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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times,serif"><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>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times,serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="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,serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Annual Meeting, New York City<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,serif"><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,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Call for Papers<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times,serif"><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,serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Deadline for abstracts: July
31, 2018</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><span></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:5pt;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times,serif"><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,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><span> </span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoBodyText" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times,serif;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 New
York City, NY, at the Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel, <span> </span>January 3-6, 2019. <span> </span>Information about the hotel and location can
be found at the LSA website (</span><span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://www.linguisticsociety.org/event/lsa-2019-annual-meeting" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline"><span style="font-size:10pt">https://www.linguisticsociety.org/event/lsa-2019-annual-meeting</span></a></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">).<span> </span>Participants will be able to register for the
meeting and reserve hotel rooms on-line at the LSA site between September 1<sup style="">st</sup>, 2018 and
December 3<sup style="">rd</sup>, 2018.<i><span></span></i></span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoBodyText" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times,serif;color:black"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span> </span></span></p>
<h1 style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;break-after:avoid;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><span lang="EN-US">Call for Papers<span></span></span></h1>
<p class="gmail-MsoBodyText" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times,serif;color:black"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span> </span></span></b></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoBodyText" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times,serif;color:black"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">SSILA welcomes
abstracts for papers that present original research focusing on the linguistic
study of the indigenous languages of the Americas.<span> </span>Presenters must be members of SSILA in order
to present.<span> </span>(You can join SSILA at: </span><span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://ssila.org/join/" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline"><span style="font-size:10pt">https://ssila.org/join/</span></a></span></span><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,serif"><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,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">The <b>deadline</b> for
receipt of all abstracts is <b>July 31<sup>st</sup></b>,
at 11:59 PM Hawaii-Aleutian time.<b><span> </span></b><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times,serif"><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,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Abstracts
should be submitted electronically, using the electronic submission website
EasyChair. Consult the SSILA website for detailed instructions. Also, e-mail or
hard-copy submissions will be accepted if arrangements are made in advance with
the SSILA Program Committee Administrator, Martin Kohlberger (<span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline"><a href="mailto:ssila2019nyc@gmail.com" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline">ssila2019nyc@gmail.com</a></span>).
<span style="color:black">Abstracts may be submitted in English, Spanish, or
Portuguese.<span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><span> </span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-Default" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><span lang="EN-US">The EasyChair
submission page address is </span><span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ssila2019" target="_blank" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline">https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ssila2019</a></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:windowtext">.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:blue"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times,serif"><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,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Abstracts must conform to the guidelines below.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><span> </span></span></p>
<h1 style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;break-after:avoid;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><span lang="EN-US">General Requirements<i><span></span></i></span></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><span> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 14.45pt;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">1.<span> </span>All authors must be
members of SSILA. See the SSILA website for information about </span><span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="http://www.ssila.org/members/join-or-renew/" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline">membership and renewal</a></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">. The membership
requirement may be waived for co-authors who are from disciplines other than
those ordinarily represented by SSILA (linguistics and linguistic
anthropology). Requests for waivers of membership must be made by a member of
the Society to the SSILA Executive Secretary (</span><span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="mailto:ssila2016@gmail.com" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline">ssila2016@gmail.com</a></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">). (Note<i>: Membership in LSA is not required for
participation in SSILA sessions</i>.)<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 14.4pt;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><span> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 14.4pt;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">2. <span> </span>Any member may submit
one single-author abstract and one multi-author abstract OR two multi-author
abstracts.<span> </span><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 14.4pt;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><span> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 14.4pt;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">3. <span> </span>After an abstract has
been submitted, no changes of author, title, or wording of the abstract, other
than those due to typographical errors, are permitted</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:13pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 14.4pt;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><span> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 14.4pt;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">4.<span> </span>Papers must be delivered
as projected in the abstract or represent bona fide developments of the same
research.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 14.4pt;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><span> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 14.4pt;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">5.<span> </span>Papers must not appear
in print before the meeting.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 14.4pt;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><span> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 14.4pt;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">6.<span> </span>Handouts, if any, are
not to be submitted with abstracts but should be available at the meeting for
those listening to the presentation.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 14.4pt;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><span> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 14.4pt;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">7.<span> </span>All presenters of
individual papers must register for the meeting through LSA. <span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 14.4pt;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><span> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 14.4pt;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">8.<span> </span>Authors who must
withdraw from the program should inform the SSILA Program Committee Administrator
(</span><span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="mailto:ssila2019nyc@gmail.com" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline">ssila2019nyc@gmail.com</a></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">) as soon as
possible. <span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 14.4pt;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><span> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 14.4pt;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">9.<span> </span>Authors may not submit
identical abstracts for presentation at the SSILA meeting and the LSA meeting
or a meeting of one of the Sister Societies (ADS, ANS, NAAHoLS, SPCL,
TALE).<span> </span>Authors who are discovered to
have done so will have these abstracts removed from consideration.<span> </span>Authors may submit substantially different
abstracts for presentation at the SSILA meeting and the LSA or a Sister Society
meeting.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 14.4pt;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><span> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 14.4pt;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">10.<span> </span>Late abstracts will not
be considered, whatever the reason for the delay.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 14.4pt;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><span> </span></span></p>
<h2 style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;break-after:avoid;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times,serif;color:black"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Abstract
Format<span></span></span></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times,serif"><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,serif"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Please see
the section below, “Abstract Submission”, for important information about long
and short abstracts.<span></span></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><span> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 14.4pt;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">1.<span> </span>Abstracts should be
uploaded as a file in PDF format to the abstract submittal form on the EasyChair
website. <span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 14.4pt;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><span> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 14.4pt;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">2.<span> </span>The abstract, including
examples as needed, should be no more than one typed page (11pt or 12pt font,
single spaced, with 1-inch margins); a second page may be used for references.
