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<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Dear colleagues,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">For your interest, here is a call for abstracts for a conference we are organizing.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Best wishes,</div><div class="">Yo</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">-----------</div><div class="">Yo Matsumoto</div><div class="">Professor of theory and typology</div><div class="">National Institute for Japanese Languages and Linguistics</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">**********</div><div class=""> </div><div class=""><h1 dir="ltr" style="line-height:0.96;text-align: center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-style: normal;" class=""><font size="3" class="">Call for Abstracts</font></span></h1><h1 dir="ltr" style="line-height:0.96;text-align: center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-style: normal; font-size: 36px;" class=""><font face="Arial" class=""><br class=""></font></span></h1><h1 dir="ltr" style="line-height:0.96;text-align: center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-style: normal; font-size: 30px;" class=""><font face="Arial" class="">NAMED 2022</font></span></h1><div style="line-height: 0.6; text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Roboto; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.6; text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Roboto; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">(Neglected Aspects of Motion-Event Description)</span></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:0.84;text-align: center;margin-top:25pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" class=""><font face="Arial" size="4" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><font class="">Deixis and Other Topics </font></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">in Motion-Event Description</span></span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:0.84;text-align: center;margin-top:25pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" class=""><span style="font-style: normal; font-size: 14px;" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">Kyoto University, </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">November 3-4, 2022</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:0.84;text-align: center;margin-top:25pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" class=""><a href="https://sites.google.com/view/named2022/home" target="_blank" class="" style="font-style: normal;"><font size="2" class="">https://sites.google.com/view/named2022/home</font></a></p><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div><div class=""><font size="2" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><p style="margin: 0px 0pt 12px 10pt; max-width: 650pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 5pt; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;" class=""><font size="2" class="">The linguistic descriptions of motion events have fascinated many researchers because of their complexity, universality, and variation (e.g., Talmy 1985, 2000; Slobin 2004). In spite of many dedicated studies, however, there are many aspects of the event that have not been explored. This conference is a forum for discussing such neglected aspects of motion-event descriptions. This year, we will have a session on deixis, one of the areas in which research has only recently focused on.</font></p><p dir="ltr" style="margin: 0px 0pt 12px 10pt; max-width: 650pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 5pt; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><font size="2" class="">We welcome proposals for presentations on any of the topics related to motion events, especially those addressing issues of deixis in motion-event descriptions. </font></p><h2 style="margin: 7pt 0px 6pt; border-bottom-width: 2px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); padding: 4pt 0pt 6pt; border-radius: 3px;" class=""><font face="Verdana" class=""><span style="font-style: normal; font-size: 14px;" class="">Submission Guidelines</span></font></h2><p style="margin: 0px 0pt 12px 10pt; max-width: 650pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 5pt; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">We accept abstracts for both oral and poster sessions. </span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0pt 12px 10pt; max-width: 650pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 5pt; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><font size="2" class="">All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. </font></p><p dir="ltr" style="margin: 0px 0pt 12px 10pt; max-width: 650pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 5pt; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><font size="2" class="">Abstracts should be anonymous and written in English. They have to be less than 500 words on one page. The addition of one page including references, examples, and figures is allowed. </font></p><p dir="ltr" style="margin: 0px 0pt 12px 10pt; max-width: 650pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 5pt; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><font size="2" class="">One person can be involved in at most two abstracts (at most one as sole author), regardless of category (oral or poster)</font></p><p dir="ltr" style="margin: 0px 0pt 12px 10pt; max-width: 650pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 5pt; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><font size="2" class="">Upload your abstract via EasyChair system. <span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">(</span><a href="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=named2022" style="text-decoration: none;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=named2022</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">).</span></font></p><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><h2 style="margin: 7pt 0px 6pt; border-bottom-width: 2px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); padding: 4pt 0pt 6pt; border-radius: 3px;" class=""><font face="Verdana" class=""><span style="font-style: normal; font-size: 14px;" class="">Dates</span></font></h2></div><div class=""><p dir="ltr" class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><font size="2" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial;" class="">Deadline for Submission: </span><span style="font-family: Arial;" class=""><strong class="">May 31,</strong></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal;" class=""><strong class=""> 2022</strong></span><span style="font-family: Arial;" class=""></span></font></p><p dir="ltr" class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><font size="2" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal;" class="">Notification of acceptance: </span><span style="font-family: Arial;" class=""><strong class="">July 20, 2022</strong></span></font></p><p dir="ltr" class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><font size="2" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal;" class="">Registration: </span><span style="font-family: Arial;" class=""><strong class="">August 15 - October 15, 2022</strong></span></font></p><p dir="ltr" class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><font size="2" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal;" class="">Conference: </span><span style="font-family: Arial;" class=""><strong class="">November 3-4, 2022</strong></span></font></p><p dir="ltr" class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br class=""></p></div><h2 style="margin: 7pt 0px 6pt; border-bottom-width: 2px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); padding: 4pt 0pt 6pt; border-radius: 3px;" class=""><font face="Verdana" class=""><span style="font-style: normal; font-size: 14px;" class="">Organizing Committees</span></font></h2><p style="margin: 0px 0pt 12px 10pt; max-width: 650pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 5pt; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><font size="2" class="">Yo Matsumoto (NINJAL)</font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0pt 12px 10pt; max-width: 650pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 5pt; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><font size="2" class="">Takahiro Morita (Kyoto University)</font></p><h2 style="margin: 7pt 0px 6pt; border-bottom-width: 2px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); padding: 4pt 0pt 6pt; border-radius: 3px;" class=""><font face="Verdana" class=""><span style="font-style: normal; font-size: 14px;" class="">Invited Speakers</span></font></h2><p style="margin: 0px 0pt 12px 10pt; max-width: 650pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 5pt; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><font size="2" class="">Holger Diessel (University of Jena)</font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0pt 12px 10pt; max-width: 650pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 5pt; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><font size="2" class="">Christine Lamarre (INALCO)</font></p><p dir="ltr" style="margin: 0px 0pt 12px 10pt; max-width: 650pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 5pt; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><font size="2" class="">Bernhard Wälchli (Stockholm University, online participation)</font></p><h2 style="margin: 7pt 0px 6pt; border-bottom-width: 2px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); padding: 4pt 0pt 6pt; border-radius: 3px;" class=""><font face="Verdana" class=""><span style="font-style: normal; font-size: 14px;" class="">Contact</span></font></h2><p style="margin: 0px 0pt 12px 10pt; max-width: 650pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 5pt; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><font size="2" class=""><a href="mailto:named.kyoto@gmail.com" class="">named.kyoto@gmail.com</a></font></p><div class=""><p dir="ltr" class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke"><br class=""></p></div></div></body></html>