<div dir="ltr">Dear members of the ALT Community,<div><br></div><div>Please read and share widely:</div><div><br></div><div><p class="gmail-m_3320580150385471701gmail-p1" style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12.8px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;margin:10px 0px 12.8px;color:rgb(35,35,35)"><span class="gmail-m_3320580150385471701gmail-s1" style="font-kerning:none">The Association for Linguistic Typology now solicits bids for a conference venue and host for ALT 14, 2021.<span> F</span></span><span class="gmail-m_3320580150385471701gmail-s2" style="font:12.8px Arial;font-kerning:none;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">or ALT14 we especially encourage submissions from outside of Europe, which will host ALT13 in Pavia, and from outside Australia, which hosted ALT12 in Canberra.<span> </span></span><span class="gmail-m_3320580150385471701gmail-s3" style="font-kerning:none">Below you will find a full list of ALT venues, going back to 1995.</span></p><span class="gmail-im" style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><p class="gmail-m_3320580150385471701gmail-p2" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 35.4px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">ALT I, 1995, Vitoria-Gasteiz, The Basque Country, Spain</p><p class="gmail-m_3320580150385471701gmail-p2" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 35.4px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">ALTII, 1997, Eugene, Oregon, USA</p><p class="gmail-m_3320580150385471701gmail-p2" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 35.4px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">ALT III, 1999, Amsterdam, The Netherlands</p><p class="gmail-m_3320580150385471701gmail-p2" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 35.4px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">ALT IV, 2001, Santa Barbara, California, USA</p><p class="gmail-m_3320580150385471701gmail-p2" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 35.4px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">ALT V, 2003, Sardinia, Italy</p><p class="gmail-m_3320580150385471701gmail-p2" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 35.4px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">ALT VI, 2005, Padang, Indonesia</p><p class="gmail-m_3320580150385471701gmail-p2" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 35.4px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">ALT, VII, 2007, Paris, France</p><p class="gmail-m_3320580150385471701gmail-p2" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 35.4px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">ALT VIII, 2009, Berkeley, California, USA</p><p class="gmail-m_3320580150385471701gmail-p2" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 35.4px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">ALT IX, 2011, Hong Kong</p><p class="gmail-m_3320580150385471701gmail-p2" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 35.4px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">ALT X, 2013, Leipzig</p><p class="gmail-m_3320580150385471701gmail-p2" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 35.4px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">ALT XI, 2015, Albuquerue, USA</p><p class="gmail-m_3320580150385471701gmail-p2" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 35.4px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">ALT XII, 2017, Canberra, Australia</p><p class="gmail-m_3320580150385471701gmail-p2" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 35.4px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">ALT XIII, 2019, Pavia, Italy</p><p class="gmail-m_3320580150385471701g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