<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">THE
SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OF THE INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES OF THE AMERICAS<span></span></span></b></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Annual Meeting, New York City,
NY<span></span></span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">January 3-6, 2019</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><span></span></span></b></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times"><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:16pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Call for Organized Session Proposals*<span></span></span></u></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span> </span></span></i></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">*Please
note that there will be a call for regular papers and posters in the coming
weeks.<span>  </span>This call is only for organized
session proposals.<span></span></span></i></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><span> </span></span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Deadline for Organized Session
Proposals:<span></span></span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">May 1^st, 2018<span></span></span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:5pt;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><span> </span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><span> </span></span></p>

<p class="m_6730205059434127299m_4525274454429957635gmail-MsoBodyText" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times;color:black"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The
annual winter meeting of SSILA will be held jointly with the annual meeting of
the <i>Linguistic Society of America</i> in</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> New
York City, NY on January 3-6, 2019.<span></span></span></p>

<p class="m_6730205059434127299m_4525274454429957635gmail-MsoBodyText" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times;color:black"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span> </span></span></p>

<p class="m_6730205059434127299m_4525274454429957635gmail-MsoBodyText" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times;color:black"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Call for Organized Session Proposals<span></span></span></b></p>

<p class="m_6730205059434127299m_4525274454429957635gmail-MsoBodyText" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times;color:black"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span> </span></span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">SSILA
welcomes proposals for organized sessions.<span> 
</span>This is an opportunity for researchers to present a series of
presentations that revolve around a single typological, methodological or areal
theme.<span>  </span>The presentations must be based
on original research focusing on the linguistic study of the indigenous
languages of the Americas.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span></span></span></p>

<p class="m_6730205059434127299m_4525274454429957635gmail-MsoBodyText" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times;color:black"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span> </span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Organized sessions involve
more than one scholar and are expected to make a distinctive and creative
contribution to the meeting. Proposals for organized sessions are NOT reviewed
anonymously. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">These sessions may include several
presentations focused on a specific theme, a major presentation with invited
discussants, and other types of sessions with a clear, specific, and coherent
rationale.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> <span></span></span></p>

<p class="m_6730205059434127299m_4525274454429957635gmail-MsoBodyText" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times;color:black"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span> </span></span></p>

<h1 style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times;color:black;font-style:italic"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-style:normal">Abstract
Submission<span></span></span></h1>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span> </span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">The <b>deadline</b> for receipt of organized
session proposals is midnight (the end of the day) <b>May 1st.</b> <span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><span> </span></span></p>

<p class="m_6730205059434127299m_4525274454429957635gmail-MsoBodyText" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times;color:black"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Authors
of successful SSILA session proposals may wish to submit their proposals to the
LSA for co-sponsorship.<span>  </span>Please note that
the LSA deadline for organized sessions is on May 15^th.<span>  </span>The SSILA committee will make a decision
about these proposals before the LSA submission deadline.<span>  </span>For more information on submitting organized
session proposals to the LSA 2018 Annual Meeting, see the LSA website (<a href="http://www.linguisticsociety.org/content/lsa-2018-annual-meeting-call-organized-session-proposals" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">http://www.linguisticsociety.<wbr>org/content/lsa-2018-annual-me<wbr>eting-call-organized-session-<wbr>proposals</a>).<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><span> </span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">All organized session proposals
should be submitted electronically by e-mail to SSILA Program Committee
Administrator Martin Kohlberger (<a href="mailto:ssila2019nyc@gmail.com" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">ssila2019nyc@gmail.com</a>).
<span style="color:black">Any queries prior to the submission deadline can also
be sent to this e-mail address.<span>  </span>Proposals
should be submitted in English.</span><span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><span> </span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">The
proposal</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> must indicate whether it is intended to be a joint SSILA/LSA
session or a SSILA session, and should include: <span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">(1) a
session abstract outlining the purpose, motivation, length (maximum:</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> 3 hours), and
justification for the session; <span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">(2) names of all
participants, including <span style="color:black">discussants, and titles of
papers; <span></span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">(3) a complete account,
including timetable, of what each participant will do. Note that organized
sessions do not have to follow the 20-minute paper + 10-minute discussion
format. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">However, the
presentation format should be clearly described;</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">(4) a
maximum one-page abstract for each participant, 11pt or 12pt font, 1-inch
margins; references can be on a second page.<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><span> </span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">The entire proposal
should be submitted in a single PDF document.<span> </span></span></p></div>
</div><br></div>
</div><br></div>