Abstracts longer than one page will be rejected without being evaluated. <span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 14.4pt;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><span> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 14.4pt;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">3.<span> </span>Please </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">include
the ISO code of any languages mentioned in the abstract prominently, preferably
above the abstract text.<span> </span>Also include a
latitude/longitude that is representative of the language/community.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 14.4pt;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><span> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 14.4pt;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">4.<span> </span>At the top of the
abstract, give a title that is not more than one 7-inch typed line and that
clearly indicates the topic of the paper.<span>
</span>Below the title and above the abstract text, include the ISO code(s) of
any language(s) discussed.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 14.4pt;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><span> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 14.4pt;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">5.<span> </span>Abstracts will be
reviewed anonymously. Do not include your name on the abstract. If you identify
yourself in any way in the abstract (e.g. “In Smith (1992)...I”), the abstract
will be rejected without being evaluated. Of course, it may be necessary to
refer to your own work in the third person in order to appropriately situate
the research. <span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 14.4pt;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><span> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 14.4pt;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">6.<span> </span>Abstracts which do not
conform to these format guidelines will not be considered. <span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><span> </span></span></p>
<h2 style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;break-after:avoid;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times,serif;color:black"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Abstract
Contents<span></span></span></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times,serif"><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,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Papers whose main topic
does not focus on the indigenous languages of the Americas will be rejected
without further consideration by the Program Committee. SSILA requires further
that the subject matter be related to linguistics and/or language revitalization,
that the research presented include new findings or developments not published
before the meeting, that the papers not be submitted with malicious or
scurrilous intent, and that the abstract be coherent and in accord with these
guidelines. <span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times,serif"><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,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Abstracts are more
often rejected because they omit crucial information rather than because of
errors in what they include. The most important criterion is relevance to the
understanding of indigenous languages of the Americas, but other factors are
important, too. It is important to present results so that they will be of
interest to the whole SSILA (and larger) linguistic community, not just to
those who work on the same language or language family that you do. <span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times,serif"><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,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">A suggested outline for
abstracts is as follows:<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><span> </span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoBodyText2" style="margin:0cm 36pt 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times,serif;color:black"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span>1.<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">State the problem or
research question raised by prior work, with specific reference to relevant
prior research.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoBodyText2" style="margin:0cm 36pt 0.0001pt 0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times,serif;color:black"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 36pt 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><span>2.<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Give a clear indication of the nature and source of your data
(primary fieldwork, archival research, secondary sources).<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 36pt 0.0001pt 0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><span> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 36pt 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><span>3.<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">State the main point or argument of the proposed presentation.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 36pt 0.0001pt 0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><span> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 36pt 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><span>4.<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Regardless of the subfield, cite sufficient data, and explain why
and how they support the main point or argument. For examples in languages
other than English, provide word-by-word glosses and <u>underline</u> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">or <b>boldface</b><span style="color:black"> the portions of the examples
which are critical to the argument. <span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 36pt 0.0001pt 0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><span> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 36pt 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><span>5.<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">State the relevance of your ideas to past work or to the future
development of the field. Describe analyses in as much detail as possible.
