als_2017/index.shtml">http://sydney.edu.au/arts/conference/alaa_als_2017/index.shtml</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11.0pt">All attendees must book their own accommodation directly. If you are in a position to book your accommodation at this point we recommend you do so, to obtain a good rate. Further information will
soon be provided on the conference website. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt">N. J. ENFIELD</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt"> | Professor and Chair, Department of Linguistics<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">Director, SSSHARC (Sydney Social Sciences and Humanities Advanced Research Centre)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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