<div dir="ltr"><div>Apologies for cross-posting</div><div><br></div><div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%">The
14</span><span lang="IT">th</span><span style="background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%"> International Conference of the Association for Linguistic Typology
will be held at the University of Pavia, Italy, on 4-6 September
(Wednesday-Friday)</span><span lang="IT">,</span><span style="background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%"> 2019.<span>
</span>Abstracts on any topic in typology will be invited for oral
presentations, posters, and a limited number of theme sessions. </span><span lang="IT"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><b><span style="background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%">Abstract
submission for the general session opens around the end of November, and more
detailed information will be provided in the second circular. At this time, we
would like to invite submissions for theme session proposals.</span></b><span><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%">Theme
sessions will consist of up to seven oral presentations on a common theme. They
are proposed by a theme-session convenor. Proposals should consist of a
maximally 500-word description plus a preliminary list of up to six potential
authors (with titles) who have expressed serious interest in participating. If
accepted, a theme session will be listed in the final call for abstracts (end of
November 2018), so that scholars not initially contacted by the convenor have a
chance to participate. </span><span lang="IT"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%">Abstracts
submitted to a theme session will be evaluated by the Program Committee. There
may be up to five theme sessions.</span><span><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><b><span style="background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%"><span> </span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><b><span style="background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%">Theme session proposals should
be sent to <u><a href="mailto:alt2019.themesessions@gmail.com">alt2019.themesessions@gmail.com</a></u> </span></b><b><span style="background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%"><span></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><b><span style="background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%">Deadline for receipt of theme
session proposals:</span></b><span style="background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%"> 15 November 2018</span><span lang="IT"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><b><span style="background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%">Notification of acceptance for
theme sessions: </span></b><span lang="IT">25</span><b><span style="background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%" lang="IT"> </span></b><span lang="IT">November </span><span style="background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%">2018
</span><span lang="IT"><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><b><span>Please, keep updated on ALT2019 at </span></b><span lang="IT"><a href="https://sites.google.com/universitadipavia.it/alt2019/home"><span class="gmail-InternetLink" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline"><b><span lang="EN-US">https://sites.google.com/universitadipavia.it/alt2019/home</span></b></span></a><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><b><span><br>
</span><span lang="IT">Local organizing committee</span></b><span lang="IT">:<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span lang="IT">Sonia Cristofaro<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span lang="IT">Silvia Luraghi<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span lang="IT">Elisa Roma<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span lang="IT">Chiara Zanchi<span></span></span></p>____________________<br></div><div><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Silvia Luraghi<br>Università di Pavia<br>Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici, Sezione di Linguistica Teorica e Applicata<br>Strada Nuova 65<br>I-27100 Pavia<br>tel.: +39/0382/984685<div style="display:inline"></div><div>Web page personale: <a href="http://lettere.unipv.it/diplinguistica/docenti.php?&id=68" target="_blank">http://lettere.unipv.it/diplinguistica/docenti.php?&id=68</a></div></div></div>
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