Avoid saying in effect "a solution to this problem will be
presented". If you are taking a stand on a controversial issue, summarize
the arguments that led you to your position.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 36pt 0.0001pt 0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><span> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 36pt 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><span>6.<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">State the contribution to linguistic research made by the
analysis.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 36pt 0.0001pt 0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><span> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 36pt 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><span>7.<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Please include a list of references for any work cited in the
abstract. <span> </span>The 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,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><span> </span></span></p>
<h2 style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;break-after:avoid;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times,serif;color:black"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Categories
of Presentation<span></span></span></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><span> </span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoBodyText" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times,serif;color:black"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Authors
are required to indicate the preferred category of their presentation at the
time of submitting the abstract. The program committee will try to accommodate
this preference as space and time allow.<span>
</span>The categories to choose from are:<span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoBodyText" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times,serif;color:black"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span> </span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoBodyText" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times,serif;color:black"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Phonetics,
Phonology, Morphology, Syntax, Semantics, Historical Linguistics,
Sociolinguistics, Lexicography, Applied Linguistics, Language Revitalization,
Other.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoBodyText" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times,serif;color:black"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span> </span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoBodyText" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times,serif;color:black"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Authors
will also be able to select the geographic area that the languages discussed in
their abstract are/were spoken in.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times,serif"><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,serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span> </span></span></b></p>
<h1 style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;break-after:avoid;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><span lang="EN-US">Abstract Submission<span></span></span></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times,serif"><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,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Submissions for the SSILA Annual Meeting require <b>two
abstracts</b>:<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times,serif"><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,serif"><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Short Abstract.</span></i></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span> </span>This
abstract should be no more than 100 words, and will be used for publication in
the meeting handbook.<span> </span>In <b>EasyChair</b>,
you will paste this abstract into the “Abstract” box under the Title and
Abstract heading. <span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times,serif"><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,serif"><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Long Abstract</span></i></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">. This abstract is the one that will be evaluated
for inclusion in the meeting program.<span>
</span>The long abstract should be a pdf file.<span>
</span>In <b>EasyChair</b>, you will select the pdf file containing your
abstract to upload at the “Long Abstract” prompt under the “Other Information
and Uploads” heading.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times,serif"><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,serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Detailed instructions for using EasyChair</span></b><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,serif"><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,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The submission process requires two stages: <span> </span><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span> </span>Get
your own <b>EasyChair</b> account <span> </span><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span> </span>Submit
your abstract(s) <span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times,serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span> </span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times,serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Creating an account in EasyChair: </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span></span></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm" type="square">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;text-align:justify;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Go to the EasyChair site:<span> </span><span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline"><a href="http://www.easychair.org" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline">www.easychair.org</a></span><span></span></span></li>
</ul>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt 90pt;text-align:justify;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span>•<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Click “sign up” at the top right corner of the page and
follow the instructions for entry into the system.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt 90pt;text-align:justify;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span>•<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Enter your name and e-mail address and click “continue” <span></span></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm" type="square">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;text-align:justify;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Check your e-mail: You will receive a message from EasyChair.<span> </span>Follow the instructions there.<span></span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;text-align:justify;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Make a note of your user name and password for future reference. <span></span></span></li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times,serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Submitting your abstracts: </span></b><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,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Go to the SSILA 2019 submission page: <span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times,serif"><span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ssila2019" target="_blank" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline">https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ssila2019</a></span></span><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,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Log in using the username and password you just
established. <span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Click "New Submission".<span> </span>On the page that appears, you will need to
identify the author(s), title, keywords, topics, and submission groups of the
proposed paper, and submit your <i>short
abstract</i> and <i>long abstract </i>(see
clarification above). <span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times,serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span> </span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times,serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Authors: <span> </span></span></b><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,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Enter the information requested about the
author(s): <span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 10pt 36pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Wingdings"><span>§<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">For yourself, you can click the link
at the top of the author box to enter the information from your account profile
into the form. <span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 10pt 36pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Wingdings"><span>§<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">For co-authors, type in their
information. <span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 10pt 36pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Wingdings"><span>§<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">If there are more than three authors,
select <u>Click here to add more authors</u>. <span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 10pt 36pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Wingdings"><span>§<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Use the ‘corresponding author’
checkboxes to select which author(s) will get e-mail from the EasyChair system
and the Program Committee. <span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times,serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Title and Abstract and Other Information </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 10pt 36pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Wingdings"><span>§<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Enter the <b>Title</b> of the paper; this must be not more than one 7-inch typed
line. <span></span></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm" type="square">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;text-align:justify;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Enter the prepublication (short) <b>Abstract</b>. If your paper is accepted, this short abstract will
appear in the Meeting Handbook. Cut and paste the abstract into the text
box provided.<span> </span>Maximum length is 100
words. <span></span></span></li>
<ul style="margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm" type="circle">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;text-align:justify;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">[If your short abstract requires special
characters, please also send it as a PDF file to the SSILA Program
Committee Administrator at<span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline"><a href="mailto:%20ssila2019nyc@gmail.com" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline"> ssila2019nyc@gmail.com</a></span>.]
<span></span></span></li>
</ul>
</ul>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 10pt 36pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Wingdings"><span>§<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Enter the <b>keywords</b> (at least
3, up to 5) that apply to your paper.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt;text-align:justify;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Wingdings"><span>§<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Under <b>Topics</b>, select the main
subfield of the paper (to be used by the program committee to group papers) and
the geographic region to which it pertains. <span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt;text-align:justify;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span> </span></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm" type="square">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;text-align:justify;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">If you are applying for travel assistance, click the box, then go
to <span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline"><a href="https://ssila.org/awards/travel/" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline">https://ssila.org/awards/travel/</a></span>
and follow instructions for the Travel Assistance Awards.<span></span></span></li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times,serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Upload Long Abstract </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 10pt 36pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Wingdings"><span>§<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The long abstract, written according
to the guidelines described above, must be uploaded here. <span></span></span></p>
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